Review: "The Art of Turning"

            Kevin DeYoung’s little book, The Art of Turning:  From Sin to Christ for a Joyfully Clear Conscience, is not little in content.

            DeYoung begins with the history of Luther not being willing to violate his conscience to Paul defense – and boast – of his clear conscience in II Corinthians.

            At this point, DeYoung defines the conscience: “the conscience is the moral faculty within human beings that assesses what is good and what is bad” (16-17).

            Unfortunately, the conscience can “misfire” (19).  This happens when it has been corrupted in a one or more of several ways.  It can be evil – unregenerate (19).  It can be “seared” by our ignoring it (21).  It can be “defiled” – such that we rejoice in evil (23). And we can have a “weak” conscience – one that accuses us when we have not done something wrong (24).

            Finally, a conscience can be made clean if we “turn from sin” (32) and “turn to Christ” (34).

            This is a great primer for those struggling with their conscience and those who ought to be struggling with their science.

            [This review appears on my blog, Amazon.com, and Goodreads.com.]