{"id":21173,"date":"2026-11-09T19:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T00:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=21173"},"modified":"2026-11-09T19:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T00:57:16","slug":"book-review-finally-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=21173","title":{"rendered":"BOOK REVIEW | Finally Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-09-at-7.51.52-PM-771x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-09-at-7.51.52-PM-771x1024.png 771w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-09-at-7.51.52-PM-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-09-at-7.51.52-PM-768x1020.png 768w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-09-at-7.51.52-PM-1156x1536.png 1156w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-09-at-7.51.52-PM.png 1346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are very few modern writers that can take us to the throne of God the way that Dane Ortlund does.  He writes out of an overflow of what the Lord is doing in His life.  Reading a Dane Ortlund book feels a lot like sitting with him as he mines the Scripture for all the nuggets to be found within.  <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Finally-Home-Christian-Hope-Heaven\/dp\/1433591251\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=217MFTKOZAKAG&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mi3aZ04y4gOdEeKXTlG61y4-aA2hAh2qpt-Vn8yllpW3nUi14VaHgr1PHHw2VLGPBh7peaD_ANBz3L5az-N3xypEBvZeFLjCZDw3eCptfEoWa9afStmOMwFAkMFKap5HisJTths1Gs0iA4nuzz9WyYoHmFLA9UJgaUfjuADo4kiRNTJ-iajr0TheFEIp7uNiLano4DqHnM_Ys0QJNHKhz68gdUYX8f_A7q2CBSZy5Bo.SgbRUROH2V-9JNN-Kseyl-bnHcFu_h0KwvV88hxytzw&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=finally%2Bhome&amp;qid=1794271934&amp;sprefix=finally%2Bhome%2Caps%2C244&amp;sr=8-1&amp;th=1\">Finally Home<\/a><\/em> is his latest work and a powerful reminder of where everything in this life is ultimately headed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have had the unique privilege of attending several funerals over the last few months&#8230;seems odd to celebrate, but certainly offers a healthy perspective on the minor inconveniences of everyday life.  The Lord is gracious and kind.  He is so good to us and gracious at every turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I highlighted several things while reading this book and have posted those notes below.  I assure you this book is officially now on the &#8220;read every year&#8221; list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For anyone not united to Jesus Christ, this life is the best it will ever get. For anyone united to Jesus Christ, this life is the worst it will ever get. p. i<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is this life that is small. Heaven is not an endnote to the novel of this life. Heaven is the novel of which this life is page 1. p. 5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We may feel that we are suddenly being summoned to the king&#8217;s throne room when we realize we&#8217;re about to die. But our whole little life has been about this summoning. p. 10<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is heaven? It is the achievement, with and in Jesus Christ, of the togetherness toward which every relational joy is pointing. p. 23<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Everything we enjoy in one another is itself only a glimpse of the deeper and more real personhood of Christ. p. 24<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heaven is the lining up subjectively of what we already objectively are in Christ. We are positionally clean now. We will also be experientially clean then. p. 49<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To go from this life to the next is not to go from our native land to a foreign country but to go from a foreign country to our native land. It is to go home. p. 121<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One of the great discontinuities between this life and the next is the transition from chaos to calm. I wonder what that sudden evaporation of external and especially internal hurriedness will feel like. p. 197<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are very few modern writers that can take us to the throne of God the way that Dane Ortlund does. He writes out of an overflow of what the Lord is doing in His life. 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