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Review by Bako Nimrod Yero -- Who Told You That You Were...
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4 out of 4 stars
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Who Told You That You Were Naked?
William E. Combs, Published by Carpenter’s Son Publishing, Franklin, Tennessee, 2016. 185 standard pages. ISBN 978-1-945507-23-6.
Who Told You That You Were Naked? Gives an inside look at how the knowledge of good and evil was inherited from the first man-Adam and how we were redeemed by grace through faith. This book also reexamines critically how sin came into the world through this same man-Adam. The book answers the question of what will become of us if we clothe ourselves with the beautiful and flamboyant things this world can offer, been it intellect, wealth or status that does not conform to the instructions from the Lord, will leave us vulnerable and naked. This book will be a useful addition to a school or public library. The author, William Combs is a retired Presbyterian minister with Masters in Divinity and Doctorate Degree in Ministry. This book is surely one of the finest written on this subject.
““I won’t harm you, little one,” Adam spoke reassuringly as he strode from the woods toward his home. He could feel its pounding heart, its rapid breathing, its churning efforts to escape.”(Pp. 21). This is an example of quotes you are likely to get from a story book. He highlights major issues, right from the time of creation to the redemption period where Jesus died. The author uses his wealth of experience and examples of what life has offered over the years to cite examples for the reader’s understanding. Within the context of this book, Combs’ conclusions were based on how to pursue the truth, deny self and follow Christ. I must confess that this is a book that comes at a time it is mostly needed. Though a non-fiction, the writer is very careful in his selection of words as though he was in the scene. He painted the book in such a way that it will keep his readers going through every word in the book until they get to the last page.
Comb’s narrative voice is so wonderful and calm. Over the course of this book, Comb’s described the relationship between Adam and Eve with God and the way they communicated in the Garden of Eden to the redemption on the cross. Reading through this book will place you in the scene as though you were there in the real-life account.
Comb’s reexamination of the Garden of Eden down to the redemption on the cross places this book in the existing literature. Before now, there were many questions on whether or not the serpent actually spoke to Eve or not, but this book with its references well spelt out, gives a reasonable amount of information that is not ambiguous. There is this connection from one chapter to the other that creates a flow of idea in the book that does not break the readers understanding of the book.
This book is generally a success. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wishes to embark on a research in topics related to the title of this book; seminarians, scholars and any other person(s) who wishes to be enlightened on how sin came into this world and our redemption. On this note, I strongly rate this book 4 out of 4.
References
Francis Brown, S.R. Driver, and Charles A.
Briggs. (1968). A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the
Old Testament, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press.
H.E. Dana, Julius R. Mantey, (1957). A Manual Grammar of
the Greek New Testament, Toronto: The MacMillan
Company, 157.
John Baille, John T. McNeill, Henry P. Van Dusen,
eds. (1967). The Library of Christian Classics, Volume XX,
Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion (Philadelphia:
The Westminster Press, 253.
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4 out of 4 stars
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Who Told You That You Were Naked?
William E. Combs, Published by Carpenter’s Son Publishing, Franklin, Tennessee, 2016. 185 standard pages. ISBN 978-1-945507-23-6.
Who Told You That You Were Naked? Gives an inside look at how the knowledge of good and evil was inherited from the first man-Adam and how we were redeemed by grace through faith. This book also reexamines critically how sin came into the world through this same man-Adam. The book answers the question of what will become of us if we clothe ourselves with the beautiful and flamboyant things this world can offer, been it intellect, wealth or status that does not conform to the instructions from the Lord, will leave us vulnerable and naked. This book will be a useful addition to a school or public library. The author, William Combs is a retired Presbyterian minister with Masters in Divinity and Doctorate Degree in Ministry. This book is surely one of the finest written on this subject.
““I won’t harm you, little one,” Adam spoke reassuringly as he strode from the woods toward his home. He could feel its pounding heart, its rapid breathing, its churning efforts to escape.”(Pp. 21). This is an example of quotes you are likely to get from a story book. He highlights major issues, right from the time of creation to the redemption period where Jesus died. The author uses his wealth of experience and examples of what life has offered over the years to cite examples for the reader’s understanding. Within the context of this book, Combs’ conclusions were based on how to pursue the truth, deny self and follow Christ. I must confess that this is a book that comes at a time it is mostly needed. Though a non-fiction, the writer is very careful in his selection of words as though he was in the scene. He painted the book in such a way that it will keep his readers going through every word in the book until they get to the last page.
Comb’s narrative voice is so wonderful and calm. Over the course of this book, Comb’s described the relationship between Adam and Eve with God and the way they communicated in the Garden of Eden to the redemption on the cross. Reading through this book will place you in the scene as though you were there in the real-life account.
Comb’s reexamination of the Garden of Eden down to the redemption on the cross places this book in the existing literature. Before now, there were many questions on whether or not the serpent actually spoke to Eve or not, but this book with its references well spelt out, gives a reasonable amount of information that is not ambiguous. There is this connection from one chapter to the other that creates a flow of idea in the book that does not break the readers understanding of the book.
This book is generally a success. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wishes to embark on a research in topics related to the title of this book; seminarians, scholars and any other person(s) who wishes to be enlightened on how sin came into this world and our redemption. On this note, I strongly rate this book 4 out of 4.
References
Francis Brown, S.R. Driver, and Charles A.
Briggs. (1968). A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the
Old Testament, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press.
H.E. Dana, Julius R. Mantey, (1957). A Manual Grammar of
the Greek New Testament, Toronto: The MacMillan
Company, 157.
John Baille, John T. McNeill, Henry P. Van Dusen,
eds. (1967). The Library of Christian Classics, Volume XX,
Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion (Philadelphia:
The Westminster Press, 253.
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