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  1. Houston
    Houston, TX
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Excellent Book!!!
    January 5, 2015
    Houston
    Houston, TX
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Love the book Easy Read Great for group study short chapters
  2. crashmama
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    amazing
    November 23, 2014
    crashmama
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Bob Goff is an inspirational to all!!! He gives you a whole new way to look at life and to live for Christ! So powerful!!!!
  3. r james
    San Jose, CA
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    following that is fun, creative, and authentic
    October 25, 2012
    r james
    San Jose, CA
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    In Love Does, Bob Goff describes a way of following Jesus that is fun, creative, and authentic. Bob empowers average folks to step out and do extraordinary things for the sake of love. And more than just describe it or prescribe it - Bob does it. He gives real life examples of what it looks like to practice christianity with whimsy.

    Bob opens the book with a story of his Young Life leader encouraging him and going along with him on the adventure of life. He goes on to tell stories of saying "yes" to Jesus' invitation of living life to the fullest. This philosophy has taken him all over the world as he pursues loving God and loving other people. It is embarrassing that Bob's life looks so different from the typical christian because his faith and trust take him to places we should be. His faith in action is inspiring and he manages to tell his stories in a way that invite us in, to go on our own adventures. His tales of whimsy encourage the reader to take chances on opportunities in faith - not knowing if it will come out the way they hope, but worth the risk.

    One of the adventures this has led Bob to is Charlie. First, Bob received a phone call from his friend Doug claiming to be Ugandan Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi. Doug says that he wants him to counsel him and Bob says jokingly, "Sure, does someone owe you money or something?" Bob leaves that conversation thinking his buddy had a pretty good accent but he wasn't fooling anybody. Weeks later Bob gets another phone call from Doug posing as the Ugandan Prime Minister and this time he wants to meet Bob in New York. Bob says "sure, why not!" and schedules a time to meet his buddy at the airport and is expecting a sign saying something like "gotcha, dinner's on me" or something. Bob arrives and is greeted by Apolo Nsibambi - the actual Prime Minister of Uganda! He is stunned and then the Prime Minister clarifies that he wanted Bob to be the Consul for Uganda, not to just counsel him. Bob sees the opportunity this is for accomplishing stuff that Jesus would love so he says yes.

    As Consul, Bob finds out about witch doctors who mutilate and kill children for rituals where they bury their body parts within a structure for supposed magical benefits. Bob is the first to ever prosecute one of these witch doctors and has the opportunity to take down the biggest baddest for the premiere. A boy has been mutilated and left for dead. But he has survived, Bob calls him Charlie. Charlie is rescued, stands trial, and even has corrective surgery for his mutilation. The witch doctor is convicted and sitting on death row. Bob spreads the word to the other witch doctors that the killing will end or they will all end up like the one on death row. Bob also cares for and loves Charlie: making him the king of parades, setting him to flight with 1000 balloons, and taking him to meet the president. This is what Bob means by "Love Does". This is the love of Christ lived out by his followers.

    Since reading the book I sent Bob a facebook message and thanked him for the book. He actually responded quite quickly and proceeded to encourage me in my own endeavors and relationship with Christ. See this and other reviews at booked and convicted.

    [update]

    I got to hear Bob speak at a convention in San Diego as well as a little church plant here in San Jose and it was pretty sweet to hear what he has been up to. Just this week he was flying back to Uganda to help facilitate the witch doctor speaking to all of the death row inmates because he has since asked Christ for forgiveness and committed his life to him. He will be sharing how witch craft has gotten him to this point and how Jesus frees him from sin. So legit!
  4. mountains
    Alberta Canada
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Love Does Amazing Things!
    June 15, 2012
    mountains
    Alberta Canada
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    You need to read this book!

    Bob Goff is a lawyer with an office in Disneyland, who sees the world differently than I do - for certain. But I want to see it his way. He says, "I wrote Love Does to capture some of the stories of hope, joy and whimsy that have helped to shape the way I see Jesus," says Bob Goff. "What I've realized is that I've learned a lot more about who He is from what people have done with their faith than I have from what they've said about their faith."

    Do you need a shot of caffeine added to your walk with God? How about a dose of whimsy? I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I read it in small doses to absorb the deep and profound truths held behind the veil of his crazy stories. Each chapter is only a couple of pages and I often read it in 5 minutes or less but Bob knows how to use a few words to say a lot. I especially enjoyed the comparisons at the beginning of each chapter. They represent the lessons he'd learned and was now teaching to me. For example,

    - I used to think people needed more answers; but now I think they just need more truth

    - I used to think I needed an invitation to get into most places, but now I know I'm already invited.

    Each and every chapter is a gift inside a lesson, wrapped inside an amazing story, enveloped inside a nearly unbelievable event that Bob and his family or friends got into. You might be watching a wedding cake spill all over a parking lot, or allowing a young love-struck man take over your home and property or even letting your children suggest foreign policy. No matter what it is you can be certain it involves action. Because, "I used to think being loved was the greatest thing to think about, but now I know love is never satisfied just thinking about it."

    There are no doctrinal debates in this book, such as the age old issue of faith and deeds. Bob isn't try to change your religion at all. He is zeroing in on a way to look at life through the eyes of how Jesus sees us. To love more, but more importantly to let that love do more.

    I recommend this book to anyone - Christian or not - to challenge yourself to be a little more active in your love. Put some shoes on it and see what happens because remember ... "love is never stationary."

    "Book has been provided courtesy of Thomas Nelson and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.

    Available at your favourite bookseller from Thomas Nelson".
  5. Monica
    Iowa
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Live a life full of Love and Adventure
    June 4, 2012
    Monica
    Iowa
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    As I read Love Does by Bob Goff I was mesmerized by Bob's sense of adventure in living the Christian life. He did DO things but he didn't just "do." He did things with passion and incredible heart. I was mesmerized by all the "doing" he has done in his life. Each chapter in the book shares various life stories--How he took his kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state; How he made friends in Uganda, and they liked him so much he became the Ugandan consul; and How he got into law school through sitting on a bench outside the Dean's office for seven days until they finally let him enroll and then he used his law career to help others for Christ. He lives his life by being actively involved in drawing others to Christ in living with them in a way that reaches out to them and encourages them. Some of the essays share how those who drew Bob to Christ did it by actively living the Christian life.

    This book is made up of chapters that could stand alone so it is easy to read in small bites or in a larger sitting. I found it to be lighthearted but brimming with wisdom. I highly recommend it.

    I received this book free from Thomas Nelson through their Booksneeze program. I was not required to write a positive review.
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