The Final Summit

At first glance, David Ponder appears to be your average, aging businessman, who is just trying to cope after the death of his beloved wife.  However, he is enormously successful due to the Seven Truths he discovered while traveling through time.  One day, as he is grieving in his office, Gabriel calls upon him and transports him to a council of all the other time travelers to discover how to save the fate of mankind.  Thus, the stage is set for The Final Summit by Andy Andrews. 

This book was not only a total waste of my time, but was also biblically unsound.  I had to force myself to continue with the book so I could write this review.  First, I will tell the good points of the story.  I have to admit that traveling through time to meet famous historical people is an excellent plot story.  Also, I learned some interesting historical facts.

However, the cons far outweighed the good in the story.  It is preposterous for mankind to improve itself through a council that does not acknowledge God and if they ignore the fact that man is incapable of improving themselves and are innately sinful.  This book contains an offensive view of God.  In The Final Summit, God is simple mentioned as “the Boss” who is sitting somewhere upstairs and has basically let humanity run its course.  God’s name was used flippantly on several occasions and some of the characters used some curse words. 

I feel the need to point out that David did not kill the lion, bear, and Goliath as a result of his self-discipline; it was because God empowered him and gave him the strength.  David’s sin with Bathsheba was not a primarily a lack of self-discipline, but was a result of him giving into sin and temptation. 

In the end of the book, the solution to bring mankind back to the path of a successful civilization was “do something.”  Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do to right the wrong of mankind.  Thankfully, God did something.  Salvation through His Son is the only way that people can truly change the course of mankind’s history. 

I hate to give a negative review for a book, but all in all, I would definitely not recommend this book to anyone and am sorry I read it due to the issues I discussed above.  

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