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The book Studies in Galatians was a very fine read. The book written by Tom Wacaster was very well put together. I felt like he did a fine job gathering good help to really bring home some of the main points out of this book. Well-organized verse by verse is bought to the attention of the reader in a simple format. I really like the fact that he shared the ideas of others and did not hesitate to let the reader know that who was saying what. From the very beginning, Mr. Waycaster let you know in the introduction a very pinpointed direction and sent you on your way. The introduction seem to be a bit long but after I looked at it upon completion of reading I appreciated it more so than when I read it. When you take second look, it made me understand the reading better.
In Chapter one we start the book immediately ne hesitation in stating his comments on the scripture. In most commentaries, there is a dead space between the introduction and the beginning chapter. Tom did a good job in transitioning straight to breaking down the verses. This book also reminded me that you don’t write a book or commentary by yourself, there is often help needed. Here Tom does good work once again in finding good help and plugging them in to support his take on chapter and verses. The first one that caught my attention was in the beginning f the book when he plugged Adam Clark into the point that he was getting at. In the timely manner, he takes others input and the most opportune time to support his points.
In the study of the Greek language here lately Tom takes you there. He often refers to the Greek translation of some of the scriptures he is referring to. This could be good or not. For me it was good because we are currently studying Greek. For some...
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...dage and Freedom. The way Tom broke both of these parts down in his way impressive. The chapter itself was very good but the two charts that I mentioned really caught my attention most of all. The chart of Judaism, Christianity, designed by Coffman. This was place strategically by Tom in a very good place in his explanation of this part of his book. Another example of a good gathering of your resources and placing them in good spots. The last two chapters are like the rest put together. Overall, this was a well-written book. It was easy to read and to understand. The more I read the book and didn’t put it down. It took me two days to read and the only reason I put it down between the days was that I fell asleep with it in my hands. When I see Tom, again I will personally thank him for writing this. I will also tell him that I got a lot out of it. Good Book!
My overall opinion of this book is good I really liked it and recommend it to anyone. It is a good book to read and it keep you interested throughout the whole book.
This is my personal reflection about this book. First and foremost, I would like to say that this book is very thick and long to read. There are about nineteen chapters and 278 pages altogether. As a slow reader, it is a quite hard for me to finish reading it within time. It took me weeks to finish reading it as a whole. Furthermore, it is written in English version. My English is just in average so sometimes I need to refer to dictionary for certain words. Sometimes I use google translate and ask my friends to explain the meaning of certain terms.
Where, when, why, and by whom Galatians was written as well as the issue, of Paul's authority, addressed by him in his letter and the primary themes are all important in order to understand this book. "The Letter of Paul to the Galatians" is the ninth book of the New Testament in the Bible. It is one of the ten Pauline books, and there are three more books that are possibly Pauline. Galatians is one the Pauline letters that has little debate of authorship attributing it to Paul. "In the long period of critical studies in the New Testament there have been very few who have questioned the Pauline authorship of this epistle" (Guthrie, 1).
...y. He touched parts of the slaves' lives and what they really went through, but I don't think we even have a true idea of what it would have been in their shoes. The author presented the information in a very solid way and sectioned out very well. I understood what he was trying to explain easily. It was somewhat a long book but very much full of knowledge and history that in spirit is still alive today. We may not have slavery like it was then, but we still deal with racism and prejudices daily. The world changed because of slavery and is the way it is because of the history of America. We cannot change the past but we can change the future. Thank God the world is not the way it was. I cannot imagine what painful lives the slaves had to endure. But we can become knowledgeable about the history of slavery and America and learn from it in many different ways.
Another great part of this book is how much Platt uses the Bible. This is more than an idea that Platt has developed and more than a bunch of cool stories. In this book David Platt lets the word of God speak through his writing. Scripture is a sword that can be used in many different ways such as preaching, but in this book David uses it through writing. If the reader has a problem with what Platt is saying then they have a problem with what the word of God
This book was a good read for me, but I also read book reviews to help me keep track on what I am reading. These book reviews just made a better understanding of what I was reading.
While reading chapters thirty-one through thirty-four, my mind was blown multiple times! These chapters clearly demonstrated how differently we react to the same situation based on how a question is framed; this thought had never occurred to me before. I have always thought that I am a consistent and fair person, someone who responds to every situation with the same reply. However, these chapters illuminated that that probably is not the case. When this realization is juxtaposed with the example of Christ who truly remains constant, we can see just how quickly we fall short of being perfect; this is what makes us human and flawed.
I found this book to be a rather interesting read. I enjoyed how Levathes researched this book and wrote it to try to explain about this specific period of time and how it is very non-fiction.
...nd enjoyable. The one thing that did bug me was that Youngs does not directly tie his thesis directly to the end of the book. It would have been helpful for the reader to be able to confirm Youngs’s intention for writing the book, but since he fails to re-introduce his argument in the end, it left me questioning that intention.
Conclusion In chapter two I agreed with some of the points that she was talking about for example, when she was talking about the people who would take the easy was pout will most likely take it instead of earning it by actually working for it like most of the people would love to do it to feel the satisfaction of accomplishing it without the help of other people I also agreed that there is some people that will have the feeling that they deserve the help that people give them because they cannot help themselves so depend on other people to give them the easy way out. But some people do really need the help and they don 't want the help but they cannot make it through with out the help from other people. And in the fourth chapter I agree with the Samaritan rebellion because some other people have it a lot easier than the ones who do most of the hard work for the minimum wage jobs and have no time to take care of their families and can 't take time off to take them to see a doctor either because they will lose the job or have no medical coverage and have to pay a lot of money to just see a
Pages 106-End: Quote three lines from the book and explain the significance of each one.
...are parts in this book with very much action but also parts with none. Those who like these qualities in the books they read will enjoy this book as much as I did. I think many people will benefit from this book because it involves different parts of different Christian qualities. It can impact someone in the ways a Christian can and should act. Considering the difficulty of this book, I think it is just about right. There were a couple of words that I did not understand but if I kept on reading the sentence would sometimes explain the meaning to me, just not always. I always like a challenge and this book was somewhat of a challenge. I think the amount of words that I didn’t know was a good amount. Not too much and not too little; a great way to develop my vocabulary! This book will have an impact on, not only my life, but others’ lives as well in the future.
This is a book that I recommend that all Christians read. It is a book that will really make you think. For me it was kind of tough to read and understand at times, but it is worth the effort and time. This book will arm the believer with answers to complex and difficult issues.
Here are some of the main points that I gathered from each chapter of this book:
This is my personal reflection about the book. First and foremost, I would like to say that it is