A good book for teenage and young christians. Reads very much like a pep rally... “Are you excited about being a Christian? You want to live a life on fire for your beliefs? Impossible? No way here is how others did it in the past while facing death and other insurmountable odds, here’s how you can today!”

Awesome book for middle-schoolers to adults. Each chapter has stories about Jesus Freaks from the Bible, from modern history, and practical application ideas.

What an inspirational book that gives examples of Christians that have boldly stood for Christ in modern times and how that looks today! I totally recommend this to anyone. This is an easy-read book and it is very interesting.

I loved this book! It's awesome inspiring and wow it will just blow you away!

This book offered powerful reasons to become a Jesus Freak and powerful stories of Jesus Freaks who did for their faith in Christ. I'm proud to say that I'm a Jesus Freak!!

I must admit that I was misinformed whilst debating whether to purchase this book. My good friend, who is also a Christian, kept telling me how good it was, yet he couldn't really explain to me exactly WHY it was good. That made me a little reluctant, but I purchased it anyway, for the fact that I was in the mood for another Christian book. It wasn't until I had gotten home that I discovered that this book was written more as a somewhat day-by-day devotional to keep you pondering the tales of other Christians who stood for Christ in a misfortune of time and place all across the last two-hundred-or-so-years. I thought it was what the book implies: a book simply speaking of Christians who stood for Christ and were practically always killed for it. Nope. Those stories may last up to four pages long, but most of each chapter is a constant strutting over the same message of the tale involved in each chapter, mixed with a Bible story, and then complimented with questions you're supposed to ask yourself. As soon as I finished the first chapter, I had to sigh and just keep going, already realizing what I had gotten myself into with this one. Seventeen bucks had just been flushed for exactly the type of Christian book I was doing my best to avoid that day.

The Bible tells us not to point other Christians out and bash them, but I must admit that I think this book was pitched to DC Talk, notes of Christians who had died for standing for Our Lord included, and asked to write a simple semi-devotional. My point is: this book seems like a money-grabber for DC Talk.

I do not mean to stay so negative in my review, so I'll start mentioning the good for a minute.

An absolute plus for this book are the stories of average human beings standing for the Superior, Jesus Christ, in the worst settings a person could be in. Many of these tales end with a sadness, yet a bright happiness, because we all know these men and women are going to meet glory. However, I still wish these stories weren't so flatly written and short. As I stated before, most of these tales are barely four pages! I believe there was only one that was six pages in total. That's quite a shame, especially with their being more than one book now. See what I mean when I mentioned the book being a money-grubbing sell-out? It has a sequel!

Anyways, I digress.

The writing style is, for the most part, short-and-sweet. Nothing complicated, nothing too simplistic. A fair word would be: okay.

This is a series I definitely will not return to. I'm sorry, but I just cannot deal with a Sunday school lesson every time I want to read about something that has the potential to be truly inspiring.

My rating is a mild two stars to go with the mild writing style of this book.

If you DO check it out, I hope you might find enjoyment within it.

God bless!

Very encouraging stories lay in this book and I always like to read them when I am having a hard day or a rough time. Many christians get persucuted for their faith. There is a website too.

I read this aloud to my middle school age daughters. Each chapter had a topic of a specific way to be like a Jesus Freak. I didn't love the constant use of the term Jesus Freak, but I understood the reason behind this. Each chapter ended with some questions for reflection and then I story of a modern real life Jesus Freak and a biblical story of a Jesus Freak. They were excellent stories and my daughters were floored by the fact that people are still being persecuted and martyred for their faith. It was really good exposure for us and motivated me to pull out our Jesus Freaks/Voice of the Martyrs book so that we can occasionally read stories of martyrs at the dinner table.

These stories, these true stories just broke my heart. I believe that what we are going through for Christ is a walk in the park in comparison to the strong godly people in this book.

Absolutely inspiring!

Meh. It had some good stuff, good stories, good points; but the delivery was poor. I commend DC Talk for wanting to get a good, hard message out there, but writing doesn't seem to be their forte. Maybe it's because I'm a little older than the intended audience, or more mature in my faith, I don't know. But this wasn't my cup of tea. Two similar books that I found MUCH more engaging and convicting are Courageous Teens by Michael Catt (I think that's how it's spelled) and When Worlds Collide by the Blackaby brothers.

A great little book full of short stories, thought provoking writing prompts, and other little tidbits that can help you look at your life a different way.