I’d like you to
take an imaginary rope and tie it off at the surface, then begin a slow rappel
down into that deep, dark abyss of your heart. All the way down to the place
where “it” lives. The beast. The monster. The creature. That “thing” inside
that you hate. Your inner zombie.
Book: The Christian Zombie Killers Handbook: Slaying the Living Dead Within by Jeff Kinley, Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2011
Genre: Speculative Fiction/Teen
Paranormal
Target Audience: Boys and Girls 16+
Subjects: Zombies, Sin, Salvation,
Temptation
Summary: The zombies are coming! Recent
sightings indicate that the problem is growing worse and worse. And when Ben
Forman sees it firsthand, he’s shaken into a realization that something needs
to be done. There are rumblings of secret meetings where the truth is revealed
that this zombie condition has always been present. While there’s no seemingly
medical cause the government has known for decades that there is a curse out
there. Where to find that cure, however, has yet to be discovered. Meanwhile
the gruesome effects of the zombie infection become even more widespread. Ben,
his cousin in the Zombie Task Force and his friends arm themselves and prepare
for battle.
Notes: This is a two part book. Half
of it is a paced pace zombie story, so fast that it seems as though there is
not much too it and it leaves you hanging at the end of it, hinting at the
possibility of a sequel. The events in the story are fairly graphic, the
warning on the cover that this is not suitable for younger audiences should be
heeded. It involves death, dismemberment, cannibalism (or rather zombiealism).
The other half of the book is a very good discussion on how sin in our life is
an inner zombie. It very clearly lays out the source, the effects of and the
solution to sin. It presents the Gospel clearly and goes on from there to
explain how Christ ultimately conquered sin, the zombie. There were a couple
parallels between the story and the discussion, especially in regards to how
one becomes a full all out zombie by giving in to greed, temptation and
consumerism. But overall, the parallels, the illustrations, were a little
lacking. The discussion leaves you with
hope despite the fact that the storyline leaves you hanging with an imminent
zombie apocalypse. If you enjoy reading zombie stories and aren’t put out by
the graphic descriptions, then you will likely greatly enjoy this book.
Spiritual Content
Recommendation Scale: 4/5
Reviewer: Gil
Romans 7:17-8:2 – As it
is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that
nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire
to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I
want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do--this I keep on doing. Now if I do
what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in
me that does it. So I find this law at
work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner
being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in the members of
my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the
law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue
me from this body of death? Thanks be to God--through Jesus Christ our Lord! So
then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a
slave to the law of sin.
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