Eternity in Their Hearts: Startling Evidence of Belief in the One True God in Hundreds of Cultures Throughout the World

This book proves the mandate God gave us in the Old Testament Jeremiah 29:13 King James Version "And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart." The writer has done a great job describing how all cultures no matter how remote have in their history the existence of the one true God. The same cultures call for the arrival of The Redeemer and also a world wide cataclysmic event dated about 4,400 years ago. If the existence of the identical God, Redeemer and The Flood in diverse cultures around the world who could not have communicated with each other does not convince the non believer of the truth than perhaps nothing will.

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The apostle Paul contends that the law of God is written on our hearts so we are without excuse. Don Richardson, in this little book, provides examples of just how God has written that law in the culture and legends of a variety of people groups. His conclusion? That the secret to evangelizing is in seeking out those ancient seeds of the faith already planted by God in the hearts of those we hope to reach.

It is a brilliant response to those who would show similarities of ancient pagan rituals with Christianity as well. The response is, of course there are similarities, God planned it that way.

An intriguing and informative study and well worth consideration to anyone interested in evangelization. This is in fact a reprint and revised version of a rather dated book but the content is still relevant and the revision/reprint is a welcome sign of interest in the topic.

I really enjoyed this book, it was easy to read and provided interesting insights into the preparation many cultures have within their history for the gospel. I would have given it five stars but I also felt the editing was a bit sloppy as per another reviewer.

Traditionally, I would never have read this book, scorning it as some pluralistic diatribe about there being more than one way to Yahweh than through Jesus after reading the blurb. I couldn't have been more wrong in my pre-supposition! I read this book in the end because it was recommended to me by a respected friend. I devoured it in hours... and really was pleasantly surprised by the content.

Richardson never loses the need for all cultures to receive the salvational knowledge of the gospel and Christ from his message. He continually brings back that redemption only lies in Jesus, and places Him at the centre of the teachings of the book.

I also found then end part, as he assessed Tylor's 'evolutionary religion' theory to be fascinating. (I know, I know, I'm a nerd) I have had many atheists espouse this theory in several different derivations and had never realised that refuation was available to the concept that polytheism always outdated monotheism.

Overall, I would happily recommend this book to others especially those considering cross cultural mission work. I believe it would be especially encouraging in this context.

Another great Richardson book. This one deals in somewhat story form with a life premise of God's grace made known to all peoples. Well worth thinking through the implications for evangelism in today's world.

What an excellent book a must read.I also highly recommend reading GODS PROMISE TO THE CHINESE by Ethal Nelson and MYTH OF A CHRISTIAN NATION by Greg Boyd.
Lets face it americas "what have you done for me lately" cult of Christian prosperity and vanity is having dier consequences for the true gospel message.So God goes else where like HE has always done but He prepared the way long long ago as this book so beautifully reveals.
He will make a people for himself from every tribe,nation and tongue.

1 COR 1:27 "but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong."
JAMES 4:6 "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."