Growing up in the public eye-- a reality star in the Duggar family documentaries-- Vuolo grew up believing the Bible was primarily a rulebook and that faith was about executing God's laws to perfection. These ingrained principles were less about God's love and grace and more about man's willingness to manipulate Scripture to harness fear and increase influence. Now she continues to work on disentangling the religion she grew up with and the faith she is accepting as her own. Christianity is about knowing Jesus-- and true freedom is found in His grace. -- adapted from jacket
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213).
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Growing up in a fishbowl -- A zeal for God -- The principles -- Life under the umbrella -- An outside voice -- Life-changing conversations -- A season of learning -- Freedom from fear -- Finding true love -- Laying down my burdens -- Did the lifetime guarantee work? -- My post-reality show life -- Disentangling your faith.
Summary: "Jinger Vuolo, the sixth child in the famous Duggar family of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On, recounts how she began to question the unhealthy ideology of her youth and learned to embrace true freedom in Christ"-- Growing up in the public eye-- a reality star in the Duggar family documentaries-- Vuolo grew up believing the Bible was primarily a rulebook and that faith was about executing God's laws to perfection. These ingrained principles were less about God's love and grace and more about man's willingness to manipulate Scripture to harness fear and increase influence. Now she continues to work on disentangling the religion she grew up with and the faith she is accepting as her own. Christianity is about knowing Jesus-- and true freedom is found in His grace. -- adapted from jacket