by Susan Barnes | 16 Dec 2021 | Book Reviews
The New Testament authors shared their understanding of their spiritual history as they wrote their accounts and letters. How they do this following Jesus’ life, death and resurrection shows us the significance of Jesus to God’s unfolding purposes. The title and...
by Susan Barnes | 4 Nov 2021 | Book Reviews
This book addresses similar issues to the Peter Enns’ book, Inspiration and Incarnation that I reviewed here last week. New Testament Use of the Old Testament is a complex book. To be honest I felt like I only understood every third sentence! The concluding...
by Susan Barnes | 10 Jun 2021 | My happenings
I’ve been writing on blogs since June 2005 so there are over 2,000 posts on this site. This post will help you navigate them. The links here will take you to index pages where you will find lists of links to actual posts. Alternatively, you can use the search...
by Susan Barnes | 30 Jan 2020 | Book Reviews
I read, Getting Involved with God by Ellen Davis, immediately after reading, Irresistible by Andy Stanley who feels we should concentrate far more on the New Testament than on the Old Testament, since we are new covenant believers. Therefore it was interesting to then...
by Susan Barnes | 16 Jan 2020 | Quoting Other Writers
I recently reviewed, Irresistible by Andy Stanley (click here). Now I’d like to share a couple of quotes: “The Bible is a book organized around two covenants: One between God and ancient Israel and one between God and you! Focus on the second one. The covenant...
by Susan Barnes | 9 Jan 2020 | Book Reviews>Life Changing Books
I found, Irresistible : Reclaiming the New that Jesus Unleashed for the World by Andy Stanley, insightful, thought-provoking and encouraging. Early in the book, I found some of his comments exaggerated, but by the end of the book, I understood why he wrote as he did....
by Susan Barnes | 29 Oct 2019 | Reading the Bible
Today, I am continuing the series on, Reading the Bible. This post looks at what it meant for Old Testament believers to be in covenant with God. The covenant was like a marriage commitment and it is this imagery that we often find in the Bible when our relationship...
by Susan Barnes | 3 Oct 2018 | Book Reviews
Author, Philip Greenslade, uses Hebrews 1:1-4 to explain some fundamental truths about the Old Testament. Many people avoid reading the Old Testament because it is difficult to understand when we are unfamiliar with the context and the culture. Philip Greenslade...
