Made for Eden is a fantastic reexamination of the Christian life. By looking at the story of humanity from the very beginning, McIntosh helps the reader see what was lost in Eden and how God's promises and provisions allow us to live more like Eden than we might realize. Christ's work has regained for us a stewardship that was lost in the separation from Eden. Now in Christ, we live as new creations and under a new covenant but with a restored stewardship over God's creation.

McIntosh is engaging and thoughtful throughout. He includes an amazing amount of scriptural citation throughout his argument and utilizes important voices such as C.S. Lewis and George MacDonald to strengthen his points. McIntosh also effectively uses storytelling and illustrations to help his points land.

Reading this book leaves you with an appreciation of the author but a far deeper appreciation for the beauty of Christ's gospel and the fullness of what He has promised and provided for us.

The way that Bryan shares what it means to be a new creation, what Eden showed us about God's continued good plan for us, and how we were created us to have the life of God in us and to do the work that He's called us to do is a message I haven't found in other books. It is a beautiful telling of the story of Creation and Eden that people rarely hear. Bryan opened my eyes to the many references throughout scripture from Genesis to Revelation that clearly show how God knew us, knew how we would need Him, and the coming return of his love and his life for us in Eden restored. This is a book that every Christian needs to read. It's one of the most important books I've read that I wish every new believer and mature believer can gain a new perspective on how we have not messed up. God knew us and Adam and Even and none of what has happened has caught him off guard. It's inspirational and has a clear theological background with Bryan's doctoral degree in New Testament. The book encourages you not to ever doubt God's call on your life. If he dwells in you, you are ready to live a new life, in the calling that God has for each of us.

The Bible opens with the beauty of creation and ends with the promise of a new creation, but we inhabit the messy in-between. Left to our own devices, we will attempt to fix our world by our own power, but the reality of what awaits us through God’s restoration of the universe overwhelms the deepest of imaginations. Bryan McIntosh takes us on a tour of these biblical truths and reveals the unshakable hope of what is ahead as we refocus our sight upon eternity. Every exile from Eden should read this book!