The writer, Reverend John R. Mabry examines the possibility of any spiritual jingle between the Tao-Te Ching,
collection of ancient Chinese wise sayings, and the Word of God in the New Testament.
His preconception is God and Tao might be partly the same supernatural being. And if it is true – guessed the writer - there is no reason not to launch some reform thinkings to improve the stranded Christianity and fructify it with the thoughts of Chinese sages.
Although there is only one thing we could state surely: both of them, God and Tao is the way of life (Tao exactly means: the way of all life and Jesus said in John 14:6: I am the way, the truth, and the life), they are pretty different ways, which can barely mix together as much we wish to amend our faith. Why? To answer this question and make me clear I''ve tried to recall any relevant wise saying of the ancient Eeast, vainly. So you might make do with this:
If one is about to produce a better animal out of his donkey and cross it with a horse, in the next step he is not supposed to cross back the mule with a donkey. I am not implying here any ranking or something, all I want to prove that the writer''s effort ab ovo nothing else just plowing the sand.
From that point on the reader can have a good chance to taste of one of the wisest thinker ever, Lao Tzu''s (attributed with the writing of the Tao) thoughts collected in the world second most popular books (right after the Bible) from the Christian point of view and partake in the joyfully journey with the writer in the most high spiritual circles of the Universe.
The book was written to Christian readers, so the interpretations of the ancient texts focuse on the Lao Tzu''s text whose translation is a whole is involved in the first part of the book.