Description:
Fear shapes far more of our lives than we care to admit: our choices, our relationships, even our view of God. For many Christians, fear feels like failure, especially when Scripture repeatedly says "fear not." But what if those words are not a command we can't keep, but a promise God delights to give? In Fear Not, Luke Kjolhaug reframes fear in light of the gospel, showing that God's answer to our deepest anxieties is not more effort or inner strength, but the perfect love of Christ. With pastoral clarity and biblical insight, Kjolhaug reveals how Jesus, the One who "binds the strong man," frees us from the tyranny of fear and leads us into genuine peace. Readers will discover that fear loses its power not through willpower or denial, but through the steady, freeing presence of the Savior who has already conquered our greatest enemies. Fear Not offers hope, comfort, and a gospel-centered path to a life where the voices of fear are silenced by the promises of God.
Brief description: Bradley Gray serves as the senior pastor of Stonington Baptist Church in Paxinos, Pennsylvania, where he lives with his wife Natalie and their three children, Lydia, Braxton, and Bailey. Bradley has contributed writings to several online publications, including 1517, Mockingbird, For The Church, and Core Christianity, as well as his own site, www.graceupongrace.net. In all of his writings, Bradley aims to serve up the timeless truth of God's "grace upon grace" for every weary and worn-out soul.
Review Quotes:
"You try to avoid it, but fear stalks you slowly. Your chest tightens as you struggle to get a full breath, recognizing that you can't outrun it. You bite your nails. You doomscroll. But nothing seems to alleviate your anxiety. We have all been there.
But there is good news. Your fear doesn't get the final word. In his new book, Fear Not, Luke Kjolhaug offers a refreshing and biblically grounded perspective on this often unconfessed yet surprisingly human emotion. Spoiler alert: the answer isn't to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps and will yourself free, but to trust God's promise.
Whether you fear God, your past, the future, change, or you are suffocating from a nasty case of FOMO, this book is for you. Fear Not is a Gospel-shaped tether for those feeling unmoored in these uncertain times." -- Raleigh Sadler, Founder of Let My People Go, author of Vulnerable: Rethinking Human Trafficking, and host of the MercyCast Podcast.