I’m a member of the Family Christian Bloggers and they
provided me with a free copy of “No Fear”
for this review.
In No Fear, Tony
Perkins explored our deepest hidden fears and how to have courage. Tony Perkins
began the book by looking at Moses, Joshua, Mary, Paul, and many more and how
God declared to them to not be afraid. Throughout the book, he shared stories
to encourage readers to see how others dealt with their fears and made a stand
for Christ. At the end of each chapter, he also related a story back to a
character in the Bible.
One of my favorite stories was entitled, “Too Pure for
American Idol”. Moriah Peters grew up in a Christian home and received Him as
her personal Savior when she was in the sixth grade on a youth group trip. In
high school, she started a Bible study group in one of her teacher’s
classrooms. This taught her to stand up for what she believes in and to live a
life that is pleasing to Christ. She loved to sing in church and her mother and
friends encouraged her to audition for the popular TV show, American Idol. She
made it round after round in front of many different producers. Eventually, she
performed in front of the judges. She chose to sing “Angel” by Jessica Simpson because
this was the only song that contained a reference to Heaven. The judges loved
her voice and they thought she sounded great. The producers of the show shared
interviews of Moriah Peters that the judges saw. During the interviews, she
revealed that she had never been kissed and she is saving her first kiss until
marriage. Guest judge, Avril Lavinge stated that Moriah Peters was trying to be
too perfect. Kara DioGuardi made comments about how she needed to go out and
kiss a guy where she can feel sexy. They also told her to go kiss a guy and
come back and audition again. She left the audition room and a random man
approached her. The man told her that he loved her voice and how she talked
about God. The man then introduced her to Wendy Green. Wendy’s husband is the
musical director of Christian artist, Steven Curtis Chapman. Moriah Peters
travelled to Nashville, Tennessee and recorded a demo to send to different
labels in hopes of getting signed at the age of seventeen. Reunion Records
liked what they heard and signed her. Reunion Records is also home to recording
artists Steven Curtis Chapman, Casting Crowns, and Brandon Heath. She also met
her future husband, Joel Smallbone from Kings & Country and he was her
first kiss when they married.
I would recommend this awesome book to anyone who is ready
to see how people of this generation is taking a stance for Christ and risking
it all. I loved how Tony Perkins shared stories about Lila Rose and how she
decided to stand against Plan Parenthood, Roy Costner who was instructed not to
say the Lord’s Prayer during his valedictorian speech, Chad Farnan who had a
teacher who stated derogatory comments about Christians during his class and
how he decided to stand up against him and the school board. The book included
many more amazing stories about young people living for Christ. I loved how
Tony Perkins related each story back to a Biblical character and he included scripture
to encourage readers to have courage in today’s times. I believe this book is
very timely considering the fact, our faith is being tested more and more each
day and people are trying to censor Christ out of everything. This book is a
must have for every middle school, high school, college student, and young
adult! This book will inspire you to have courage and to use your voice and
actions to make a different even when faced with persecution!
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