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Shock of Your Life

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This is a well written book with a point that is well made. I have given copies to all my friends.

The shock of your life is a novelized version of what happens after you die. Unlike alot of similer books it is written in a very accessable style that grabs your interest from the first paragraph and keeps you flipping the pages to see what happens next. All of the main ideas are taken directly from the bible and each chapter is even footnoted with the bible verses ref #s listed at the back of the chapter. What really makes this book special is even though it is written in a very entertaining and sometimes humerous style it never trivializes its subject matter and is chock full of interesting ideas and information about heaven and our eternal life there. I have been a christian for over 30 years and studied the bible for most of them but I still found myself saying- wow, does the bible really say that? and looking up the ref# at the back of the chapter to read the full quote. I did not find anything incorrect or taken out of context. What I really liked is the books ability to suck you into the story. It is the one book I actually hand out to my non-christian book reading friends knowing they won't just glance at the first page and politely return it as "not their thing". THe only problem I have had is two of them got so nervous after they read the first chapter (which follows a young non-christian) I had to coax them to keep reading the rest of the book. (They admitted the thought that God actually judges people was really scaring them). However even the scared ones admitted it was really good and one lapsed christian started going to church again!. The book is not all doom and gloom, the descriptions of heaven and eternal life with God are so wonderful and comforting that you want want to move right now!. The book is aimed at teenagers (all three characters are late teens or early twenties) but is equally enjoyable for adults.

This is a fantastic book - in the form of a novel, it clearly sets out what is waiting for each of us after we die. Three young people die in a car accident and the book shows what happens to each of them. One is not a Christian, one is a lukewarm Christian and the other is an on-fire Christian. I highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone! It's a real eye-opener and the most exciting thing about it is, it's TRUTH!!!