Showing posts with label book review the scroll. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book review the scroll. Show all posts

Friday, December 14, 2012

Soul's Gate by James L. Rubart

        Unknown to us there are demons around us along with elect angels. What if there was a team of people who could tap into the spiritual realm and fight these forces of evil? What would their training be like? What if they could not only pray against these forces but actually see with their spiritual eyes the enemy forces?
Rupert is beginning a series of novels that have the theme of spiritual warfare. He is calling them Well Spring Novels. Well Spring is the training ground. Four people have been chosen to undergo training about spiritual warfare.  The demons are fighting back.
Rupert is attempting to expose an area of influence that many are unaware of. He does it as a story teller. In this he is like Jesus who told stories to get points across. Hiding the kernel within the story makes it easier for us to grasp the truth.
                Of course it is a plot driven book. Tension is heightened as each one of the four individuals encounter in the flesh a demon who tries hard to derail them.
                In stories of this kind the suspension of belief is necessary. The concept that a person can enter the soul of another is a bit jarring. Rubart in the author’s note states that idea of entering a persons’ soul is fiction on his part.
                The book ends with the implication that there is going to be a sequel. The battle has begun.
                The reader it is written for is the Christian who wants a good knuckle biting story. It holds a person’s interest throughout as it imparts information.
The book is published by Thomas Nelson. The next book in the series “Memory’s Door’ is coming out in August 2013.

Friday, February 17, 2012

The Scroll by Grant R. Jeffrey

     This book is suspenseful and an attempt to tell in story form a possible but not probable future event in God's sovereign rule.
      The author Grant R. Jeffrey is reported to be an internaionally respected Bible teacher of prophecy and eschalology. I have not heard of him. He brings his understanding of future events into the story.
      It is told in multi-viewpoints but mostly it follows an archeologist called David Chambers as he searches for the lost temple in Jerusalem and its artifacts. To do so he must put aside his doubts about God and His love., It seems to be a story of seeking for things lost- lost faith, lost love, lost artifacts.
     This book is written more for the Christian reader. I would say that the publisher Waterbrook Press is not a cross over publisher.
     I found this enjoyable and action filled. The opposition is real. The personal interaction between the major characters rings true.
    I would recommend this for people who are looking for a good read.