Book Review of With Mercy’s Eyes by

With Mercy’s Eyes by D.T. Powell 

This book is about true redemption twice over. The lives of two interesting and similar characters are intertwined. The reader is taken on a painful, frustrating, emotional, and ultimately inspirational journey of both these characters as they learn what true love is and what it truly means to follow God. No, it’s not a romance.

Lane Harris is an up-and-coming actor who has just lost his husband in a serious car crash. This is the beginning of Lane’s life completely falling apart. I’m not giving any of the details as I don’t want to spoil the journey. If you’re familiar with Job, it’s kind of like that, only Lane’s starting from a point of completely rejecting God.

Vic Garrison is the author of a book that is being made into a movie. I will spoil one small piece. She handpicks Lane to be the star. Vic and Lane interact over the course of the book. The reader is also taken back in time to watch the story of Vic’s life, one with a similar course as Lane’s. Enough on the plot.

Why should you read this book? Powell does a wonderful job portraying three segments of American society. There’s the non-Christian, represented by Lane. Then there’s a segment that is two sub-segments represented by one set of characters. One sub-segment is the legalistic Christian who believes they can use the Bible to tell the world how to live (As homework for the Christian reader, read Romans 2:1, 1Corinthians 5:12, and Matthew 7:3). The second sub-segment is the Christian in name only, also self-righteous and judgmental. This segment is represented by Lane’s parents. I felt they could fall into either sub-segment. Finally, there’s the true followers of Jesus. Certainly not perfect, but who recognize their own faults and recognize that to God, sin is sin and the way to win others is through love. These are represented by Vic and her family and church.

If you’re a reader that likes your emotions to run rampant while reading, then this book is for you. I felt anger, frustration, pity, grief, sympathy, empathy, and inspiration all throughout. I will admit, I wanted to smack Lane upside the head many times. He makes so many bad decisions and his relativistic philosophy infuriated me.

This is a book everyone who professes Christianity should read. I believe non-Christians will also benefit from reading it. At a minimum they will gain a better perspective of who Christians are supposed to be, not the way we are portrayed by the media or Hollywood.

This is a Christian novel. There are several trigger warnings at the beginning, but it’s clean. No profanity, no sex, and the little violence is necessary. Also included at the end of the book is a discussion guide and a set of chapter-by-chapter discussion questions.

I’ll rank this one number four so far this year. It’s over 500 pages, but it reads fast. Again, I highly recommend reading this book to potentially gain a new perspective on one of the hottest topics in our country today.

 

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Published on July 03, 2025 20:57
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