Sarutaru06

This is the best short work of fiction ever

Revisado: 04-29-21

The story and narration are excellent. It may be written for a middle school age range, but ND Wilson knows how to capture an imagination and the narrator's country twang only adds to the fantasy western feel.

In the first book Sam shines. In this book Glory comes into her own role. There are layers of depth in this series that you won't be able to see in a single read/listen. It's an excellent series and this book reaches the highest heights out of any of them.

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I am not the target audience...

Revisado: 06-26-20

I cannot give this book more than a single star overfall for one reason: it is extremely vulgar. If it was a historical narrative about a war or crime syndicate I could excuse much of the explicit nature of the book, but if it was a video game/movie I would have had to turn it off half-way through.

This is a real shame because I did enjoy most of the characters, a lot of the dialogue, and a lot of the overall story. There were deep questions raised about justice, socialism, the meaning of life, maturity, guilt, redemption, and revenge. There's even a rather beautiful story of forgiveness and reconciliation that comes to a head at the climax.

I have other minor complaints about the book, but I can't recommend it to anyone else on the basis of the fact that I never would have engaged with the story if I knew how much sexually explicit content it contained. Any other critiques would only add to the length of the review, so look at others if you're still interested.

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Short Book: Golden Principles

Revisado: 01-06-20

Have you ever wondered what it meant when Jesus told us "If you forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well. But if you don't forgive people, your Father will not forgive your wrongdoing"? (Matthew 6:14-15 HCSB)

In this book, Pastor Doug Wilson hit me right between the eyes as he spelled out what obedience to Christ looks like in marriage for both the husband and the wife. This is not a self-help book; instead it is an extended discussion of "This is how the bible tells you to treat other people: get busy doing it in your marriage first and foremost." Get this book: it is worth every penny.

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A Unique Approach to a Devisive Topic

Revisado: 01-06-20

There are few things more difficult to talk about in our culture than gender roles, slavery, lordship, and a well-ordered house. CR Wiley takes a unique approach by comparing and contrasting the Roman culture/literature concerning piety and the household with the biblical story of piety and the household. Since the New Testament was written in a Roman context, looking into that context along with the origins of some key Greek words in Ephesians (not just in Ephesians 5 mind you) sheds light on the culture that Paul wrote to. In this regard, very little time at the conclusion of the book is spent on the household code of Ephesians 5. Instead the author takes you into a worldview that is foreign to modern America to help us see that we may have lost something between the writing of the New Testament and the present.

In this regard the book reminds me of John Macarthur's book "Slave" where he spent an extended period of time spelling out exactly what a poorly translated Greek word meant and what it would have brought to mind in a Roman culture.

The one complaint I have with the book is that the author presents an ideal where the Husband and Wife's primary source of income should be self-dependent. It's a minor point in the book and seems to be more a plug for his other book than a full-orbed discussion, which made it sound like an assertion that wasn't ready to deal with the reality it's being spoken into. Again though, it wasn't necessarily the topic being discussed so I can agree with the author that self-employment should be the ideal for households.

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Great book; questionable Narrator

Revisado: 11-12-17

I reading this book while listening along with the Audible version and the Narrator takes some pretty major liberties with the text. It's been a while since I listened to it, but the changes were things like taking the word 'for' and changing it to 'but', which changed the whole meaning of the sentence. That and every scripture reference was changed to the KJV, which, as far as I can remember, did not effect the overall meaning usually but, again, didn't hold true to the text he was supposed to be reading.

He does, however, have a clear southern draw that makes him easier to listen to...unless you don't like southern accents I suppose...

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