Brad East writes beautifully about what he believes to be true about God, the church, prayer, the sacred text, and what it means to live as a believer in the historic Christian faith. He shares important points of history that have shaped Christianity and its practice and asserts that "we need not build Christianity from scratch in each new generation. We build on what came before us..." I found his emphasis on adoption to be enlightening and clarifying and his cautionary words about doubt as a virtue to be spot on.

In my opinion, Letters to a Future Saint is strongest on the points where East and I disagree. I've never been disagreed with so graciously! Ultimately, we are both submitting to the process of being made holy. We are both "future saints," and I can't think of anything I'd rather be.