Delves into the "why" behind the rules

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	• How to be Your Own Selfish Pig: And Other Ways You've Been Brainwashed Susan Schaeffer, Susan Macaulay Susan Schaeffer-Macaulay Summit Press, 2003 - 123 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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Delves into the "why" behind the rules

In How to be Your Own Selfish Pig, Susan Schaeffer Macauley, the daughter of Christian thinker Francis Schaeffer, takes many of the ideas in her father's works and places them in simpler language geared to teenagers, kind of "easy apologetics" if you will.

While the comparisons to her father's books are inevitable, I was also reminded of C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity as I read this.

Macauley reminds us that we need to take the time to think about what we believe and why. Mrs. Macauley uses several examples of people she has known through her work at L'Abri in England and the crises of faith they experienced when life got difficult. With these stories as a launching point, she delves into the tough questions such as, "Don't all religions lead to God?" and "How can we know the Bible is true?"

While the book could be read and understood by upper elementary children, it does touch on issues such as sexual promiscuity and homosexuality, so I wouldn't recommend it for a student younger than junior high. It's a worthwhile book that I feel would foster good discussion between parents and children. It's more than handing a child a list saying, "Don't do this, and this, and this," it encourages the reader to think about the "why" behind the rules, and to help them determine what they believe about God and how to live in a fallen world.

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I believe people of all ages would benefit from reading this book. It was a good book.

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