A Heart For God:

Loving God with Your Whole Heart

Some of life’s biggest questions keep you up at night.

Does God exist? If so, what is He like? Was Jesus more than a man? Is the Bible reliable? Who am I and what is my life’s purpose? How can I have what the Bible calls “life that is truly life?”

Maybe you’re curious about how Christianity answers these questions.

In A Heart for God: Loving God with Your Whole Heart, Vicki Gordy invites you to consider evidence you’ve maybe never heard for the truth of Christianity’s claims. You’ll not only learn how the gospel or “good news” of Jesus Christ can be believed but lived, as Gordy weaves personal testimony and rigorous scholarship together.

Do you know why you believe what you believe?

If you’re no longer satisfied with holding certain beliefs because you inherited them from your parents or absorbed them from peers, A Heart for God is for you.

Vicki Gordy began searching for answers to some of life’s biggest questions after her history professor told the class Jesus was a myth. Gordy wasn’t a Christian then, but several years later at 21 years old she wanted to explore whether her professor’s claim about Jesus was true or false:

Is Christianity just a nice story... or is it a True Story?

In A Heart for God, you’ll learn why it is reasonable to believe Christianity is true, and what it means to follow Jesus and love God with your whole heart.

Chapters include:

* Pursuing Truth
* Reasons to Believe God Exists
* Reasons to Believe the Bible is Reliable
* Reasons to Believe the Claims of Jesus
* What God is Like
* God’s Relationship with Mankind
* You Are Invited
* Walking with God

Christian Scholars, Pastors, and Others Commend A Heart for God:

"Vicki Gordy’s book, A Heart for God: Loving God with Your Whole Heart, is a breath of fresh air! Unlike so many other books focusing on “apologetics” issues, this book breathes sincerity and concern rather than simply offering answers to frequent questions. To be sure, Gordy offers her readers plenty of answers and a number of good reasons for believing in and trusting Jesus as Lord, but A Heart for God also offers the reader a glance into the author’s heart—a heart that loves God and her neighbors. In short, this book was a labor of love, and it shows. Fortunately truth and love are not mutually exclusive, and A Heart for God is thus an example of how to speak—or write—the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15). As a result, I predict that readers will come away with a sense that the Gospel is worth serious consideration, and a healthy respect for the author of this wonderful book."

Bob Stewart

Professor of Philosophy and Theology
Director of the Apologetics Program
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

"Some Christian books focus on personal spiritual development without substantial answers to the questions of today. Other Christian books focus on intellectual answers but leave no space for relational insight. A Heart for God: Loving God with Your Whole Heart by Vicki Gordy strikes a great balance between intellectual apologetics and relational evangelism. It will certainly be used by the Lord in bringing many people into His kingdom."

John Frady

Author of Bad Preacher
Executive Pastor of Spiritual Development
Celebration Church, Metairie, Louisiana

Instead of sidestepping the questions of Creation and the existence of God, this book embraces these questions and analytically considers the options in an easy-to-understand format that can be appreciated by everyone. I believe that this approach serves well to invite the person with rational doubts in finding comfort through a rational understanding of the possibilities. It's a compelling read that allows the reader to make a better decision as to what is truly believable. This analytical approach offered a refreshing and unpressured read and opened my mind and heart with a perspective and understanding for which I am most grateful.

A Heart for God is exceptionally well written and thoroughly researched. It is easy to read and a great tool to discern answers to questions we all have. It is laid out in perfect sequence for Seekers who want to know more about God and provides a path for a new Christian to grow in their faith. Growing Christians will also find it a wonderful resource. I recommend everyone read it as it is exceptionally well done.

Few have a heart for God as my friend Vicki Gordy. All who know Vicki know she offers this book as an invitation to explore biblical faith and discover, as she did, that it is strong enough to hold through life's storms, and gentle enough to satisfy every heart. Her careful research, verified by some of today's top scholars, shows that the Christian faith is reasonable and true. This is a book I highly recommend.

I enjoyed the book thoroughly and it answered many questions that I have asked internally before, but never pursued the questions openly. It has helped me be more confident and comfortable in speaking boldly for Christ.

I found this book to be both heartwarming and exceptional. I like how the author uses and incorporates the different pathways in bringing the reader to a better appreciation and understanding of our faith. The book also purports a serious investigation into deep concepts that are common to us all and at the same time challenges the reader to do his or her own soul searching. And Gordy not only presents the material in a very clear, precise and pragmatic format but also in a warm and friendly manner.

A Heart for God is a wonderful book for everyone whether you're curious about Christianity's truth claims and teachings or you're a Christian who wants to grow in your understanding of what you believe and why. Vicki's sincere desire to demonstrate why Christ is trustworthy is evident on every page. She combines her own story about why she became a Christian with rigorous scholarship and plausible answers to questions commonly asked about Christianity. Her writing is accessible to everyone from those familiar with the apologetics content in the book or just encountering it for the first time. A Heart for God includes some of the best reasons to believe that Christianity is true, but Vicki doesn't just speak to the mind. She engages the mind and heart, inviting readers to accept God's invitation to reconciliation with Him through Christ.

The Curious Reader

You’re not a Christian, but you want to explore whether Christianity is true and what it means to become a follower of Jesus.

The New Christian

You’ve decided to follow Jesus, but you’re unsure where to go from here. This book covers some of Christianity’s foundational teachings and how they transform your life here and now.

The Christian

You’re a Christian and want to revisit key elements of your faith and evidence for Christianity so you can more readily tell others why you’re a Christian.

A Heart For God