“Truth On Fire: Gazing at God Until Your Heart Sings” by Adam Ramsay is a book encouraging Christians to be engaging both our minds and our hearts as we follow him.

You might find that only one of engaging your heart or your mind is easier and more natural than the other, based on your personality or your church background. But Ramsay encourages you to be going deeper into understanding who God is and then being open to the impact that this has in your heart.

The book explores 12 different aspects of who God is. Each one of these are paired with the experience or response it can evoke. So, for example, ‘God is Other – the Experience of Wonder”, and “God is Never Far Away –, the Experience of Courage.” That one was particularly impactful for me because it reminded me how great it is that the fullness of God is in Jesus Emmanuel, God with us – that he has promised to be with us always.

And there’s also a beautiful story in there about when the author comforted one of his children who was scared, which made me remember and enjoy the strength and peace which comes from knowing someone bigger and stronger than you who is with you and loves you perfectly. It’s pretty amazing!

There’s also a chapter called “God is Happy – the Experience of Delight”, which made me stop and think. I confess I had never really thought about God as being happy. And then I had to laugh because the very first subtitle in that chapter is, “Is God really happy?” It was like a word to the skeptic that is thought-provoking and the author makes a really good case for it from scripture.

I would recommend this book to you if you, like me, have been a Christian for a while and feel like you know lots of things about God, but you want to get it out of only being in your head and into your heart too.

But also, conversely, if you feel like you love God with all your heart, but would like to know him better, it’s good for that, too.

Also, if you’re newer to the faith or just curious about it, this book will paint a really beautiful picture of who God is and how rich and exciting it can be to follow him.

And least importantly but also importantly, the book has a beautiful cover that looks like it’s textured – like flames and sparks.

It’s well worth the read and we’d love you to let us know what you think of “Truth on Fire” by Adam Ramsey.

– Amelia Kennedy