Book Review: Man, Myth, Messiah: Answering History’s Greatest Question (Rice Broocks)

The Romans Road is to the entire Gospel as Ryan Broocks's Man, Myth, Messiah: Answering History’s Greatest Question is to an entire apologetics course. The book takes something very massive and complex and condenses it into a very readable and understandable crash course for believers on who Jesus is, why we believe it and what we should do with that information.

In this book, you will find Scripture, research, personal stories, and resources for further research that answer many questions including the following:
     -How can we trust that the Bible is true? 
     -Why did Jesus have to die? 
     -Are miracles verifiable? 
     -If God is the Great Physician, why isn't everyone healed?

The book is not meant to be read once and dumped on your dusty bookshelf. It is meant to be studied and shared. The last two chapters of the book are dedicated to evangelism- so if you believe what the Bible says and you have complete faith in Jesus, you will want to share the good news. The first eight chapters are so convicting that a call to evangelism in the last two chapters are welcomed.

Broocks starts by saying that this book is intended for believers but welcome for unbelievers. Personally, I believe there are plenty of other great resources if you do not believe in God that prove Jesus's existence and the Bible's validity that are more geared towards you. Broocks uses a lot of Christian terminology that would come with experience in the church (like Gospel, commandment, commission) that are connecting directly with the believer and equipping them to share their new findings, but it may lose the unbeliever.

I would recommend the book to any believer that would stumble in answering someone asking "Why are you a Christian" and "How do you know that Christianity is real?" because it gives a great base for understanding and challenges you to pick up another book to dig deeper into several of the issues Broocks brings up.

You can purchase Man, Myth, Messiah: Answering History’s Greatest Question  by Rice Broocks (ISBN 0849948568) on Amazon for $9.89 here.

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