A short but somewhat esoteric discussion of God’s expectations.
Falade (Reconciled Gospel, 2019, etc.) explains the biblical foundations of God’s judgment in this Christian work.
Christians believe that God will be their ultimate judge—but by what parameters will he make his judgment? Falade offers this short “Cheat Sheet” to fill readers in on how he believes God expects people to behave: “The knowledge of good and evil may not have been innate to humankind,” the author writes in his preamble, “but after s/he acquired it, it came with the responsibility to be judged each and every time s/he does not choose good over evil.” Using the Bible as his basis, Falade discusses such issues as God’s objectivity toward all people, the essential dichotomy of God and mankind, and the various types of conscience—which, Falade argues, is the “bridge” that connects God and human thought. Other topics include the devil, the nature of evil, the purpose of Jesus’ crucifixion, and the Last Judgment. The author offers frequent quotations from Scripture to support his positions, such as Acts 17:31, which describes how Jesus gained the right to judge the world by being resurrected. The author also includes his own commentary: “If God did not spare his own self the punishment in permitting evil into the world, why would he spare anyone who commits evil? He still insists on individual accountability of everyone’s actions.” As with his other works, Falade effectively reveals his deep engagement with his subject. However, casual readers will be able to find more accessible options regarding these topics. Falade isn’t a master explainer, and although the book initially appears to be intended for a general audience, readers will require a strong familiarity with the topics at hand to follow his arguments. He also includes some idiosyncratic material, including an overly cute discussion of “consciousness” versus “conscience-ness” and a chapter on near-death experiences.
A short but somewhat esoteric discussion of God’s expectations.Pub Date: N/A
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: -
Publisher: CreateSpace
Review Posted Online: Oct. 8, 2019
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil.
Greed, depravity, and serial murder in 1920s Oklahoma.
During that time, enrolled members of the Osage Indian nation were among the wealthiest people per capita in the world. The rich oil fields beneath their reservation brought millions of dollars into the tribe annually, distributed to tribal members holding "headrights" that could not be bought or sold but only inherited. This vast wealth attracted the attention of unscrupulous whites who found ways to divert it to themselves by marrying Osage women or by having Osage declared legally incompetent so the whites could fleece them through the administration of their estates. For some, however, these deceptive tactics were not enough, and a plague of violent death—by shooting, poison, orchestrated automobile accident, and bombing—began to decimate the Osage in what they came to call the "Reign of Terror." Corrupt and incompetent law enforcement and judicial systems ensured that the perpetrators were never found or punished until the young J. Edgar Hoover saw cracking these cases as a means of burnishing the reputation of the newly professionalized FBI. Bestselling New Yorkerstaff writer Grann (The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession, 2010, etc.) follows Special Agent Tom White and his assistants as they track the killers of one extended Osage family through a closed local culture of greed, bigotry, and lies in pursuit of protection for the survivors and justice for the dead. But he doesn't stop there; relying almost entirely on primary and unpublished sources, the author goes on to expose a web of conspiracy and corruption that extended far wider than even the FBI ever suspected. This page-turner surges forward with the pacing of a true-crime thriller, elevated by Grann's crisp and evocative prose and enhanced by dozens of period photographs.
Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil.Pub Date: April 18, 2017
ISBN: 978-0-385-53424-6
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Doubleday
Review Posted Online: Feb. 1, 2017
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 15, 2017
BOOK TO SCREEN
BOOK TO SCREEN
BOOK TO SCREEN
The author's youthfulness helps to assure the inevitable comparison with the Anne Frank diary although over and above the...
Elie Wiesel spent his early years in a small Transylvanian town as one of four children.
He was the only one of the family to survive what Francois Maurois, in his introduction, calls the "human holocaust" of the persecution of the Jews, which began with the restrictions, the singularization of the yellow star, the enclosure within the ghetto, and went on to the mass deportations to the ovens of Auschwitz and Buchenwald. There are unforgettable and horrifying scenes here in this spare and sombre memoir of this experience of the hanging of a child, of his first farewell with his father who leaves him an inheritance of a knife and a spoon, and of his last goodbye at Buchenwald his father's corpse is already cold let alone the long months of survival under unconscionable conditions.
Pub Date: Jan. 16, 2006
ISBN: 0374500010
Page Count: 120
Publisher: Hill & Wang
Review Posted Online: Oct. 7, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 15, 2006
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