She also highlighted her “feeble efforts” near the beginning of the book, something that I’ve seen women writers do frequently. She used each chapter introduction to describe a quality of God, but did not stretch my understanding as much as I would have liked. I found this worked well in the application sections, but at times found the introductions to each chapter elementary. She writes, not as an academic, but as a wise friend. In terms of relationships, she speaks as an experienced wife and mother, and works in ministry at her church. Wilkin’s examples are often targeting women, although she draws from various fields of study or pop culture that keep the book from becoming overly feminine. None Like Him is written for women, as is evidenced by the pretty flowers on the cover. Our hearts have not progressed past garden-variety temptations, and Wilkin’s applications of this reality provide the most insight in this accessible book. Or Adam and Eve eating something they shouldn’t. Wilkin works throughout the book to open our eyes to how we, subtly or blatantly, reach for the forbidden fruit like children trying to touch something they know they shouldn’t. The list on the right represents the abundant life Jesus came to give us” (p. The hope? “It is the natural inclination of the sinful heart to crave this list, but as those who have been given a new heart with new desires, we must learn to crave the list on the right.

It is a list that whispers, as the Serpent whispered to Eve, ‘You shall be like God’” (p. It actually seeks to steal glory from him. What follows is the thesis for the rest of her book: “Though we know that the list on the right is for our good and for God’s glory, we gravitate toward the list on the left-a list that is not good for us, nor does pursuing it bring glory to God. In the opening chapters of her book None Like Him, Jen Wilkin gives us two lists: Only God Is “Image-bearing means becoming fully human, not becoming divine.”

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