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fivetilnoon's review
3.0
I picked this book up after hearing several people I know from church mention it. It's easy to read and chock full of scripture. I agree wholeheartedly with the author's point throughout the book that truth can only be accessed through the scripture. This book follows a narrative style that is a bit odd. The author records verbatim conversations complete with non-verbal details that could not possibly be remembered after the fact. I'm not sure what this style of narrative is called but it's strange to read in non-fiction. I think I am not the target audience for this book though as I already agree with the author's conclusion about proper worship and service.
toggle_fow's review
3.0
Basically an account of the Bible studies this guy had with his friend from work and his subsequent conversion. I learned some interesting things, such as some opinions that "church father" type reformation people held that I never knew about, and a new way of looking at what it means to "obey the gospel."
The main thing that stood out was... the crazy lengths people had to go to to learn even the SMALLEST FACT in pre-internet days. He was asked, "Who founded the Baptist church?" and basically polled every person he knew at church before finally going to the library to find out. To learn about any of the original Greek words they had to GO TO THE NEARBY UNIVERSITY and speak to an antiquities professor. Meanwhile I'm just here googling Blue Letter Bible whenever I feel like it. Incredible. I can't even imagine living that way, honestly. Lunacy.
Also, if I ever strike it rich, I'm going to found a nonprofit organization that provides pro bono proofreading to self-published authors because my gosh do they need it.
The main thing that stood out was... the crazy lengths people had to go to to learn even the SMALLEST FACT in pre-internet days. He was asked, "Who founded the Baptist church?" and basically polled every person he knew at church before finally going to the library to find out. To learn about any of the original Greek words they had to GO TO THE NEARBY UNIVERSITY and speak to an antiquities professor. Meanwhile I'm just here googling Blue Letter Bible whenever I feel like it. Incredible. I can't even imagine living that way, honestly. Lunacy.
Also, if I ever strike it rich, I'm going to found a nonprofit organization that provides pro bono proofreading to self-published authors because my gosh do they need it.
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