Review of “Burning Passion for Lost Souls”, written by Aradhana Thakor

Review of: “BURNING PASSION FOR LOST SOULS”, written by Aradhana Thakor
by: Michelle Gott

I have myself been going into prisons with my parents who minister to the incarcerated since I was in high school. So you can imagine my surprise when I was given the opportunity to get to know another young lady who has also gone in to prisons with her parents to minister to the incarcerated. One not-so-tiny little difference, their prison ministry was far, far away, in India.

It is not my intention to stereo-type, but I am certain it will come across that way. I am well aware of prison conditions even in the state and federal facilities in a pretty state like Colorado; I cannot imagine the prison conditions in a third-world country like India. India is very impoverished and corruption thrives. Like many correction systems, the prisons are crowded, under-staffed, poorly maintained, and many incarcerated, go there to be forgotten; often to die behind bars.

The primary religion for India is Hinduism. Many, many have never heard about God’s great love for mankind that was demonstrated by the gift He gave humanity in the form of His only Son Jesus who took our penalty on Himself to reconcile us with our Father. Many, including those imprisoned for crimes. To think! these incarcerated men and women, with no hope to repay their debt, were sent to prison to be forgotten and die, but instead, they found life in Christ, a new beginning, a true life sentence! And they met Jesus through the devoted service of a faithful man and woman, Aradhana’s parents.

“Burning Passion for Lost Souls”, by Aradhana Thakor, is an impacting tribute to the man who in many ways birthed prison ministry in India’s prisons, Pastor Deepak Tribhuvan, as memorialized by his youngest daughter, Aradhana. He was given a vision by God, and a passion was birthed in his soul for the lostness of those behind bars. He boldly approached the superintendent of prisons (who was Hindu, by the way) for permission to tell the prisoners of what Jesus had done for him in his own life to set him free and change him from the inside out, which permission shockingly was granted. Aradhana takes us on a journey with her as she relives and remembers all the ways her father, and her mother as well, were used by the Lord to captivate lost souls for Christ.

While the memoir “Burning Passion for Lost Souls” is convicting and deeply touching, even more raw are the testimonies written by numerous prisoners and ex-offenders who were impacted by the faithfulness of this couple, who met Jesus and received freedom from sin and internal bondage. This is a wonderfully written book with far-reaching tentacles of love and transparency about the love one man had for His Savior; his desire so deep for lost souls that he couldn’t rest until he shared with others as lost as he once had been the hope he had found.

Thank you, Aradhana, for bringing life to a story many consider dead and compassion for those we forget Christ died to save.