Review by Oluwa-Funke -- Who Told You That You Were Naked?

[Oluwa-Funke]

[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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This book Who Told You That You Are Naked? written by William E. Combs is an enlightener as it contains a lot of insights into the world of how man came to be,his fall from glory and his restoration to that same glory which he has fallen from. I tell you this book challenge me with its insightful illustrations as in it made me realise just how fun reading the "Holy Bible" could be especially when I am actively meditating on the words in it rather than just passively reading the words in it. Furthermore, this book challenged my idea of what Sin,Salvation and Soul is actually about and guess what? My mind can't help but be open to possibilities as this book brought in a new dimension in its explanation of events in the Garden of Eden and the first appearance of the word Sin in the "Holy Bible".

This book is a special christian literature. I say it is special because of it's intriguing nature,throughout my journey of reading this book I was not bored rather my interest was caught and i just want to keep on reading what the author had come up with. This book contains excerpts of specific verses from the "Holy Bible" which were full of mysteries that ordinary mind may find difficult to understand,however, the author, William E. Combs adequately demystified the verses in such an amazing and easily understood manner. Furthermore,the cited chapters and verses of the "Holy Bible" in this book centred around topics like: The beginning of man's interaction with his creator (God),What sin is,What salvation is,What faith is and How to be saved indeed.

There are evidences within this book that proved that the author actually wrote the book with great understanding,some of such evidences can be found in this book as his personal testimonies,apt illustrations and most especially in chapter 10 of this book where he brought in excerpts from other people's work and use their arguments to further explain his points. In addition,the author also included study questions for discussion after each chapter,these questions were posed in a way that challenges it's reader to think about what they are reading,also the questions activates readers reasoning ability and make them want to weigh the author's points within themselves to determine whether they agree or disagree with the author. Finally the fact that the author,William E. Combs did a lot of researching before writing this book made this book to much more appealing to the mind of its reader.

In my opinion, this book is exceptionally good and I rate it 4 out of 4,reason why I rated it 4 is that I cannot find anything I totally disagree with in this book as I couldn't even find any grammar blunder in this book, the wordings were apt and can be easily understood also the illustrations given were vivid,i could relate with the scenarios that the author was describing and nothing was out of place,the study question for discussion was also something remarkable because the questions were not just there to test your memory of what you have read in the chapters alone the questions also make you engage your reasoning ability thereby making you think ahead in line with the author's points.Generally reading this book will open your mind to possibilities wherever the words in the "Holy Bible" is concerned.

Now, talking about what I like best and what I like least in the book Who Told You That You Are Naked?. I liked the illustrations given in the book they are very vivid and I can relate with them, also I like the very fact that the author included the excerpts of the books he was using as his point of reference in this book it would have been very bothersome if I have to read another book before I can understand this book. Similarly, the sceneries contained in this book is a delight to the mind as the author kept on painting pictures that are very believable and real as his description of events in this book, actually it is hard to find what I like least in this book reason for this is that I really, really like the book,however I must say this about the endnotes,at first glance the endnotes were very confusing but on a closer look I found that it wasn't that bad and i instantly understood what the author did, the endnotes were references of the citations the author inputted in this book, so chapter by chapter he referenced the whole book and gave a clearer explanations on his sources. So this book is essentially good for the mind.

In my opinion anyone who is open minded and interested in a good read will benefit from reading this book, however, since it is a christian literature,readers who are interested in the christian faith will enjoy it more ,also those in search valid information about the origin of Sin,the truth about Salvation and the Freedom of man in spiritual sense,similarly bible scholars will learn from this book also. So ,Pastors,Reverends,Church workers,Christians and other related workers here is an awesome book just for you,believe me you are going to like this book.

Conclusively,clearly from all that I have written above it is obvious that i believe that this book is well written and worthy of good praise,therefore I recommend this book titled Who Told You That You Are Naked? written by William E. Combs to every lover of good christian books as well as those seeking refreshing view on topics like: Sin,Salvation and Faith.

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