🏆 Best Faith-Based & Inspirational Book Award
Honoring Madelyn Bekker
Author of He is the God of Jacob.
Some books begin with certainty.
This one begins with questions.
And that is exactly why it is so powerful.
When I read He is he God of Jacob, I found myself deeply moved—because this is not a book written from blind belief or inherited faith. It is a book born from doubt, from intellectual rigor, from relentless searching, and from a heart courageous enough to ask the hardest question of all:
Is there even a God?
Madelyn Bekker does what so many are afraid to do—she examines faith from the inside and the outside. She weighs science, philosophy, history, theology, art, and lived experience. She asks where DNA comes from, why the universe exists at all, and whether morality, beauty, and consciousness can truly be explained without a divine source. She does the work. She researches. She listens. She questions. And through that process, she arrives not at shallow certainty, but at earned faith.
This book is a breathtaking exploration of God’s beauty, grace, and mercy—not as abstract ideas, but as lived realities. Madelyn reminds us that God’s beauty is not merely aesthetic; it is moral, spiritual, relational. It is seen in love, harmony, transcendence, and the quiet fact that an immeasurably powerful God is still intimately concerned with our lives. What happens to us matters to Him.
She writes with humility about grace—the unmerited favor that meets us not when we are perfect, but when we are broken. Through her own life, she shows how grace transforms, heals, forgives, and restores. And she speaks tenderly of mercy—the compassion of a God who withholds the punishment we deserve and instead offers hope, redemption, and new beginnings.
What makes The God of Jacob extraordinary is that it never claims one narrow path. Instead, it offers a map—a guide for contemplation and exploration. Madelyn shares her personal journey alongside philosophical arguments, scientific inquiry, theological reflection, and the voices of believers, skeptics, and seekers alike. She honors both those who have found God and those who are still searching, allowing readers to see themselves honestly within the pages.
This is a book that understands something profound:
the search for God is not only intellectual—it is emotional, intuitive, relational, and deeply human.
Madelyn invites us to search with our minds, but also to allow our hearts to remain receptive. She reminds us that God can be found in scripture and science, in nature and silence, in compassion and coincidence, in joy—and often, in the darkest valleys of pain and hurt.
And the title itself carries a revelation:
God calls Himself "The God of Jacob" —not because Jacob was righteous, but because he was broken. A sinner. A schemer. A struggler. And still, deeply loved.
This is the God Madelyn reveals:
a God who loves us before we are changed.
A God who uses broken people.
A God who is not repelled by doubt, but meets us within it.
That is why "He is he God of Jacob" so profoundly deserves the Best Faith-Based & Inspirational Book Award.
Because this book does not demand belief—it invites it.
It does not silence questions—it honors them.
It does not reduce God—it magnifies Him.
Congratulations, Madelyn Bekker.
Your courage to search, your integrity to question, and your willingness to share your journey have created a work that inspires faith not through fear, but through truth, beauty, grace, and mercy.
With open hearts and curious minds, this is a book that will continue to guide countless readers on their own sacred journey of searching—and finding—God.
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