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Review by reb_john -- Who Told You That You Were Naked?
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4 out of 4 stars
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“Who Told You You were naked?” by William E. Comb is a faith based book aimed at exploring what happened in the garden of Eden and at looking at the topics of faith, salvation, and sin. In the forward to the book Mr. Combs gives an explanation at why looking at this first story of mankind and god is so important.
“It is said the genesis of all biblical revelation has its roots in the first book of the Bible. My own knowledge of sin, salvation, and faith had been largely shaped through the lens of the New Testament. Standing in the garden that day, as it were, brought a much deeper understanding of these critical building blocks.”
The book starts by going through the encounters of Adam and Eve. It examines, what happens when sin enters the world, and how relationships are broken between man and god and between each other. The first 4 chapters explore different themes from the garden scene such as nakedness, fear, and separation from God. Then it goes on through the next 6 chapters focusing a lot more on other themes throughout the bible such as faith, salvation, sin, and relationships but drawing in and using ideas from the garden to illustrate its points.
William Combs uses imagery and fictional stories to illustrate how things might have played out in different times in the bible. I especially appreciated the imaginative use of short fictional stories to help portray how biblical events might have happened and how the people of the bible may have felt. One such story was about a man named Jared. The story portrayed how Jared, one of Jesus’s listeners, might have felt, hearing him give the Sermon on the Mount. I also liked the personal note the author put in the beginning. It was a story about him growing up in Alaska and his first encounter with the northern lights.
Overall I felt like it was very well written and I appreciated that it had multiple biblical references to back up its ideas. I do feel like in some chapters it was hard to find how the garden story related. I wish there would have been more tie ins to the garden to keep up with the theme from the beginning of the book.
This book lends itself well for reading in a group as well as reading individually. There are questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. That coupled with the fact that there are only 10 chapters makes me feel this would be good for a group bible study.
“Who told you you were naked? A refreshing view of the Garden of Eden lived up to its name. It was refreshing and very informative and inspiring. A good read for someone looking to add to their devotional time. Or do a small group study. I rate it 4 out of 4 stars.
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4 out of 4 stars
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“Who Told You You were naked?” by William E. Comb is a faith based book aimed at exploring what happened in the garden of Eden and at looking at the topics of faith, salvation, and sin. In the forward to the book Mr. Combs gives an explanation at why looking at this first story of mankind and god is so important.
“It is said the genesis of all biblical revelation has its roots in the first book of the Bible. My own knowledge of sin, salvation, and faith had been largely shaped through the lens of the New Testament. Standing in the garden that day, as it were, brought a much deeper understanding of these critical building blocks.”
The book starts by going through the encounters of Adam and Eve. It examines, what happens when sin enters the world, and how relationships are broken between man and god and between each other. The first 4 chapters explore different themes from the garden scene such as nakedness, fear, and separation from God. Then it goes on through the next 6 chapters focusing a lot more on other themes throughout the bible such as faith, salvation, sin, and relationships but drawing in and using ideas from the garden to illustrate its points.
William Combs uses imagery and fictional stories to illustrate how things might have played out in different times in the bible. I especially appreciated the imaginative use of short fictional stories to help portray how biblical events might have happened and how the people of the bible may have felt. One such story was about a man named Jared. The story portrayed how Jared, one of Jesus’s listeners, might have felt, hearing him give the Sermon on the Mount. I also liked the personal note the author put in the beginning. It was a story about him growing up in Alaska and his first encounter with the northern lights.
Overall I felt like it was very well written and I appreciated that it had multiple biblical references to back up its ideas. I do feel like in some chapters it was hard to find how the garden story related. I wish there would have been more tie ins to the garden to keep up with the theme from the beginning of the book.
This book lends itself well for reading in a group as well as reading individually. There are questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. That coupled with the fact that there are only 10 chapters makes me feel this would be good for a group bible study.
“Who told you you were naked? A refreshing view of the Garden of Eden lived up to its name. It was refreshing and very informative and inspiring. A good read for someone looking to add to their devotional time. Or do a small group study. I rate it 4 out of 4 stars.
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