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Reviewed by Anne Boling for Readers' Favorite
Author James Offutt discusses favoritism in his latest book, Finding Healing From the Anguish of Favoritism: In the Home, Church and Workplace. As the author researched this topic, he discovered there were very few books written on the subject and even fewer written from the Christian perspective. He begins his book by defining favoritism: “giving consistently preferred treatment to one child, or member, or employee, over the treatment of others in the group.” The author explores this topic from a Biblical point of view using scripture to back up his theories. He takes a close look at the pros and cons of favoritism from the perspective of the favored one, the overlooked one, and the least favored one. The overlooked one is usually the middle child while the favored one is usually the first born or youngest child. Although parents often strive to treat all children the same, this is not a practical approach because children are individuals and have different needs.
James Offutt offers readers a common sense look at favoritism in his book Finding Healing From the Anguish of Favoritism: In the Home, Church and Workplace. The chapters are short and offer illustrations in the form of testimonials of those that have been victims of favoritism. He also provides study questions at the end of each chapter and a summary to reinforce his points. I was amazed at how many scriptures speak of favoritism.
The book is eloquent and concisely written, and would make a great read for the pleasure reader and student. For me, he hit the nail right on the head. Having been on both sides of this subject, I was very affected by the author’s theory. It took me many years to overcome my own pain. I wish I had read Mr. Offutt's book earlier; I believe it would have helped.
