A review of The Deeper Life by Daniel Henderson

 

Everyone has unmet and unfulfilled longings in their life.  The goal of The Deeper Life – Satisfying the 8 Vital Longings of Your Soul by Daniel Henderson is to show Christians how to fulfill these longings, using stories and activities to help the reader throughout the book.  This book discusses God, human identity, purpose, things of importance, reasons for our actions, and knowing the truth verses actually living 

Christians how to show what their principles and priorities really are through the way they are living.  The book works as an aid to show how to set goals and make a plan on how those goals are going to be achieved.  The end result is that the reader will have learned how to satisfy the longings through these steps.  The last part of the book includes an appendix with activities to aid the reader in accomplishing all the steps.  These are vital exercises to help the reader put the principles from the book into practice.   

 

I had a hard time getting into this book.  I think the principles and the subjects discussed in the book are very important, but I do not feel that this was the right book for me to get these principles.  It may have been because I was reading the book on my own, and not in a group.  I feel that this would be a very good book to read in a group setting, to give the reader an opportunity to discuss the subjects and principles mentioned with other people.  Reading in a group setting is mentioned in the introduction and may be the way the author intended for the book to be used. 

 

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.  My words and opinions are my own.