Just 12 days before the return of the last season of Lost and the internet is already buzzing with excitement. What will happen to our favorite survivors of flight 815? Who will end up with who? Who will shoot who? Did the bomb go off? Are they back in the present time? What about Jacob? So many questions and hopefully in May we will all be a bit wiser in the Lost scheme of things.  I have not been a lost junky from the start (started watching season 4) but have since made up for it (check out the lost category of my blog to see episode summaries, predictions and more). So when I heard that Thomas Nelson was giving away free copies* of “The Gospel According To Lost” I signed up to review it. I have read several books by Chris Seay (the author) and enjoyed them and since I already loved Lost this book was right up my ally.

The first thing I have to say is that I LOVED the paintings in the book. They are truly amazing. (Check out more work by the artist http://transpireproject.wordpress.com/). Each chapter is dedicated to a character and tells a bit about their story and how it fits into the gospel. For me I always saw the show laced with spiritual thoughts and background so some of the conclusions were already made in my mind but there were some that made me ponder.

This is a great book if you are just starting in lost, been on the journey, curious about what it means, or just about anything else. Chris Seay did an awesome job of staying true to the message of Christ and what that looks like in modern story form.

About The book:

An epic journey into the deepest mysteries of our faith.

Lost is NOT just a television show. It has become larger than that—a massive story filled with mystery that has garnered over twenty million participants. Some might call them viewers, but one does not just watch Lost, one participates in it. It demands that you dialogue with the story, seeking theories and comparing yourself to characters. Lost breaks all the formulas for television, and in doing so has drawn together millions of people on a shared journey that explores life, faith, history, science, philosophy, hope, and the basic questions of what it means to be human. It is the seemingly infinite ideas, philosophies, and biblical metaphors that make this story so engaging.

The focus on faith and truth is never more clearly explained than in the words of John Locke as he questions Jack Shepherd asking “Why do you find it so hard to believe?” Jack responds quickly “Why do you find it so easy?” But Locke declares “It’s never been easy.” This tension between Faith and Reason drives every episode and story line. Locke summed this up as he explained to Jack “That’s why you and I don’t see eye-to-eye sometimes, because you’re a man of science…Me, well, I’m a man of faith.”

Chapter Topics

  • Faith and Reason – The war within?
  • Guilt –The single common denominator that binds everyone on the island
  • Fate – Do we choose our path, or does fate happen to us?
  • Quantum Spirituality – What if everything and everyone is connected?
  • Dharma – Is there any truth to be found in Institutional Religion?
  • Island Life – If we are made for the garden is it the consumer world that is killing us?
  • Salvation – Will it ever come, and will we recognize it when it does?

About Chris Seay: Pastor of Ecclesia Houston, President of Ecclesia Bible Society/Translator of The Voice ( a beautiful and faithful translation of scriptures), Husband and Dad. Follow him on twitter: http://twitter.com/pastorchrisseay

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*I only request books that I would have bought so know that even though I got this book  knowing I would have to do a review –I would have done it anyway.

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