DOES LIFE HAVE ANY MEANING?
By John Blanchard.
EP Books. 82 pages. £4.99
ISBN 978 1 783 072 272
When Jesus commissioned his disciples in Luke 24, he told them to proclaim His sufferings, his resurrection, repentance and forgiveness of sins.
Does life have any meaning? thoroughly covers each of those four ingredients of the gospel in an engaging, persuasive way.
Usual thoroughness
John Blanchard tackles, with his usual thoroughness, the theories which have led to thoughts of meaninglessness. He deals with the issues of what life is about, what is the basis for morality, where we have come from and whether there is any ultimate meaning to anything.
He has mastered his subject, so his succinct arguments with the atheists and disillusioned can be devastating, even caustic, but never embarrassing. He exposes the duplicity of atheistic arguments before explaining the validity and significance of the death and resurrection of Jesus. He quotes from a wide variety of sources with both illustrations and quotations, but many of the best one-liners are his own, e.g. ‘statements by scientists are not necessarily scientific statements’, or, in the lead-in to Philippians 2.10-11, ‘you will glorify God sooner or later’.
In the UK we are very privileged to have a variety of evangelistic books, which are weapons in our armoury to be used in reaching others. This is a new one, which I wholeheartedly recommend. It will be a regular title on my own bookstall, and I have in mind people for whom this is a gem to share. A Christian will enjoy these 88 pages, but it is ideal to give away to thinking non-Christians. I hope it will be enthusiastically distributed to those who feel life has no meaning.
