The zombie within

"Christian Zombie Killers Handbook" by Jeff Kinley is about the 'New Nature / Old Nature' theme and dilemma in every Jesus follower and being a 'Walking Dead' TV Show fan myself, this little book got my attention right away.


THE DON'T LIKES
I like 'The Walking Dead' TV Show but not because of the zombies (I get really scared with scary movies) but because of the human drama that's envolved in every chapter of the series.
I like to watch those zombies but don't like to read zombie stories, so I didn't like the parts of the book where Kinley tells a story (divided in 'episodes') so I ended up not reading that. Sorry.


THE LIKES
The inner war within a christian is a real issue and there are a lot of books about it. Deep book. Light books. Good and bad ones. Long and short ones. In short: A lot of books.
The theme is not new at all but the way Kinley approach to it, is.
I think that, for the modern reader, there's hardly a better way to describe this battle and perpetual conflict that with a 'zombie within'!
Why?
Do I really have to explain why?
Ok. This is why: The 'old you', the 'dead you' is you, but without really ugly, evil, depraved and bad. That 'you' doesn't want anything to do with Christ. He hates God. He just wants to have some brains for lunch for the sake of eating brains for lunch because... well... a zombie can't die from hunger, right?
The 'zombie you' is dead but still wanting to kill every sign of life that crosses his way.
The 'zombie me' get along with other zombies but hate live people.
The 'zombie us' must be resisted and, ultimately, must be really really put to death.
And that's why I really like the way Kinley approach the book.

We christians tend to forget how really bad we are and how much we need the grace, the wisdom and the light of Jesus in everyday's life, so this is a good book that can help us to take a look (a real one) to the zombies that we're still carrying within and cry to Jesus for help, sanctity, power and life at each moment of our lives.