Into the Deep
by Robert Rogers with Stan Finger
Published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
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Reviewed by Edith Knehans
“Living a life of no regrets.” How many times have we heard that as words to live by? Many of us find the true meaning of those words through the test of our faith. And there is no greater test of faith than losing someone you love. But how greatly is our faith tested if we lose our whole family? Spouse and children, gone from your life in an instant? How is a child of God to bear such overwhelming grief?
Robert Rogers is such a person. Rogers lost his wife and four children in a flash flood while driving home from a wedding. Within a week of the flood, Rogers was burying his entire family. Into the Deep is the incredible story of Rogers’ journey from the heights of happiness to the depths of despair, and the new life Rogers bravely forged from the ashes.
Rogers worked as an electrical engineer and dealt in logic and reasoning in his daily life. Losing his family to an act outside of his control was more than he could bear. Rogers had to decide whether he should, or could, turn to his faith and place his trust in God.
No greater test of faith is imaginable, and Rogers demonstrates an unshakable belief in his trust in God. He was presented with a choice to either walk away from God or walk with God. Not only did Rogers walk the path of faith, he turned a devastating and dark life event into the foundation of his new path—that of ministering to those through speaking engagements, retelling the story of his family and the flood.
Into the Deep provides a moving account of Rogers’ trials and how he rose above great challenge to become an evangelical speaker and spread the word through his ministry, “Mighty is the Word,” based on a verse from Psalm 112. This became Rogers’ anthem: to challenge others to become mighty children of God and as such, effectively impact God’s Kingdom. And what better message to all of us of tested faith?
Armchair Interviews says: Powerful message of life after devastation.
Author’s Web site: http://www.MightyintheLand.com