Quirkyreader's Reviews > Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents

This was a well written book and it sucked me in. I would have liked to given it a higher rating, but the beginning was so full of rage. But the filp side to that, is if a few words were changed around it could have been written by the other side directing rage to whom they disliked.

So to clear the air before I start my review, I am descended from martyrs and persecuted people, so my perspective on this book will be a bit different from someone who doesn’t have that background.

The subtitle for this book includes the word dissidents. I think that term should have been applied to the people written about in the book. A person who picks up this book based on the tittle alone, and starts to read it will feel deceived and not want to continue. But, it is worth sticking with and continuing on.

The second part of the book gets very descriptive and sucks you in. The author focuses on the people who stood up for their faith in Eastern Europe during the Cold War. They did not compromise, no matter what physical and psychological things the regimes of their home countries threw at them.

History has a tendency to repeat itself if we try to erase it. As the old adage goes, “Learn from history, so you do not repeat the the mistakes from the past”.

This book can also pose this question, “Are you going to be a beacon to others, or turn your head”?

In my opinion, this book focused more on the current political climate, instead of being the beacon. Being the beacon does not happen overnight. And that is a discussion for another time.