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Book Review - "The Gospel Can Change Your Life"
The following review was written by Addyson Baas on the book Grace House by Lee Kamminga (Jenison, MI: Reformed Free Publishing, 2025). The review was originally published in the Grandville Gleaner. The version below has been lightly edited for grammar and clarity.
Grace House is a book that tells the story of physically abused foster children in India who come to a Christian orphanage. Through the story of Kashvi, Grace House tells a story of what it means to be rescued—not only from physical danger, but also from serving pagan gods. Many of the events in this book are based on true stories from various children the author met when volunteering at an orphanage in India and then these stories were made into one big story of one main character.
The author begins by telling how Kashvi and her brother were born into poverty to a very difficult father. When she and her brother find refuge at Karunai House, a Christian orphanage, Kashvi meets the Christian owners of the orphanage and begins to have a relationship with the one true God. The contrast between the "religion" of her childhood and the true godly faith of her new life at Karunai House really shows how the gospel can change your life. You will read of Kashvi's struggle between loyalty to her family and the calling as a Christian.
This book was helpful for me to better understand the difficult circumstances these children live in and how most children raised in Hindu culture don't have a chance to learn Christianity.
Kashvi's story serves as a reminder that God's children are all over the world, even in the most pagan lands.
This story was heartbreaking at times, but yet it was good to read because Grace House is a story that shows God's mercy and grace. This book made me thankful for my Christian upbringing, but it also serves as a reminder not to take our faith for granted. The characters in this story were so close to God and prayed every time they needed help, whereas we tend to depend on ourselves. I feel this book is also a great reminder of the Church Universal as well as a reminder to pray for God's people all over the world who face persecution for confessing His name. Also, we need to pray for the Christian orphanages in India because the government is shutting a lot of them down since they realize that children raised there often grow up to reject the Hindu religion and the Indian government hates Christianity. And sadly there are around 20 million orphaned or foster children in India who need help.
Before you start reading this book, I found it helpful to go over the words on the Glossary (page 287) so you know what some of the Indian names and words in this book mean. This book is good for kids to read as well as adults.
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