The God That We've Created by Michele Longo O'Donnell (2005, Paperback)

I found Michelle Longo O'Donnell on television and wanted to know more about her so bought this book and Of Monkeys and Dragons. I wanted to know what her theology was.

I found this book to be good in her understanding that we don't have to be sick, that disease and sickness can be overcome by faith in God.

What I didn't like, however, is that her foundation for such an idea is absolutely amiss. She never mentions Jesus' death, burial and/or resurrection as the ground upon which we base our confidence in the healing power of God. Rather, it seems to be all up to us and our understanding and belief in ourselves.

Throughout the book she makes reference to bible passages, but notice which ones they are - not the ones about being born again or 1 Peter 2:24 by whose stripes ye were healed, etc. In the back of the book is a list of bible references used throughout the book for ease in researching particular ones.

She has a background in Unity and other New Age thinking as well as Christianity. That is all mixed up in her writing. She states at one point something to the effect that she left Christianity and other various schools of thought because they didn't give sufficient answer to the overcoming of disease.

If you read either of these books, be alert to the proper foundation. Salvation is found only in Jesus Christ, Him and no other. The Bible DOES have all the answers - sometimes we just have to dig deeper to find them.