What if it's True?

This year, my favorite author of all time, Charles Martin, published a book called, What if it's True?: A Storyteller's Journey with Jesus.

While Martin normally writes fiction, this book was completely true to his voice, which is nothing less than raw, powerful poetry in prose form. If you've never read his books, you need to. Don't even get me started on how amazing they are. 

Especially When Crickets Cry. 

Especially Wrapped in Rain. 

Especially A Life Intercepted. 

Especially Water from my Heart. 

Especially... but I digress.

In What if it's True? Martin takes the reader straight into the days when Jesus Himself walked on the Earth. It's not a fictional account, or a re-telling either. Each chapter focuses on a different story, with different characters interacting with Jesus. Martin steps into the story, with the reader, until they are both right in the middle of the action. 

Then he pulls away and connects the story to real life 2019 years later, tugging the reader back to the modern day.

Except that, having looked into the eyes of Jesus in each of these stories, the readers can't look away. Martin threads, hammers, and chisels his points straight into the heart, leaving the reader nowhere to go except to Scripture, prayer, and time with the Lord. And in light of that, he closes every chapter with a prayer, inviting the reader to sit once again at the feet of Jesus.

He basically is asking the question, "What if everything Jesus said and did was true, what would it mean for our lives today?"

I can't recommend this book highly enough... or this author. Please check it out!