March 10, 2025 / Zenith Oluwadare / 5 Star Review / OnLine Book Club Professional Review: A Mechanic’s Handbook to the God of the Bible by Michael O. Borthwick is a captivating spiritual journey that intertwines personal experiences with biblical scriptures. Through relatable anecdotes and well-supported teachings, Borthwick delves into essential Christian concepts, emphasizing the importance of eternal security and nurturing one’s relationship with God. The book encourages self-reflection and spiritual growth, making it an excellent resource for individuals seeking to deepen their faith. With its accessible language and compelling narrative, this book earns a 5/5 rating and is highly recommended for Christians and those interested in exploring Christian theology.
January 23, 2025 / Julie / 5 Star Review / Clear outline of what the Bible says: Mike has done a good job of explaining the gospel in a way that is clear and easy to understand. If you are searching for what the Bible is about, Mike has layed it out very clearly in this book. Please give it a read with an open mind to what’s being said.
December 16, 2024 / Anthony / 5 Star Review / A Must Read: I really enjoyed the book. The part that touches me the most is where the author analyzed the song, “Just As I am”. The song doesn’t not say we have to get our lives together before coming to Christ. It says we should just come as we are. So, we should not let pride of self-pity to stand on our way. The book is really a must read for individuals who wants to know more about God.
November 21, 2024 / Ambar Gill / 3 Star Review / An alright book about God: I wanted to say I enjoyed this book more than I did, but unfortunately, that’s not the case. While the personal anecdotes were interesting and kept me reading, the majority of the book felt like a religious rant, which repeatedly lost my interest. I think followers of the catholic faith will enjoy this book far more than I did.
August 25, 2024 / A. J. Walters / 4 Star Review / Good read backed up by scripture: I am a born again christian of 60 years but still found the basics of the christian faith refreshing.
This is a great book to help you understand the challenges from the non christians about our faith and provides the biblical responses to leave the challenger thinking seriously about their own need for God. It is well written and as an engineer myself I was comfortable with the logical way the book is presented.
May 29, 2024 / J.Carmc / 5 Star Review / What a perfect study guide for understanding the scriptures: I enjoyed reading this sincere and inspirational book. The author was very patient in explaining Bible passages, and I really appreciated the study aids at the end of the book. Most of all, it felt like I was sitting in a friend’s house, having a discussion. His book is so warm and straightforward, it’s really easy to read. It’s a great book for anyone who is beginning to read the Bible or who wants to learn.
April 21, 2024 / LeAnn Martin / 5 Star Review / Finding the reasons why believing is God is so important: I loved this book because for a Believer or a “Don’t think I’m a Believer, but I will give it a Read type-of- person, it really does the job well outlining what Believing means.
This is a clearly set out book encompassing the reasons why believing in God is so important. It really clarifies so many angles that should be looked at when trying to make a decision about what to believe. Author Michael Borthwick, a mechanic-type of person, the kind of guy who like the rest of us might not even consider something so supposedly unreal as whether there is a God, really does a great job telling his life story, making it very real how he came to decide about God and how it brings him to support his subtitle: “Why God just makes sense.”
He tells the story of many of his doubts he faced regarding God’s existence and even the thoughts of not thinking about God enough to have doubts in the first place. He takes the reader along his journey as he faces life as a young person going through his own life issues with dangerous behavior included. It just all feels so genuine with such a real-life approach of using biblical answers to clarify a lot of questions a person might have who is new to the possibility of their being a God of the universe.
His being mechanical-minded is a great background for this book because his approach is very thorough and from all angles as if he were working on fixing a car – analyzing what could be going on from many different angles, testing out his theories about what could possibly fix the car he is repairing and finally after test driving the car several times, he finishes with a sound reason for his theory of how to fix the car. It really is a nice approach to fix a car as well as how to approach believing in God and His Son, Jesus.
This is not a high and lofty book, but it covers so many reasons one might try to not believe in God and Jesus in such a clearly laid out fashion. In my opinion, I give this book a high rating meaning a 5 out of 5 because it is so thorough and 5 out of 5 because it is so well written and edited along with the parts about his life giving it even more strength: His interpretations concerning how he came to his beliefs taking the book out of the clouds and making it real.
It is a book to buy that one can refer back to it; maybe like a mechanical guide to fixing a car only in this book, it is a guide to focusing on your beliefs and why one should connect with God. He has all of his ideas and thoughts backed up by references to the Bible, right there for the reader to consider. Definitely, a valuable book.
January 29, 2024 / Gary Fournie / 5 Star Review / Great Book: Lives up to expectations and well priced and great to be passed on to others.
January 24, 2024 / Lisa Thomason / 5 Star Review / Awesome Book: This book describes how the author relates his experience with God as it pertains to mechanics. The author tells how he came to know God thru the death of his brother. This is not preachy but does explain in easy to understand terms, how we can relate to God.
December 9, 2023 / Mark Bowersox / 5 Star Review / Why you need God: Book was amazing. This book is what has been missing to explain in common reason, the importance and reasons why you need Jesus in your life and take him in your heart. You make it so people can now understand the Bible and its importance. It gives the reader the reasons why they need to come to the Lord.
I got 3 copies of your book and took them to the County Jail and gave them to the Warden, and asked him to place the 3 books in the Library for the inmates. My hope is an inmate will read your book and find his way to the Lord. He will get a better understanding of the Bible and not be discourage trying to navigate the Bible. I have talked about your book at my church to everyone. My hope is the member’s might get a copy for family or friends. I am going to try to keep a copy in my vehicle to have ready to give to people I meet who I believe need your book to come to the Lord.
October 20, 2023 / Mellski / 4 Star Review / Recommend: I really enjoyed this book!
I could relate to the struggles he spoke of, as he struggled with his relationship with God. He takes you through his journey and how he overcame his own personal issues, which include his struggle with sin and a motorcycle accident he had that he believed only the grace of God had saved him. He highlights God’s word with actual scripture references and how each is related to growing spiritually. If your struggling with a relationship with God, I recommend this book.
September 27, 2023 / Lisa R. / 5 Star Review / Beautifully written story about life and finding Christ: This is an amazing book which tells the story of one man’s life and relationship with Jesus. I love that it is filled with Scripture! It is also written in such a way that believers and unbelievers can greatly benefit from it
March 29, 2023 / K Collins / 5 Star Review / Very good book: This is definitely a great read! I 100% recommend it.
February 5, 2023 / Ashley R. / 5 Star Review / Beautiful story about author’s personal journey to Christ: Author did an excellent job telling his personal story and testimony about his journey to Christ. Heartwarming book that brought up important questions about Jesus.
January 24, 2023 / Anntionet / 4 Star Review / Written with love: This book is very well edited and organized. Although I have a much different understanding of the concepts described in the book, I was able to find many positive points to appreciate.
December 23, 2022 / Dee / 4 Star Review / Good Book: This book was a good read I really liked how is was more of a self disclosing. It was more a story of how he went from a non believer, to a believer that is not afraid to share his life experiences.
December 7, 2022 / John Ditzel / 5 Star Review / He explains so beautifully the Scripture verses with his own personal life experiences: It’s obvious the author has a very deep and personal relationship with Jesus. He uses all the very personal peaks and valleys of his life to explain the Scripture verses so clearly that anyone can understand that the God of the Bible loves and will endure with very flawed and sinful people. This gave me great hope and knowledge that the God of the universe knows me and will forgive my sins and allow me to enter the gates of Heaven one day. I definitely recommend this book to anyone seeking the truth about God and the Bible.