God's Love Letters to You is written as first person letters from God. The introduction says this is a smaller compilation of another book called 66 Love Letters. God's Love Letters to You is a 40 day devotion written to draw you closer to God. Each day has a letter from a different book of the Bible. Each letter is meant to grow part of your Christian character. Following each letter are a few questions to think about from the story and then a closing prayer.
I enjoyed reading some of the letters from the book. They are short, concise and obviously written from a loving point of view. Hence the idea of love letters from the Father. However, I never saw a mention of sin. No mention of repentance. No mention of the consequence of not believing in Jesus. This is dangerous theology. Yes, God does love us. He loves us so much He sent His Son Jesus to die for us. Why wouldn;t this fact make it to the book? Why all the touchy feely and no meat? I feel that its only a partial message fo the Gospel and woefully incomplete. I'd be careful of this book.
I'd give this book 1 out of 5.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com
Perhaps the book is what some call 'light theology', meaning it inspires the ordinary Christian, but not meant for sound doctrinal teaching, serious spiritual instruction, or as an evangelistic tool, etc? But I do believe it would different for everyone, and some would find the book to be a real blessing!
ReplyDeleteStill, your thoughts on the book are interesting and I absolutely get what you're saying. I'm hoping to still get a chance to request the book from Booksneeze, and when I do I'll keep what you said in mind.