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Review by Nanutesf -- Who Told You That You Were Naked?
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3 out of 4 stars
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I didn’t like that the language used in the introduction part of the book made it hard for me to relate to it. I was not familiar with those words and I wished he would’ve used simple words. The words should be simple in order from people from all over the world to understand easily. However from chapter one onwards, I realized that the language became easy.
William E. Combs used his imagination of how the Garden of Eden well. In theological books however it’s always advised not to add to the Bible, due to a high risk of misinterpretation. I didn’t see the relevance of the creativity in the introduction part to the rest of the book.
I appreciate how creative William E.Combs was in describing the Garden of Eden.
I like that he mentions how Adam worked in the garden and this emphasizes on the importance of work. I can see that William wanted to emphasize on some of his own values like how work is important.
The serpent used words like “my dear” to address Eve, and this is not in the Bible either but it teaches how deception works with enticing words.
On page eighty four, I disliked the words “rewarded by being cured”, because God doesn’t reward us because we have faith but we get the healing by faith. It’s not a reward for having faith. He has already provided healing and we just have to claim it.
I really appreciate how he explained about little faith and real faith.
He was explaining why the sacrifice had to be made. God is a righteous judge and that His righteous law has to be fulfilled for the forgiveness of sins.
Many people are trying to be righteous before they come to God but the writer explains that we should not focus on sinful habits that we don’t want to do. The writer would’ve gone further to explain how to get rid of those bad habits.
In page 106, he says that the renewing of the mind is something done to us. I agree in one way but I also believe that we have a part to play. Our part is to read, meditate, memorize on the Bible and then God will help us renew our minds. He should have given this information to the readers so they will know what their role is in renewing the mind.
The book can be read with others and it can be used to teach others because it has summary questions at the end of every chapter. It helps one person see if they have really understood every chapter well. It also gives a summary of what the writer has written which is very useful. I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars because I didn’t relate the introduction with the rest of the book. The rest of the chapters I really liked, except for a wrong choice of one word that could mislead the doctrine of Christianity. I didn’t give it a 2 because the rest of book has good content. This book would be good for all people groups but especially Christians, because it contains foundational truths.
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3 out of 4 stars
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I didn’t like that the language used in the introduction part of the book made it hard for me to relate to it. I was not familiar with those words and I wished he would’ve used simple words. The words should be simple in order from people from all over the world to understand easily. However from chapter one onwards, I realized that the language became easy.
William E. Combs used his imagination of how the Garden of Eden well. In theological books however it’s always advised not to add to the Bible, due to a high risk of misinterpretation. I didn’t see the relevance of the creativity in the introduction part to the rest of the book.
I appreciate how creative William E.Combs was in describing the Garden of Eden.
I like that he mentions how Adam worked in the garden and this emphasizes on the importance of work. I can see that William wanted to emphasize on some of his own values like how work is important.
The serpent used words like “my dear” to address Eve, and this is not in the Bible either but it teaches how deception works with enticing words.
On page eighty four, I disliked the words “rewarded by being cured”, because God doesn’t reward us because we have faith but we get the healing by faith. It’s not a reward for having faith. He has already provided healing and we just have to claim it.
I really appreciate how he explained about little faith and real faith.
He was explaining why the sacrifice had to be made. God is a righteous judge and that His righteous law has to be fulfilled for the forgiveness of sins.
Many people are trying to be righteous before they come to God but the writer explains that we should not focus on sinful habits that we don’t want to do. The writer would’ve gone further to explain how to get rid of those bad habits.
In page 106, he says that the renewing of the mind is something done to us. I agree in one way but I also believe that we have a part to play. Our part is to read, meditate, memorize on the Bible and then God will help us renew our minds. He should have given this information to the readers so they will know what their role is in renewing the mind.
The book can be read with others and it can be used to teach others because it has summary questions at the end of every chapter. It helps one person see if they have really understood every chapter well. It also gives a summary of what the writer has written which is very useful. I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars because I didn’t relate the introduction with the rest of the book. The rest of the chapters I really liked, except for a wrong choice of one word that could mislead the doctrine of Christianity. I didn’t give it a 2 because the rest of book has good content. This book would be good for all people groups but especially Christians, because it contains foundational truths.
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