by DRichardFerguson | Sep 6, 2021 | Escape from Paradise
Chapter 13 Meanings The Boys/Wolves with Gold The three boys with gold illustrate prosperity preachers, who hold money as the greatest treasure of all and see God as a means to attaining that treasure (rather than preferring God above wealth as the ultimate treasure)....
by DRichardFerguson | Aug 22, 2021 | Book Reviews Fiction
My rating: 1 of 5 stars The author portrays David’s relationship with Jonathan as a homosexual relationship and even describes a sex scene between the two of them. This alone merits a one star rating from me. Most of the book is exposition. Lots of telling and...
by DRichardFerguson | Aug 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Chapter 12 Meanings Judas Desires Judas desires represent what the New Testament calls “the flesh” (translated “sinful nature” in the NIV). It is the part of a believer that keeps sinning because of its attachment to this world (See Romans 7 as an example). EXCERPT...
by DRichardFerguson | Jul 29, 2021 | Book Reviews Fiction
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Screwtape is a senior demon writing letters of advice to a jr. demon on how to tempt his human subject. This is a book I need to read more often. My only complaint is that the insights go by so fast, I fear most of them don’t really sink...
by DRichardFerguson | Jul 23, 2021 | Book Reviews Fiction
My rating: 3 of 5 stars Strengths When I reached the final chapter, I was fully intending on giving this book a 5-star rating. It is a retelling of the story of the creation and redemptive history through the mouth of a demon. I liked the fact that the Biblical story...
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