Book Review: “Close Enough to Hear God Breathe”

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“Through every generation, God has breathed His invitation to joyful embrace, the very essence of true pleasure. In His arms, every pleasure is safe but thrilling, the dissolution of death and the very fulfillment of life.” This excerpt from page 183 of Greg Paul’s newest book summarizes in only a few words the intended message of “Close Enough to Hear God Breathe” – a book with a compelling title but, regrettably, little more.

Even though we’ve all been told not to judge a book by its cover, the fact is that we all do to at least some extent. When I pick up a book with a title and description conveying the idea of Divine intimacy, I naturally anticipate the underlying pages to contain a similar theme. Perhaps I missed something, but during what times I was actually able to decipher the author’s countless stories and fairly unorganized writing style I often disagreed with him anyway. In chapter 14, for example, he portrays the Song of Solomon as little more than a lust-filled romance novel rather than a beautiful portrayal of the mutual love between Christ and His bride as it is in truth.

Intimacy with our Creator, however farfetched it may seem, is indeed possible. If you are as intrigued as I am at the idea of being “close enough to hear God breathe”, then my personal recommendation is to seek out the many Scriptures which teach us how this can be done (Hebrews 12:14 comes to mind). Unfortunately, this book offered me little more than the motivation to seek out a better resource on the subject and is not one I would recommend.

 

My Rating: 1/5 stars.

 

 

Disclaimer: I received this book free from the publisher in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review and all expressed opinions are my own.

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