My first Thomas Nelson book arrived. I have read and thought about this and I'm ready to weigh in my thoughts. First my "official" review for the website:
"A year with God" is a devotional book devided into 365 short segments with the reccomendation that you read one a day, thus encourageing people to spend some time with God every day for a year. The format is very easy reading and it compares to popular short devotionals such as "Our daily bread". However, that being said, I did not like the content. I found it lacking in depth and scriptural truth. The first segment is about Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and includes Genesis 3:8-13 for the reader to see the scriptures for themselves. I love this and think it is convenient for people who may not have a Bible handy. What I did not like was the author's interpretation of the scriptures. He said "Adam and Eve didn't really comprehend why God instructed them not to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, so they followed their own reasoning." This indicates that Adam and Eve were not fully aware of the consequences of their sin when in fact God made it very plain to them. This is just one example of many I have found of scriptural innacuracy among other small errors such as poor writing style and projection of points. All in all, I can't give this book more than one star becasue I believe it is of utmost importance that biblical accuracy be upheld even in a devotional
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I can't wait till my next book comes. I hope the next one is better than this one since it's clear by my review I had a very hard time with this book. I wanted to love it but I just couldn't because it wasn't accurate!
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