The Return

Review: The Temple and the Tabernacle: A Study of God’s Dwelling Places from Genesis to Revelation J. Daniel Hays Baker Books 2016 First impressions count.   Academic comes to mind when I first looked at this book.   And in some respects it is, but don’t let that scare you off.   Hays has written a book that is informative, thought provoking, and accessible to folks like me (a non-academic) and only about 200 pages long.   There are no five questions for discussion at the end of each chapter either and that is a plus for a work like this one.   A bibliography for those that want to know who this author consulted and endnotes for even more information are included.   Pictures, charts, and graphic renderings break the narrative at appropriate spots and help the reader to more fully grasp the discussion that surrounds them.   The content covers not only the tabernacle and temple architecture and furnishings, but also the history from ea...

Review: The Daniel Prayer: Prayer That Moves Heaven and Changes Earth Anne Graham Lotz Zondervan 2016 One of the endorsements of this book said, “This work will call you out of the doldrums of lackluster faith and beckon you to renewed passion for an age-old spiritual discipline that still has wonder-working power” (Priscilla Shirer).   Absolutely, it will.   I applaud the author and the publisher for the courage to produce this work in this day and time.   Does that mean I agree with every word?   Not necessarily, but there isn’t much room to wiggle either.      This book is a call to prayer---individually and as the Church---with a view toward revival of the sort we have only read about lately.   The author sounds like one of the prophets of old as she calls to her people back to their roots.   I suspect for many that pick up this book they will find it much too challenging to finish.   Anne Graham Lotz (AGL) does no...