Joy Book Featured as Top Pick January 30, 2007

Ed Young's latest book, Outrageous, Contagious Joy, was selected as the Top Pick in the January 1, 2007 edition of Christian Retailing Magazine. Here's a look at the review, written by Christine D. Johnson:

In Outrageous, Contagious Joy: Five Big Questions to Help You Discover One Great Life, Ed Young, TV personality and pastor of a Dallas megachurch, appeals to readers who think they are missing something in life.

With enthusiasm, the author guides his readers to consider five foundational questions, starting with “Does God want you to be happy?” and ending with “What are you working for?” He asserts that happiness is a myth and a poor substitute for what God really intended – joy. Sidebars offer examples, mainly of contemporary men and women who tell of how they began to experience joy, and Stop and Think sections encourage readers to apply each chapter’s major truths.

Young not only brings energy to his topic, but also meaningful, biblically based content. Honest about the process of finding joy, he writes that it does not come automatically with salvation, but must be cultivated. The book concludes with a prayer leading readers into relationship with Jesus as their source of true joy.