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Summary: Thumbs up
Review: This kind of review will probably make me very unpopular, at least with readers who wholeheartedly support Arthur's book.This is something that's bothered me about other "Christian" Novels before. Too many of them seem to contain unnecessary graphic description of sin. Child abuse. Lust. Nightclub. Incest. Prostitution. Rape. Why can't those words just be used without picturing it too? Some would say we need to be brutally realistic in portraying sin, saying it is Victorian prudishness not to do so; but don't we need to be queasy about sin? To respond to it in real life is one thing, but to fill our literature with it is another, isn't it? Too many Christians don't even know how to be shocked/feel shame with sin anymore. Jesus was accepting and compassionate, but He's the One that told us to be "wise concerning that which is good and simple concerning evil". I wonder if some of our "Christian" fiction simply Bait Christians into: 1) Making us Callous to Sin, and 2) Drawing us away from things worthy of filling the mind with (Phil. 4:8)". This novel was recommended me for its teaching--denunciation of legalism prevalent in the church--which I agree 100% with, and I wanted to give a rating of EXCELLENT, but I gave only 1 star, hoping readers would want to read one reason for the rating.
Rating:
Summary: I wasn't ready for this book. Are you?
Review: What can I say? "Blown away" is an inadequate way to describe my experience with this book. In all my years never have I had the experience of wanting to meet fictional characters of a book to interact with them until this one. Who amongst us wouldn't have wanted to know a Jason Faircloth, Yoma, or Renee after her conversion? This book is riveting, heart wrenching, and full of hope. I finished it just outside my favorite Starbucks and literally wept. This book has me reconsidering a lot what passes as Christianity in my life and compels me to know Christ in the power of his resurrection. Wisdom Hunter is a gem. Thank you Randall Arthur for giving us such a powerful witness of God's forgiveness and restoration. I will never be the same.
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