A review by samanthaardenlockheart
The Truth and Beauty: How the Lives and Works of England's Greatest Poets Point the Way to a Deeper Understanding of the Words of Jesus by Andrew Klavan

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

<i>There may be spoilers in this review. Proceed with caution. ♥️</i>

I thought this was a very beautiful book! At some points, it was a bit difficult to understand and follow along with the many references to various poets and famous authors and philosophers, but this did not distort the general message of this wonderful novel. I am very thankful that I have read this and have obtained a very deep understanding of Jesus Christ as a man. My favourite parts were both the beginning and the end of this novel. Being a Christian is hard, but Andrew Klavan has reinforced the Truth and the Beauty behind how we truly live our lives. And God is the ultimate One who is behind everything we hold dear: beauty, love, justice, truth, and morality. 

Two wonderful quotes are as follows. 

1. “A metaphor has three parts: the object we are trying to describe, the term we use to describe it, and the idea that is conveyed when the two come together. In this, a metaphor is itself a metaphor for the Trinity. In the Trinity, the object we are trying to describe is God the Father, the term we use to describe it is Jesus the Son, and when we grasp that idea, we are filled with the Spirit.”

1. “Maybe the problem is that you are trying to understand a philosophy instead of trying to get to know a man.” I recognized this on the instant as the single smartest thing anyone had ever said to me.”

Thank you for reading my review and God Bless. ♥️