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Summary: Grisham, Clancy fans... here is your next great read!
Review: Thunder of Heaven is my 3rd Ted Dekker book, having previously read Heaven's Wager and Three. These are fast-paced and gripping to the end. Ted just has a way of taking the kind of elements you love in a good Grisham or Clancy novel, and adds an even greater dimension with an authentic recognition of the spiritual forces at work in our lives. Dekker's writing doesn't resort to Christian cliches, which I believe has plagued a lot of "Christian fiction." You'll enjoy the story, but you won't miss the deep and redeeming messages in his work. After you read, a great novel to pass along to your non-Christian friends.
Rating:
Summary: Grisham, Clancy fans... here is your next great read!
Review: Thunder of Heaven is my 3rd Ted Dekker book, having previously read Heaven's Wager and Three. These are fast-paced and gripping to the end. Ted just has a way of taking the kind of elements you love in a good Grisham or Clancy novel, and adds an even greater dimension with an authentic recognition of the spiritual forces at work in our lives. Dekker's writing doesn't resort to Christian cliches, which I believe has plagued a lot of "Christian fiction." You'll enjoy the story, but you won't miss the deep and redeeming messages in his work. After you read, a great novel to pass along to your non-Christian friends.
Rating:
Summary: The Best, Simply the Best!!
Review: Wow, what a book!! Thunder of Heaven! The title suggests explosive, dazzling content, and the story lives up to the title. YES!! I am so glad I found this book. I had been feeling so listless and without energy, and this book gave me a good spiritual kick in the behind to get me going. What story-- I got the biggest adrenaline rush when the suspense overtook me, but I also found myself on the verge of tears about the romance, and I'm a man darn it!! That's not supposed to happen. But what impressed me most, let me emphasize it, is the spiritual message, the Christian content of the book. The author, Ted Dekker, uses an expression in all three of the Martyr's song books that I believe is unique to his work. The expression is: The Skin of the World. The books picture our existence on earth as a thin thing, a fragile thing-- and what makes Ted's work so very awesome is the way the characters undulate between the physical world and the spiritual world. Frank Perreti writes about similar themes, as did C.S. Lewis and George MacDonald. By standing on the shoulders of these giants, Ted Dekker has a unique level. He has combined the pace and intensity of a John Grisham or a Stephen King novel with the spirituality of an Oswald Chambers devotional. Thunder of Heaven is a worthile read and a good starting point for exploring Ted Dekker's work. Happy reading.
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