Prodigy, The

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Summary: A True Light
Review: What a great book this is!! From start to finish this was a well written and extremely enjoyable book. The final confrontation was somewhat predictable and slightly anticlimatic. I feel that Gansky could have gone into a bit more detail with the ending, however this in no way lessened my enjoyment of the book. Very few books seem to translate well to film.
Peretti's This Present Darkness was a good book, however it would be extremely difficult to do it justice on the big screen. As I read The Prodigy I could very easily imagine seeing it on the big screen. The book is filled with well rounded characters and their actions and motivations were clearly presented. Along with Bill Myer's Blood of Heaven, Frank Peretti's The Visitation and Randall Arthur's Wisdom Hunter, I would highly recommend The Prodigy.

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Summary: A Paradigm Expander
Review: What struck me about The Prodigy were the three difficult questions Gansky posed. 1) Does God still work through "healers?" And I'm not talking Marcus Welby, MD. and 2) Would God use a non-believing little boy to heal? The Prodigy displays our preconceived notions, our quick answers, and then asks-- 3) Well why ever not? Fast paced and thrilling, yes, but The Prodigy doesn't deliver yet another plot filled with pat, easy theology. For this reason, I give it five stars. We need more books willing to ask hard questions and unwilling to give easy answers.