The Return

Review: NASB Note-Takers Bible Zondervan 2014 The Note-Takers Bible is an offering from Zondervan that appears to be a reformatted version of the 2002 Thinline edition of the NASB which used the 1995 NASB version.   I do not intend to comment on the text itself as that is the scholars’ domain.  This edition has increased the margins to allow more room to record notes.   I like wide margins.   The interior margin is tiny though and I don’t like that so much.   Maybe they’ll do something with that next time around.   The font is clear and comfortably readable for me.   Cross references are not available in this edition, but alternate meanings for words or simple explanations of things like weights are noted within the text. The publishers also included a basic concordance. Now for the note-taking aspects of this edition.   The paper is smooth and thin.   After trying a liquid li-liter and a roller ball type ink pen I can’t ...

Review: The Ultimate Guide to the Daniel Fast Kristen Feola 2010 Zondervan This is a fast?!   It looks like something I might actually be able to do.   This book could be almost be called the Daniel Fast kit.   The author discusses fasting, the Daniel fast, includes meal planning and recipes, and a set of devotionals and Scripture passages to read during the fast period.   Your part in this is the fast and the shopping.   She has tips for meal preparation, too.   Makes all the excuses I’d used empty.   The recipes look good to me, but I didn’t kitchen test any of them.   I do make the assumption that they all are tested and accurate as to ingredient proportions.   The photography included in this book makes the different dishes feature look quite tasty.   They would present well without being part of a fast.   There is nothing boring about this particular fast plan. What I missed was the nutritional listings for t...

Review: Beloved Dust// Drawing Close to God by Discovering the Truth about Yourself Jamin Goggin and Kyle Strobel Nelson Books 2014 I was intrigued by the title of this book.   Dust? It’s been quite a while since I had heard that word used in the way these authors use it.   This dust reference comes directly from Genesis 2.   They are talking about you and me and the rest of us in this book.   It took me some time to get on board with that terminology even if it isn’t new.   So the early part of the book was a bit of struggle for me.   The style is not difficult.   In fact, these authors have an engaging way of drawing the reader into the text.   They seek to help the reader discover the truth about themselves, paraphrasing the title, and the place they start is the beginning.   Their descriptions in no way denigrate the worth of man to his Creator, but neither does it place man in control of the universe.   Once that ...