Breaking the Idols of Your Heartby Dan Allender and Tremper Longman III (IVP)
In a very innovative approach to teaching Christian principles, the authors combine the genres of the novella and biblical interpretation. The book alternates between a fictional story of Noah Adamson's life (written by Dan Allender) and a straightforward study of Ecclesiastes (written by Tremper Longman).
I think the format works well. Allender's story gives a real to life context for applying the Biblical insights Longman brings to light from the Old Testament text. Ecclesiastes, according to the authors, is an idol-breaker of a book as it reveals the futility of trying to find meaning or fulfillment in anything less than God.
"...Ecclesiastes is not a book that most Christians enjoy reading. Yet it is the skeptic's bleak pronouncements that allow us to see through the fog of our hectic lives to the book's final conclusion: We find bold purpose when we submit to God's great desires for us." (p. 17)
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