Book Review: The Last Christian on Earth by Os Guinness
Pages: 254
Publisher: Regal Publishers
Year: 2010
Author: Os Guinness
Formerly known as the Gravedigger File, The Last Christian on Earth is a Screwtape Letters “style” book (though it did not draw its inspiration from C.S. Lewis’ work), which comes through as a series of letters between a director of the “gravedigger thesis” and one of his top operatives. The “gravedigger thesis” is an outline of how the church (especially in the West) has been subverted through cultural, intellectual and institutional methods.
By and large, the book is a wake-up call. What I found most significant about this book is that it was originally published in 1983, and this re-issue (according to the book) does not significantly alter it’s core message, but only the examples to make them more “up to date”. I find that both incredible (from an authors message point of view) and disturbing, but not wholly … (Read more)
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