I have read Christian Fiction books, way too many, that were awkward at best. I have read books, many genres, by the thousands before my step into Christianity and after. I am what you call an avid reader! The ones that I like the best are the ones that captivate me, mind, soul and spirit and I really want to race to the end to see how they finish but absolutely would not miss the journey for anything!
Ted Decker's Black, White, Red, (and then later) Green series is one of the best I have ever read. (3 times now) Much like Narnia in it's simplicity and power, it is also in two time eras but Ted Decker uses a boy rather than the Lion as the Christ figure. I believe that the anointing on these books to change your perception of God and our relationship with Him is powerful. It also ecplores human relationships and motivations in dynamic ways. And, very much like your (and my) fav Frank Peretti books, it exposes the lies and manipulations of the enemy in a way that our modern culture can understand and relate to.
The first time period is now, the second in the future but it show the spiritual world as it really is. There are real people struggling with the seen and the unseen and yet the unseen becomes so much more real to our minds thru the storytelling and the characters processing of everything that happens.
For many of us, having been raised by wolves as my pastors would say. Reading and living life with these characters as they seek to understand the love of Creator thru the tool of analogy is a powerful key to understanding the love of God that we just have no grid for. I say, pick up Black, the first book of the circle series and take it out for a spin. It is a ride of Christian fiction that is worth taking the time to read.
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