Sinner by Ted Dekker

I have already reviewed this book when I received the Advanced Readers Copy here. Now that I've picked up the hardback, final draft, I wanted to review it again to see if there was anything different.

Sadly, the changes were minimal. Ted Dekker has created a story where The United States has become so intolerant of public expression of faith that they amend the Constitution and make it against the law to speak out about Jesus Christ. In the name of tolerance, people must respect everyone's beliefs and keep it personal. The idea of Jesus being the only way to an eternal life with God is seen as belittling and disrespectful of other people's faith.

There are characters from his previous books that come into play here, Billy, Darcy, and Johnny. They each have special abilities and are used to battle a villain, Marsuvees Black. When Johnny learns that the nation will outlaw the speaking of Truth, he builds a coalition of over 3,000 to oppose the law.

The climax is not as explosive as I was hoping it would be. However, we are told that Ted Dekker has plans for at least three more books as part of this ongoing story. So we'll have to wait and see what comes of this.

To hold us over until then, he is going to be releasing a book called Kiss. Not much is known about this story, but it certainly looks inviting from the cover!