Obsessed by Ted Dekker

Posted on 15 July 2008
Tags: Christianity, Interesting By: Englishman

Imagine finding out that you are an heir to some of the most expensive artifacts in the world. What would you do to posses them? In this case, these artifacts are called the Stones of David, and Stephen Friedman is obsessing over the fact that he needs to find these million-dollar artifacts. Stephen is looking at a house; the house where Rachel Spritzer (his mother, a Holocaust survivor) died just a couple days ago. This is the place where the Stones were hidden. He sneaks in and finds a safe shaped like a manhole. He keeps returning to the safe to attempt to find a way into it. After a couple times he finds his realtor friend, Mike. Mike tells him that he just sold the house to some German fellow. Stephen is angry because he’s trying to get to his treasure, and this was another obstacle. He lies to Mike to get into the building and finds the safe just as it had been. He’s relieved. He tries to get in again, and he ends up meeting Roth Braun, a ruthless man that was the son of Gehrard Braun, a man that was in charge of a concentration camp Torun, in Poland.

This book relates to me and Christians in how we should be obsessed with God, the Bible, and all the things that Christians partake in. Stephen is obsessed to the point where he spends almost all of his life savings, about $800,000. I’m not saying that Christians should spend almost all of their life savings; unless God tells them to, I’m saying that we should be obsessed with all things concerning God. Many people are obsessed with things, like baseball, basketball, football, or tennis. Many people are obsessed with TV shows, like “The O.C.”, or “Heroes”. Many people are obsessed with Web sites, like “MySpace”, or “YouTube”. Money can be an idol. Books can be idols. All these can be idols. All this being said, it is not about bowing down to or worshiping these idols. It’s about putting these idols in front of God.

The theme of Obsessed is obsession. It’s about someone willing to sacrifice everything just to satisfy his obsession At first, it’s not really for a noble cause, but towards the end it changes into one. This is a type of book that Ted Dekker doesn’t really write. For all of the Dekker fans, it’s not a thriller, but it’s a mystery and suspense type of book. It’s still extremely good, nevertheless. This book deserves a 4.6-star rating. Are you obsessed?

For those that are impressed with this book, check out some of Ted Dekker’s other books, like the Circle Trilogy, the Project Showdown series, and Blink, by Ted Dekker.