Raised: A Story of Salvation

by Stephen Baker

Benjamin Lazarus works as a telemarketer, selling overpriced timeshares to unwary, elderly victims. He is the best employee at the company, because he can lie like no one else. On a stormy Monday morning, he is about to discover a secret. He is, in reality, dead. An expert team of villains follow Benjamin and try to trip him up at every turn on his quest to get out of the grave. But there are other forces at work in his life. Benjamin has a caring Uncle and a loving God who are intent on seeing him live.

99 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 8, 2013

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Reviews

[Peter Younghusband · Rating 4 out of 5]

My first introduction into Theological Fiction. The author described this "...as a fictitious story written to teach a Bible doctrine in an interesting way. Raised teaches the doctrine of Soteriology or Salvation."

While some of the fiction elements are a bit too simple or weak, the theology is spot on. Now for those readers who hate being preached at, there is a lot of Bible verses, doctrine and theology in this novella, it is after all Theological Fiction and this is one of its characteristics!

I found this an easy to read and understand story and it was good to revisit some of the basic tenets, doctrines, and theology from early conversion days, all those decades ago!

This would be a good resource to give to someone newly converted or who is searching for God or wanting to know what it is to become a Christian.

Baker knows his Bible and theology and this novella is well founded in that!

[Rosario · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read

Overall this book was awesome to read! I enjoyed it and was brought closer to Christ through it! Praise the Lord!

I did think the story line was a little abrupt if you will, and certainly was predictable. But this book will bring you closer to Christ and would be a great witnessing tool for someone that does not know Christ! Thanks!

[Sheila Myers · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an interesting little story about the basic beliefs of Christianity and salvation, although I would classify it more as a sermon with a little bit of fiction thrown into the mix. I think it would serve as a good introduction to the principles for kids and young adults. The author causes some distractions in the flow by adding the numbers for footnotes and Scripture references throughout the text (outside of statements made by the characters) which belongs in works of non-fiction, not fiction.