The 365 Most Important Bible Passages for You: Daily Readings and Meditations on Experiencing God's Richest Blessings in Your Life by Jonathan Rogers

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Today's Wild Card author is:

Jonathan Rogers

and the book:

The 365 Most Important Bible Passages for You: Daily Readings and Meditations on Experiencing God's Richest Blessings in Your Life

FaithWords (November 10, 2011)

***Special thanks to Sarah Reck, Web Publicist | FaithWords & Center Street | Hachette Book Group, for sending me a review copy.***

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

No matter what he is writing, Jonathan Rogers is motivated by the astonishing reality of God's transforming grace in the lives of human beings. He is passionate about seeing the truths of Scripture bear fruit in the lives of students - lives of integrity, purpose, and joy. That passion is reflected in his books, including Words to Live By for Teens, What Really Counts for Students, and his Wilderking Trilogy of adventure novels - The Bark of the Bog Owl, The Secret of the Swamp King, and The Way of the Wilderking. Jonathan holds a PhD in English literature from Vanderbilt University. He lives with his family in Nashville Tennessee.

Visit the author's website.

SHORT BOOK DESCRIPTION:

This year-long devotional is both unique and simple by targeting the general reader, both men and women. Features include:

--A comprehensive overview and accompanying meditation for each passage;

--Daily encouraging and engaging scriptures that focus on the Bible passages that reveal the divine character of God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit; and

--Insightful comments and applications to daily life.


Product Details:

List Price: $15.99
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: FaithWords (November 10, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446574996
ISBN-13: 978-0446574990

AND NOW PRESS THE OPEN BOOK WIDGET TO READ THE FIRST CHAPTER:

My Thoughts:

This hardbound book is simply styled and made to last. It is split into 7 sections:

• A Beginning
• A Journey
• A Kingdom
• Dissolution
• Interlude
• The Promised One
• Multiplication

and carries the reader through the Bible - beginning to end, highlighting particular events throughout. After each Bible reading is a short commentary that ties in with the reading.

This is a really nice way to work through the Bible, hitting on what is considered the "Most Important Passages", however I'm not fond of all the versions that are used. If I've counted correctly, there are 9 different versions used - and they are all the newer translations. Personally, I don't care for the shift between them all, but would rather that there be one version used. When we get into lots of different versions, my question is why? Did one not say what the author of the commentary wanted, so they went to another version?

With that said, if one doesn't mind many versions used, this would make a nice devotional.