The Heart of Christmas by Hank Hanegraaff is a Christian non-fiction devotional that goes from Decemeber 1 through December 25.
I gave this
book 3 out of 5 stars. This devotional was interesting, but not really what I
was looking for as a seasonal devotion. I feel that this is half a devotional just
about Christ himself and the other half has more of the seasonal focus. It was
also heavy on theology, not necessarily a bad thing but unexpected and not
really including much on the applicable side.
As for the
“seasonal things” that he included in the first half, they often felt forced in
or just felt out of place. I got the same confused feeling (of why is this in
here or placed here specifically) with the carols at the end of each days
devotional, they sometimes had nothing to do with what that days devotion was
about and other times weren’t Christmas carols at all (just old hymns).
The second
half that really did apply more connecting to the season was better, but still
quite heavy in theology and lacking in the application.
I didn’t
hate or even necessarily dislike this devotional, it just wasn’t what I was looking for in
a devotional leading up to Christmas. I never remembered what I read by the end
of the day, they just weren’t messages or thoughts that stuck with me or they were
facts that I already knew.
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