With all the books out there on charity and "doing good," it was interesting to read one on its apparent dangers. While this book covers stuff like financial ruin, volunteer betrayal, and family crises, it focuses much more on the heart of the do-gooder. Readers come to understand that doing good works does not guarantee blessings--Christian karma as the book calls it. Readers will also grasp how they can be incredibly selfish even when they are serving others. For instance, if you have a charity organization named after you with your face plastered all over media, pride can start to slip it...if it has not already. This book was a fun read that held my attention. What I didn't like so much was one nuance in the book where Pharisees were discussed. The book gave the impression that the "heavy burdens" the Pharisees placed on people were related to biblical law. However, historically speaking, the Pharisees pushed man-made tradition on people. Yeshua (Jesus) promoted the Torah (Matt 5) and did not consider it a burden. However, I perhaps I am being too harsh. Very few mainstream Christian teachers know the difference between the Torah and the Talmud.
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