Author: David W. Hewitt
Date: 2024
Publisher: Wellsprings Community
The Gospel is an announcement.
David Hewit, is pastor/director of a church in Newcraighall, Edinburgh, UK, called Wellsprings Community.
He writes,
I discovered that there were other perspectives on the ‘finished work of the Cross’ that go back to the early Church Fathers. The Gospel message has been distorted at various times in history as one emphasis or another has been brought to bear, particularly in the last two centuries. When I delved deeper into teaching on the Trinity and the vicarious work of the Son of God, it was as if a weight lifted off my shoulders. Ever since, I have found that an understanding of the unrelenting, outrageous grace and goodness of God rings true in the core of my being. The Father is like the portrait Jesus gives us in Luke 15–the shepherd who goes after the lost sheep until he finds it, the woman who diligently recovers the lost coin and the father who, with lavish kindness, restores the undeserving son into the family home–and Jesus and the Father are one!
David Hewitt, in this book, explores how our innermost longing is not for mere stasis but an ek-stasis: we have already been carried home... Home has come to us. Ultimate Rest is an invitation to metanoia, to theosis, to sharing in the divine life.
Hewitt's writing is compassionate and deeply rooted in Scripture. He frames the Gospel not as a demand to perform, but as a declaration of what Christ has already accomplished. The message of Ultimate Rest is exactly that—an invitation to rest in the finished work of Christ, rather than strive to earn what has already been freely given.
This isn’t a checklist kind of book. It's not a self-help book. It’s not about doing more for God. It’s about learning to stop, to breathe, and to rediscover what it means to live from a place of grace and trust.
This book is quick to read - it's only 130 pages - including a number of prayers in the appendices. It’s thoughtful, theologically rich, and deeply pastoral. A quiet but powerful reminder that we were never meant to carry the weight, but to rest in our salvation.
I received this book free through the Speakeasy blogging book review network.
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