Cursing the Church or Helping it?: Exposing the Spirit of Balaam by Anna M. Aquino My rating: 4 of 5 stars Cursing the Church or Helping it?: Exposing the Spirit of Balaam This is a well written book pointing out many of the things that drive Christians and non Christians away from the Church. Parallels of our current church atmosphere's being similar to Balaam as he tried to curse God's people was very clear and with a wide variety of scripture to back up the argument. I really liked this book, the author was humble and open about her own church experiences and growth she had to go through as well. She pointed out that Balaam had 2 choices to pick from. One was to try to curse the people or instead coming down out of hiding and actually helping them. Selfishness vs. true compassion. Not too different from today's times. This book wasn't all about just picking apart the church. It was about identifying and facing and changing what is. She encouraged a proactive attitude of becoming family and a team for Jesus; of being part of the answer. She also explained how we need to guard against offense; where even the smallest imagined slight would drive us out of our churches. My favorite thing that she shared was what Pastor Rock had said "Worrying is just a form of atheism. You don't believe your God is big enough to do what He said He would do." I received this book free from Destiny Image Publishers for a review.Anna M. AquinoAnna M. Aquino View all my reviews