You are a unique creation of God with the purpose of serving Him in the unique way that only you can. This one sentence sums up the entire book Soulprint, the newest book from Mark Batterson. Doing what he does best, Batterson takes familiar portions of the Bible and gives them a fresh spin. Using five different aspects of the life of King David, Batterson shows the reader how through the high and low points he or she can live and fulfill his or her unique life calling; in short, how they can fully assume the identity of their soul print.
Soulprint feels very similar to his earlier book In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day. Where Soulprint falls short for me is that while In a Pit was the kind of book to pump you up and get you motivated to do some outrageous things for God, Soulprint felt too much like a self-help book for me. Based on what I had read earlier from Batterson, I did not enjoy this book as much as I could have. A reader who comes into this book with a similar mindset will have a very difficult time getting into this book much like I did. The reader who will get the most out of this book is the one who is working on trying to find his or her identity; the young Christian who is trying to grow in the faith.
I received my copy of this book free from the publisher, Multnomah Waterbrook Press, through their Blogging for Books program for review purposes. The opinions expressed in this review are my own, and I was not required to issue a positive review.
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