Made for Friendship

Thanks to netgalley.com and Crossway for the review copy of this book. I really enjoyed this book as a topic that I hadn't thought much about from a biblical perspective. Sure we all have friends and we all know what to look for in a good friend, but what do we look for in a Biblical friend? This book sets out to answer that questions amongst others and chapters cover topics such as what does it mean to be a good friend? How can we be better friends?

The thing I liked most about this book was that the whole book was rooted and grounded in the perspective that God is at heart a God of friends, we see this in the trinity that God has always existed in trinity and therefore in love and relationship. Moving from this then it makes sense as to why God created us for relationship with him and with another.

This book challenged me about the nature of sin even because the first thing that is recorded as not good before sin came into the world is man's loneliness in Genesis 2 and I am still working through some thoughts on that.

As we face the battle of loneliness in this world it is good to know what to look for in a friend, how to be a better friend to others and to be reminded to look to the friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Made for Friendship
The Relationship That Halves Our Sorrows and Doubles Our Joys
by Drew Hunter

Crossway


Christian , Religion & Spirituality
Pub Date 30 Jun 2018


I am reviewing a copy of Made For Friendship through Crossway and Netgalley:


In this book we are reminded that Jesus was a man of Friendship.

In this book we discover the importance of recovering the lost joys of true friendship.

This book points out too that if we remove Friendships, genuine friendships from the world, we are also going to eliminate half the joy. We are reminded too that we are not just meant for friendship with each other but with friendship with God as well.

We are reminded too that digital communication cannot fully replace deep communication.

The book reminds us too Friendship is not a luxury but a necessity in life.


I give Made For Friendship five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!

I received an advance copy of this title free of charge from Crossway and Net galley.

Friendships can be a struggle and in this short book the author seeks not only to outline the importance of friendship but also the biblical importance of it.

I enjoyed this book but perhaps the parts relating scripture to friendship were of particular interest to me. The author shows us how we were ,made in such a way that we need friends and it really is not good for us to struggle though life alone. He also at the end, which was perhaps my favourite part of the book outlined how God is our friend. this is something we can often gloss over and not consider in our Christian walk and this section was particularly comforting and encouraging.

The more practical element of the book I felt was good but perhaps, due to the fact that it was written by a man was possibly more aimed at men. As a mother of three young boys, living hundreds of miles away from friends and family many of his recommendations for cultivating friendships were at this stage simply not feasible- no matter how hard I might try! However there were many useful tips as well.

All in all this was a useful and thought provoking read.

There are so many books that are written about romantic relationships from a Christian perspective. This book helps to fill the void in Christian literature of solid material about friendship. We live in a digital-media saturated culture that often is filled with "friends" that don't truly know us or care about us at the level that is benefiting to our well-being. The book helps someone to realize the potential that solid, Christ=centred friendship can have for improving one's life and offers solid theological and pastoral insight to navigating these friendships. A great read.