Modern Disciple Magazine for Men (MDM4M), published in Canada
Friday, November 21st, 2008 | MAGAZINE |
| Current Issue |
| Back Issues |
| MAIN LINKS |
| Home |
| Our Vision |
| DailyDose Blog |
| Feedback Forum |
| FreeFlow |
| Mailing List |
| God's Word |
| Knowing God |
| Links |
| Advertising |
| Contact Us |
| REVIEWS |
| Music |
| Movies |
| Books |
| PARTNERS |
 The Shepherd's Guide |
 Blessings.com |
April 21, 2004
Willmington's Guide to the Bible,
by Harold Willmington.
"Okay," you say, "now you've gone off the shallow
end of dung wagon, Colin. You're asking me to read a book about
a Book? Gimme a break!"
Yeah, I know; boring! If you want to read the Bible, just read
the Bible, right? Well, sure. But what if you want to understand
the Bible better? What if you want to look at every miracle of
Christ across all four gospels? What if you just want to get a
quick overview of David's reign? Maybe you'd like to study a
doctrine of the church before you discuss it with that Mormon
fellow at work the next time... How do you get comprehensive
information and references quickly? Glad you asked!
Willmington's Guide is not a study guide, not a devotional, not
a commentary exactly, either. Mostly it is like an encyclopedia
of Bible references and subjects and lists. For instance, who
are the Philistines? Those guys that Goliath hung out with,
right? Willmington gives a dozen tidbits of info about them,
each with at least one and as many as six references. Did you
know that they were considered the biggest boozers of their
time? Or that they came to Palestine from Crete? Neither did I,
until I just now read it in Willmington's.
And it's not all trivia, either. Sure, a list of the 613 Old
Testament Commandments (p. 940 ff) is nice, but the ten-point
overview of Zechariah is such a good intro that I actually want
to read the book (if I can find it in my Bible... it's somewhere
here among the "clean pages", I think.) Great illustrations in
here, too. On page 73 there is a great diagram of The
Tabernacle, followed by illos of the furnishings, the Ark of the
Covenant and the High Priest's garments... all painstakingly
produced from careful study of the book of Exodus.
Probably the best part of the book is the synthesis of the
Gospels. Rather than covering each individually, Willmington did
an amazing job of meshing them together into one outline /
overview. Well worth the price of the book. Speaking of which,
the price is very reasonable considering the size of this tome:
about the height and width of a standard sheet of paper and over
1000 pages of compact type and detailed line drawings. Wonderful
reference, indispensable for students of the Bible (shouldn't we
all be?), and a great replacement for that eye-candy coffee
table book that has been around a little too long!
Colin Michael
MDM4M Web Servant
Willmington's Guide to the Bible
by Harold Willmington
More Information