Blessed Child

Good but not Amazing
when I picked up this book I didn't know what to expect. I have read everything by Dekker and if you have too then you understand why I didn't know what to expect. This book was good but not amazing. If you're looking for a book that will inspire and encourage your walk of faith then this is a great book. If you are looking for a fiction piece that is based in Christian beliefs then this is good. In my opinion the story line is a bit simple and very predictable. But the character growth is entertaining. It's not Dekkers best literary piece but probably one of his best spiritual ones.

Love this book
This is my favorite book other than the Bible. I have read it 4 times and have bought about half a dozen of them and given them to others to read. Others have enjoyed it very much also. It keeps you glued to the book, hard to get anything else done. Even though I already know how it ends it is still just as exciting to read and hard to put down.

Love Ted Dekkers work
Great book,Ted Dekkers books have had me reading all day long. I like the way he writes and Bill Bright. If your looking for other good books by Ted Dekker try Blink of an eye or thr3 there alot of fun to read too. Ted Dekker is my favorite human Author.

Excellent
Excellent summer reading. I enjoyed it very much. To sit a relax enjoying God's creation while reading an uplifting book about God's work can only be a Good thing. Dekker's skill and research come through. Also read it's sequel - even better than this book.

Bill Bright and Ted Dekker's Blessed Child
This is an excellent book. It was recommended to me by a big Ted Dekker fan after I complained about feeling "cheated" at the end of Dekker's book Thr3e. He said that if I were only going to read one Dekker book, it should be Blessed Child, written with Bill Bright (founder of Campus Crusade for Christ).

This book is about a young boy named Caleb, who is raised by an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian monk. He spends all ten years of his life in a monastery, sheltered from the world at large, before being abruptly wrenched from his adopted father and home to flee for his life in a violent and heart-stopping escape. Jason, a jaded Peace Corps worker, and Leiah, a Red Cross nurse, are Caleb's rescuers and become his guardians. They become very aware of his unique gifting, and they attempt to make the right decisions, all the while struggling with their own personal journeys of loss and grief.

It, perhaps, goes without saying that this book is well-crafted. The characters are compelling, and the reader can quickly empathize with them in their thought processes. I have said before that I believe that Christian fiction can impact readers in a deeper way for God's Kingdom than many inspirational or nonfiction works do. This book illustrates this view in the way that Dekker and Bright envision what "walking in the Kingdom" might look like here on earth. The miracles that Caleb performs and the ultimate experiences of Jason and Leiah help the reader to fully imagine for him or herself what could be. The book's illustrations help us to see what we otherwise might miss when our eyes are focused too much on the harsh realities of this world. Blessed Child reconnects the reader with wonder, joy, true sorrow, repentance, and childlike glee.

If there were one complaint I would make about this story, it would be that I wished for more story. The story is broken up by days passed between episodes. Had the story been written as a series, more interepisodic stories could have been added. Obviously this was not the intent of the authors. However, I would have liked to get to know the characters a bit more, slowing down with them as humans a bit more, rather than pursuing them in the frantic pacing of chaotic and tragic events.

Having stated that, I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a glimpse of our future home as Christians as well as anyone else who has wondered about the discrepancy between what God calls us to and what we as Christians deliver.