The Chair is the second book I've read this past year by James L. Rubart, a fairly new Christian author. The other one, Book of Days, concerned a hunt for the scriptural Book of Days, while this one dealt with a chase for the possession and use of a chair purportedly built by Jesus Himself during His carptenter days. Both books were fast-paced, action-packed suspense novels, and were absolutely fictional stories. Neither a physical Book of Days existing here on earth or a legendary chair built by Our Lord are actual objects that anyone claims to exist here today, but that is irrelevant to what these books are about.
Rubart explains in the afterwards of both books that they're more about what goes on inside of us as humans in relation to the Gospel and each other. I would agree with that. In both books the main characters are men who come to Christ due to their being thrown into these biblical archaeological mysteries. Anybody at Drennon knows of my interest in biblical archaeology, due to my speaking on several current subjects as well as about the numerous holy relics that remain in churches across the world today. To me, putting a character's inner struggles and journey to Jesus against a backdrop of biblical archaeology draws me right in and satisfies me as a reader.
The mysteries themselves in Rubart's books are not really the greatest. They're good, but also pretty thin since there's no evidence in real life for anything like Jesus' chair or an actual physical Book of Days. That takes away somewhat from the stories due to my interest in the subject. Again, though, that's not the main point of Rubart's books. His stories are about more inner journeys, inner mysteries, and because of that I'll continue to read his books. He has only one more thus far, called Rooms, and I have a sample downloaded to our Kindle already. I'm sure I'll read it sometime soon.
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