Blessed Child

Having just finished BLESSED CHILD, I find myself in a whirlwind of emotion. Though a spiritual person, I found myself touched in unexpected ways and to unexpected awareness. Midway into the novel I realized that Bright and Dekker had written a parable and that I was reading words were obviously inspired beyond the norm. While the plot is fictional, I found the message in BLESSED CHILD clear and personally direct. The... Read Full Review

I'm going to keep it short and sweet. I went on a little bit about When Heaven Weeps, but I couldn't help it--it just really got to me. So did Blessed Child, but in a different way. Blessed Child is unique. All of Ted Dekker's novels give us a wonderful picture of the love of God in action, but Blessed Child has this tranquility in the face of extreme danger that is really compelling. I felt like a totally refreshing... Read Full Review

Man, I went into major panic mode after When Heaven Weeps--when was I gonna get my next Dekker installment? Fortunately, I wandered into my local (book store) and--voila!--there it was, on a front table, no less. I almost screamed out "Eureka!"--but I really and truly had found it.What did I find? Something I really didn't expect: a story more gripping, more powerful, more mind-blowing than When Heaven Weeps. After reading... Read Full Review

. . . but Ted Dekker's Blessed Child is, as they say in the jazz world, beyond category.Take one part supernatural thriller, one part poignant love story, one part slam-bang action tale and you've got the most addictive cocktail of a book to come along in many a moon.I don't want to go too much into the story; it's always better to encounter a great book with fresh eyes. But let me just say that it involves a kid with miraculous... Read Full Review