I warned you—here is another book by those Ward people, Nathan, this time. I plan to do at least one more of his earlier books because they might have gotten lost in the shuffle of years, especially since his much acclaimed book on prayer, Our Eyes Are on You, came out. This one in particular deserves your notice.
If you think you know what the book of Genesis is about, get this book and try again. It isn't about the beginning of the world, although it does tell us about that. It isn't about the beginning of man, though it does tell us that too. Rather, it is about the beginning of sin and the unfolding of God's eternal plan to remedy that sin. Nathan has done all the work for you to be able to have an outstanding class or personal study on that foundational book of the Bible. You won't have to read a dozen books for your research, he has done it for you, quoting the best of the best, as well as giving his own scholarly insights. I use this book every single time I teach my Born of a Woman class and, frankly, I don't know how I managed to do that the thirty or so years before Nathan wrote this.
Here's what you do: Using the divisions in this book, usually by chapter in Genesis, read that section of Genesis, then read the notes for that section in his book. Then read that same Genesis section again. I guarantee you will find something new that makes you think, "Why didn't I see that before?"
In addition, he takes several "excursions" from the main track (Genesis) in order to discuss side issues in that book of Moses. Things like how to and how NOT to use genealogies, who are these Nephilim, what about this Melchizedek guy, and who is this Angel of the Lord? You will learn more than you have in any Bible class in a long, long time. He also includes some shorter "Theological Reflections" that might answer questions you have had in your mind for years.
The Growth of the Seed is published by DeWard Publishing.
Dene Ward
If you think you know what the book of Genesis is about, get this book and try again. It isn't about the beginning of the world, although it does tell us about that. It isn't about the beginning of man, though it does tell us that too. Rather, it is about the beginning of sin and the unfolding of God's eternal plan to remedy that sin. Nathan has done all the work for you to be able to have an outstanding class or personal study on that foundational book of the Bible. You won't have to read a dozen books for your research, he has done it for you, quoting the best of the best, as well as giving his own scholarly insights. I use this book every single time I teach my Born of a Woman class and, frankly, I don't know how I managed to do that the thirty or so years before Nathan wrote this.
Here's what you do: Using the divisions in this book, usually by chapter in Genesis, read that section of Genesis, then read the notes for that section in his book. Then read that same Genesis section again. I guarantee you will find something new that makes you think, "Why didn't I see that before?"
In addition, he takes several "excursions" from the main track (Genesis) in order to discuss side issues in that book of Moses. Things like how to and how NOT to use genealogies, who are these Nephilim, what about this Melchizedek guy, and who is this Angel of the Lord? You will learn more than you have in any Bible class in a long, long time. He also includes some shorter "Theological Reflections" that might answer questions you have had in your mind for years.
The Growth of the Seed is published by DeWard Publishing.
Dene Ward
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