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BOOK REVIEW: The Slumber of Christianity
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by: Jeremiah McNabb Dancing Word Reviewer
Title: The Slumber of Christianity Author: Ted Dekker Publisher: Nelson Books ISBN: 078521223X Genre: Nonfiction/Revivals/Renewal
What comes to mind when you think about Heaven? This is the question that Ted Dekker is posing in his newest release, The Slumber of Christianity. I have read my fair share of books that promise to revitalize my spiritual walk, and I have been disappointed nearly every time.
Despite the fact that Dekker is renowned for his fiction, I still had my reservations as to whether or not I would truly get anything from his latest accomplishment. Three pages in, however, I knew that this was like no other book I had ever read.
The church has lost their hope, claims Dekker, throughout the first half of the book. His declaration echoes that of Solomon, in Ecclesiastes. Money, or houses or even religion cannot satisfy that thirst that chokes our mind and soul. But don’t despair; the second half of the book gives a remedy for such spiritual ennui.
Filled with snippets of his own fiction, modern parables and true tales from his own life, Dekker’s book is almost impossible to put down. Though, technically, it is a work of non-fiction, it does not read as such. Slumber builds to a climax, drawing the reader into every word, while maintaining all the personality of a conversation had on the back porch, with an old friend.
The Slumber of Christianity is Ted Dekker’s first piece of non-fiction. It is, above all else, a book of regaining lost hope. With such a unique and personal style, I now find myself wondering if there is anything that this author cannot do. There is no one that does not have something to gain by reading this book, no one. | |
