I am a fan of John Eldredge's books. His writing style and his vulnerability have impacted my faith immensely. I was really looking forward to this book and it did not disappoint. I feel like he brings portions of scripture to live in fresh ways.

This book will be a beacon of hope for anyone who is hurting and wondering if there is something more than this. What a perfect description of how God is redeeming all things.

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It seems that this slice of escatology isn't written about or preached about frequently these days, which makes this book feel somewhat fresh and new. However the idea of The Restoration of All Things is a foundational doctrine for my husband's church, which has embraced this doctrine since the mid-1800's. In my own church, I haven't run across anyone being aware of the idea.

The idea of the Restoration of All Things, of course, comes straight out of the Bible.

Eldredge opens the book just after any questions might be raised as to who, exactly, gets to live on earth eternally. By doing so, he handily skirts the need to deal with inevitable controversy over the judgment day and hell.

I assume that Eldredge is a Universalist, meaning that he believes all people will be saved and live eternally on earth. There are scriptures to support that. I wish he would've cited them.

The scriptures he cites about the Restoration of All Things include but are not limited to the following:

Isa 51: 11
Isa 60: 5, 17-20
Isa 65: 17-19
Rev 21: 1-5
Rom: 8:19-23
II Pet 3: 5-7
I Cor 3: 13-15
Acts 3: 19-21
Mark 3: 1-6

He supports his thesis with quotes from N. T. Wright, Dallas Willard, Henri Nouwen and others.

Not far into the book, he gets long-winded and boring. Frankly, my imagination is strong enough to imagine for myself what a restored earth might be like. I didn't need to read that all of the pets I've owned will be restored and reunited with me and, of course, all of my loved ones.

For people who lack the imagination (if there are any), he's speculated in great detail about how things will (or might) be ... not sure when ... after Christ's millennial reign?

I don't believe he answered that question, either. He makes no claims to being a Biblical scholar or a theologian, so maybe that's simply asking too much.

All Things New by John Eldredge is a wonderful new book about God's remarkable plan to redeem the earth. The author takes a very candid look at life and the personal hurts he has faced and explains how our hearts make us long for God's redemption. I love that John Eldredge wrote this book-- it is such a valuable contribution to Christian living books. The fact that God plans to redeem the earth itself is full of promise and hope. I highly recommend this book. I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher with no obligations. These opinions are entirely my own.

This was the first John Eldredge book I've read, and I liked it, but it wasn't as good as I thought it would be. He presented a lot of thought-provoking ideas, and I came away thinking I'd like to research this topic more from the Bible. Eldredge did a lot of painting visual pictures of heaven, which helped to broaden my view, but there weren't as many Scripture verses to back up his claims as I would have liked. All in all, a good book that will encourage you to dream of the possibilities of our future in heaven.

In the book All Things New, author John Eldredge, shows us the power of future hope in the restoration of this world. I enjoyed this book. I would do not feel it is as good as some of his other books but it is a good read. Not sure of his eschatology theology. I would recommend this book to anyone for encouragement and a fresh point of view of our world. I received a copy of this e-book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Once in a long while, you read a book, and you can hear the impact of it plop all the way to the bottom of your soul. You know the impact will resonate for years to come - and you hope it will guide your thinking for the rest of your life. This is such a book.

There is nothing that more powerfully shapes our life than knowing about the life to come. This book serves as a powerful, illustrated lesson in understanding what God meant when He said He was making all things new. And that lesson serves as the anchor, the lifeline of our hope that sees us through the pain and devastation of this life.

Eldredge's book is required reading for all humans.

John Eldredge’s “All Things New,” is a thought-provoking and spiritually deep well that will quench the thirst of any spiritual seeker. Eldredge helps us see with new eyes what life is really meant to be about—it is about entering into the renewal of all things with God at the center. It is about the future being experienced now into eternity. Eldredge’s brilliant use of narrative and enagaging story bypasses our intellectual defenses and helps us enter into the wild heart of God for ourselves, for our communities, and ultimately for our world. Read this book and dare to be challenged and changed and have your heart set ablaze!

John has a way of helping us look to the future in this book. Hope to hear more from him.

Few books have the power to change your entire perspective on something. This is one of them. I am blown away!

John Eldredge presents a well-researched, thought-provoking, inspirational book which turns our Christian perspective away from the promise of going to heaven after death to focusing on the many promises God has made to renew the earth, and everything and everyone on it. He talks of the recreation of a new world where God lives among us, on earth, and all is everything that we could hope for and more. This book focuses on the rewards of believing, the sheer joy that awaits when all is made new again. Here, on earth, not in heaven.

This book reaffirms the promises of God while forcing us to view them from a new perspective. As I read, I mused, after reading the Bible for years, and many times over, how did I miss this?!? Because everything I've heard through sermons, read, or researched, focused on the far-away someday heaven. Not the promised uniting of heaven and earth that can occur at any time.

This book is riveting, refreshing, inspirational, hopeful, exciting, deep, and joyful. AWESOME!!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Thomas Nelson Publishers for giving me an e-copy of this book.

I always look forward to reading books from this author. He has a way of speaking into my heart and inspiring my mind. He challenges, and to the best of his ability, he tries to present things honestly, from his life, and his convictions. I enjoy a book that makes you think, and appears to have no other agenda than that the author felt compelled to write this; things he needed to say. Recommended.

I recently finished my review copy of John Eldredge’s book: All Things New. I’ve sprinkled nearly every page with my tears, not tears of sorrow, but the tears of deep longing that rise to the surface when someone mentions the thing that you most want. If there was ever a book that I wish that I’d written this is it. This is a topic that captured my heart twenty three years ago and utterly transformed my life.

Imagine, just imagine, what the impact would be to all of your choices in this life if you really, deeply and truly believed that nothing is ever lost.

This is a book about that hope; a book that helps us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

Eldredge starts us off with an amazing reminder. "What we ache for is redemption; what our heart cries out for is restoration. And I have some stunning, breathtaking news for you: restoration is exactly what Jesus promised." We lose sight of this. I lost sight of this. All around me I see grief and loss and despair. I need to be reminded again and again of the "anchor for the soul (Hebrews 6:9) and this is a book full of truly stunning reminders of that which is true.

Eldredge delves deep into the teachings of Christ about the restoration of all things, teaching that have been largely lost or overlooked in the modern church, truth meant to encourage and sustain us through every hard thing.

"If you woke each morning and your heart leapt with hope, knowing that the renewal of all things was just around the corner - might even come today - you would be one happy person. If you knew in every fiber of your being that nothing is lost, that everything will be restored to you and then some, you would be armored against discouragement and despair. If your heart's imagination were filled with rich expectations of all the goodness coming to you, your confidence would be contagious; you would be unstoppable, revolutionary."

This is a book of expectation. Understanding the truth of the palingenesia (the renewal of all things) can truly be revolutionary. I know it turned my life upside down and gave me the courage to follow Jesus along roads that I could never have trod if I wasn't confident that truly nothing is lost.

I love this book and I hope you will consider reading it.

I received a free review copy of this book from the author for review, however, all opinions written here are my own (and I've already bought copies to give away because I really, honestly, deeply love this book).