I really enjoyed this book, in some ways it is geared to men but I felt like it spoke to all of us. (We did it as a group study). Really a good book to read.

The foundation of being eternally loved by God must be our anchor if we are going to be who we are called to be. This is also the foundation of understanding the multi faced nature of Father. Love is His only motive even if we don’t always understand His actions.

It's rare to hear this perspective of relating to Father, God. So inspiring and beautiful! This is a timely message!

Some parts of this book were very enlightening but for the most part it appeared that the author just repeated the same things over and over throughout the book and it was redundant and slow reading.

This was a life changing book for me. I laughed, cried, and found healing in it.

I dare you to read this book without tears! Good luck! Every daughter needs to read this book!

Father's Embrace

This book was a wonderful eye opener for me. Many of the areas covered within the pages read, told of problems I have been facing, over and over. Not much improvement in myself by methods and prayers I had been praying. Not only does the author go into detail about other problems caused by thought processes, but tells how to overcome, how move out of the cycle of pain by running to our Father's love. I am sure that I will be reading this book again.

A good book for sure. This book is all about love, all about the Father's love for us and how we are to live out of that love. I would definitely suggest this book to any father or husband, mother or wife. So much of what he says centers around his own experience in his family and childhood. His story is quite interesting and I think that there is a lot that someone could glean from Frost's experience and teaching.

What a lovely reminder of how great God's love is for us and I so enjoyed how the author brings all this to life exploring the goodness of God

Amazing book to break off the performance based mindset to come into the father's embrace

Amazing. That's all I really need to say, but I will explain a little:

Experiencing Father's Embrace is not about your earthly father, but your Heavenly Father. This book really opened my eyes to God and His love. Upon reading the first few pages, I already felt a better understanding of God and myself. I had lost my faith and started reading this book to help me find my way again. It did just that, along with some other things. I feel more at peace with myself after reading this book, and I encourage anyone who believes in God to read this. It will take your relationship with Him to a much better place.

The author, Jack Frost, explains his life as a non-Christian and how he was able to come to a better understanding. At first, Jack believed in God, but did not behave so. He and his wife, Trisha, began searching for God by becoming Ministers. However, Jack realized that this alone was not going to get his thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to a place that God wanted. He took further steps to become at peace with God, himself, his wife, and his family. Jack shares everything he went through in his journey to find God. All he went through, and Jack still came out on the better end, loving and accepting the Lord, Jesus Christ.

Jack, also, uses verses and things he has learned throughout his journey to help those struggling to find God. With every new story, Jack also used God's word and teachings to illustrate for the readers. The author made it really easy to understand what he was getting across: God is love. This book provides an amazing perspective on God, religion, and spirituality. If you are looking to strengthen your relationship with God, then this is a must read for you. :)

Easy to read, but challenging to implement. A necessary and beautiful shift toward what many conservative Anabaptists have not experienced - Father’s embrace. There is some potential for this to be completely revolutionary for some men who have had distant fathers and realize they themselves may be walking in those same paths.

Women are left a bit in the back of the intended audience, not explicitly excluded, but likely not connecting as well with this book as guys will. I think he could have written it to a more gender-neutral reader without sacrificing much. Maybe it’s just a reflection of the turn of the century era when this book was written. For these reasons and because they’ll identify with the author’s generation, my dad’s generation will love this book and it could feel dated to Millennials and younger.

I also think he fails to explain the tension between Father’s unconditional love and how my sin and willing turning from him affects my ability to receive that love. Also how with continued turning away, we will eventually experience the Father’s judgment and wrath. It’s a necessary emphasis shift toward God’s love that many of us need, but without a great explanation of how sin affects this.

Regardless, I still highly recommend!