Easter Told as a Love Story
In Love Story – The Myth That Really Happened, Glen Scrivener presents Easter as the “true myth,” echoing ideas from J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.
What stood out most to me was how he structures the book around six movements—True Story, Back Story, Love Stoops, Love Suffers, Love Sacrifices, and Love Stands. This progression frames Easter as an unfolding story of love, showing not just what happened, but the kind of love being expressed. That lens made familiar events feel more meaningful and easier to connect with.
It’s a fresh and engaging idea, though the book’s brevity means it doesn’t go very deep. Still, an interesting and accessible read overall.
Bianca
Love Story
70 pages setting out the Easter story as being driven by God’s love. The incarnation and the cross are seen as motivated by God’s love for us and the resurrection as love’s vindication. A great book to give away.
Stephen Ayre
Love Story
The premise of Love Story is that Easter or the resurrection of Christ is the myth that really happened or a fairy tale that is true. Through stories we have, be it on classical literature or on our screen, they try to emulate (unknowingly) this redemption narrative. Glen opens this book with the story of the conversation of Lewis and Tolkien about Easter. Then carried over to the the next chapter about comicbook superhero origins and its importance. For me this comparison is a big deal to me because I can easily relate and I think others will, given that our media is saturated with superhero movies and TV shows.
Glen Scrivener continues to impress me on this “Easter as the ultimate fairy tale” thing by presenting the first verse on Genesis and in the OT story of Hosea and Gomer. I was moved when he said that God wants to let Hosea feel what its like to love, i.e. God loving Israel. Its deep and penetrating. I asked myself if this is this book about Valentine or Easter. I would say it’s both! But the author doesn’t just settle for the “ultimate fairy tale” theme in this book. By now you’re getting the point and wants to go deeper. Well, Scrivener obliged to do that for the reader. After stating the Easter is the ultimate love story, he then dissect what kind of love God wants to show us in this great romance. And he somewhat corresponds each characteristics to each day of passion week from Maundy Thursday culminating to Easter.
I would have thrown in the towel in reading this book because of two things: sinner’s prayer and evidential apologetics. However, I like how places the sinner’s prayer and evidential apologetics, with taste and proper context that wont distort the gospel of presented in this book. The final part of the book are truly moving and convicting, and all I can say that Scrivener has written must read book this coming Lent. Highly recommend!
Nitoy Gonzales
Love Story
Easter is God's passionate love for those who deserve the opposite. In this wonderfully written little book, Glen explains the Easter message of God's breathtaking love in a way that is clear and concise. It includes the Bible text as Glen explains it, and the language he uses makes it suitable for someone who has never read the Bible. He answers sceptics and doubters, showing the reasonableness of the true story of the ultimate death busting hero. It is the perfect book to give to neighbours, colleagues and friends this Easter. Before you give it away, though, take the time to read it for yourself and bask again in the wonders of God's love in Christ as Glen explains from Genesis to Revelation the A to Z of God's love…..or in this case the four S’s. It moved me to tears as I read again of how Jesus stooped to drink hell in a cup for me so I need never taste it. Buy it, read it, give it away and pray that many will be brought to turn to God and know the awesome love of God through reading it.
David Sprouse
It moved me to tears
Easter is God's passionate love for those who deserve the opposite. In this wonderfully written little book, Glen explains the Easter message of God's breathtaking love in a way that is clear and concise. It includes the Bible text as Glen explains it, and the language he uses makes it suitable for someone who has never read the Bible. He answers sceptics and doubters, showing the reasonableness of the true story of the ultimate death busting hero. It is the perfect book to give to neighbours, colleagues and friends this Easter. Before you give it away, though, take the time to read it for yourself and bask again in the wonders of God's love in Christ as Glen explains from Genesis to Revelation the A to Z of God's love…..or in this case the four S’s. It moved me to tears as I read again of how Jesus stooped to drink hell in a cup for me so I need never taste it. Buy it, read it, give it away and pray that many will be brought to turn to God and know the awesome love of God through reading it.
David Sprouse
Love Story
An absolutely beautifully written book. Gets to the heart and is a must read for both Christians and non-believers. I couldn't put it down and will re-read it. Complex truths are put in such a crystal clear way that it nourishes the soul from the first page to the last. I knew all the truths Glen writes about, they had never sunk in like they did as they were told in Love Story! Will be buying more for family and friends!
Paulo Coll
Simply Crystal Clear and Beautiful
An absolutely beautifully written book. Gets to the heart and is a must read for both Christians and non-believers. I couldn't put it down and will re-read it. Complex truths are put in such a crystal clear way that it nourishes the soul from the first page to the last. I knew all the truths Glen writes about, they had never sunk in like they did as they were told in Love Story! Will be buying more for family and friends!
Paulo Coll
