Review: One Nation Without Law: The Rise of Lawlessness, the End Times and the Power of Hope

One Nation Without Law: The Rise of Lawlessness, the End Times and the Power of Hope by Phil Hotsenpiller
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

To start with the review, I got asked to review this book as part of a 'Blog Tour' I received an advanced copy of it through the author agent in this respect and from NetGalley.

The title and the subtitle say it all, so if you are one that does not read the subtitle, then make sure you do. I did not notice it till just now. What do I mean by that? The book is divided up into three parts.
1. Rise of Lawlessness
2. The End Times
3. The Power of Hope

So as I said, the name says it all. As I had just sort of read the name (not the subtitle) I was very confused when the book seemed to take an abrupt right turn and move from lawlessness and the history of it and then went to a discussion of the end times. That is not the fault of the author, it was my fault for not reading the title clearly. I want to make sure that you are aware of it. If you are like me, end time prophecies can get to be a problem. In that respect I was not prepared for the end time discussions

The book held interest to me, even through the end times discussions. I had to just leave it as ones persons decision based on the way he interpreted the Bible. It is funny that we can all read the same scriptures and come up with different ways of what we think they mean.

Part 1, the rise of lawlessness was the best part of the book for me. Starting with Adam and Eve and coming up to the present time, we can see that there has always been lawlessness. We can also see that as we progress in time, things are getting worse. But we always have the power of hope. We are not left defenseless. We have the power of prayer and the armor of God. We are not to just roll over and let the end times come.

The book was well balanced, talking about the three parts with equal measure. It was a pleasure to see this because so many books on end times focus on one of these over the expense of the others, usually focusing on prophetic looks at end times. With a balanced look at things it makes it a book that I would like to keep in my library.

If you have a need for a good book on the end times, this would be it.

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Review: The Furious Longing of God

The Furious Longing of God by Brennan Manning
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book is Brennan Manning as he usually is. That is not necessarily a bad thing. Manning can be an acquired taste. It is one I enjoy.
His basic story is this. You can not sin so much that God can not forgive you. We are all ragamuffins and God loves each one of us. We have to learn to walk in that love. For people like Brennan, this can be hard, because sometimes we do not love ourselves and we get self destructive.
I would suggest it to all as a look at what I think that Christianity is all about, it is not about religion but relationship. Still, that will shock some people and they will not be able to handle it. Guess what? God still loves them anyway.

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