What is God’s heart? What are His motives? Why did He do all of this (creation)?
Sometimes its seems that the world is such a dark place and that God has been absent or that He doesn’t care.
Some pretty heady questions. Fortunately, there is a book, Don Richardson “Eternity in Their Hearts” (first printed in 1982 which does seem like an eternity ago and updated in 2006), that does an amazing job of drawing back the curtain on these questions. This book documents and reveals God’s hand throughout history and in cultures all over the world. He has not been absent. In fact as you read this book you will get a glimpse of just how involved God has been.
This is an inspiring book. I’ve read a lot of theological and missionary books in my lifetime but this one has the most meat and stays with you. I first read this in high school and was amazed upon rereading it recently how many of the stories and illustrations I have used over the years in my conversations and writings.
The only reservation is that later chapters in the book get real scholarly and are hard to follow and may require some rereading. The first half of the book however is inspiring and easy to read. It is well worth the price for the first half of the book. If the second half gets too much you’ve already gotten your moneys worth from the first half.
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