7/10 ( )

Alistair Begg is one of my favorite preachers. I love hearing his thick brogue as he expounds upon Biblical texts. Crazy Lazy is a short 40-page treatise on the dangers of slothfulness. This book reads as though it is a transcription of one of his messages. He frequently speaks of the dangers for college students to be subdued by laziness.

I found the book both insightful and convicting. I don't view myself as a lazy person, but I can be a skilled procrastinator when I want to be, a problem that he directly addresses. I think this book is timely in our culture.

I read the book on a short plane ride. You can read it in an hour or less. I think it offers sound exegesis on the Proverbs and would be a beneficial book for all teens to read. I also think everyone who is getting any kind of government subsidy should be required to read this book. Before you start blasting me with comments about how everyone on a government subsidy isn't lazy, let me head you off at the pass. I know that! But let's be honest. There is tremendous abuse in our welfare system. We have unwittingly awarded lazy and slothful behavior in many people (not ALL, but many). ( )