I’m going to bring up a number of points of criticism for Chuck Colson’s The Faith from Zondervan, but I want to start off with a number of good things about the book.
Like other Colson books, The Faith is very readable. If I use this with or recommend it for folks in my church, I feel confident that it would engage members of different degrees of education and background. Like his other writings, he uses engaging stories to get the reader interested in the topic, and then explains how it illustrates or lives out the point of doctrine.
Second, Colson doesn’t just offer the lightweight surface fare common to evangelicalism. He remains in the line of traditional orthodoxy, as The Faith pursues the core beliefs of Christian tradition. His book also shows the significance of these teachings for us both as humans and as Christian believers. He also points out their strengths on today’s world scene.
For a primer on the faith, this is an overall good introduction.
