Basically what this book does is list a topic and several questions under that topic that you may be asking yourself. Then it gives scripture passages from the New Living Translation. After some of the scripture, whoever wrote the book then paraphrases scripture into whatever he/she thinks it means. I found this paraphrasing unneccessary. People who are new in Christ or new at reading the bible may be swayed by someone else's opinion and then may not seek the wisdom from God to understand what they have just read. I also found some of the scripture was taken out of context. Overall, I would say that this book is helpful in finding scripture related to certain topics, but it is best read with your bible open so you can read the scripture right out of God's word in it's original context. This book shouldn't be used to read instead of the bible.