Review by bigirimanacelestin -- Who Told You That You We...

[Bigirimana Celestin]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Who Told You That You Were Naked?" by William Combs.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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William E. Combs, the retired Presbyterian minister with a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary has got an idea in his homily, and try to perceive why we die referring to incident done by our progenitors. By rehashing the life of Adam and eve in Eden and their disobedience to God’s command: of not eating the fruits from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the author of Who told you that you were naked? A nonfiction book figures out how sin leads to death.

With regards to the first two chapters, the book opens with a rehash of much of what we know, or must know, about the extraordinary place, full of all necessities to enjoy joyful and peacefully life cheered by the Lord. Their hilarity last no more because Adam and eve has forced out of Eden with relation to their transgression on God’s command. As death was the wage of their evil doing, physical death, relational death and Spiritual death was examined critically by the author to see what death God was referring too. Issue regarding to the redemption of first Adam by second Adam has gone through along the book, by correlating information from Paul’s letters and that of the book of Genesis. Faith to Jesus Christ was also found as the fundamental principle of Christianity and the way to internal life, besides, taking our cross and following Jesus will lead us to our Sabbath.

According to the author’s focus, the theme has been well grounded and made the book to fit the genre. More Bible books were consulted; emphasis, notes and Hebrew or Greek meaning of the word, succored him to give a clear meaning of the passage. The purport of his writing helps me to retain the real significance of word faith, sin and rest or Sabbath that occurs many times in the Bible. The contents page with titles and the sub tittles in each chapter are also helpful to the reader, as they give him or her, ability to grasp information he or she needs without extra reading.

A further aspect of what I find as most helpful in this book is a set of questions at end of each chapter and the endnote at the end of the last chapter which help the reader to increase his or her understanding.

Even though the emphases are so many to help the reader to grasp the information, they could also be a hindrance to some Christians because of the most well-known law in the Bible that warns not add or subtract the word of God. While reading the book, I find that the use of strenuous words has made the work splendid and prohibits nonnative speakers to be amused by the book. Though some non-biblical scenarios were presented in the book, they cannot make information unreliable.

Eventually, a rating of 4 out of 4 stars is what I give to Who told you that you were naked? As it contains clear detailed and trusty information gathered after referring to other tomes and Bible indeed. I believe that all Christians and church leaders will greatly enjoy the book.

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