Christians are instructed in the Bible not to be unequally yoked. In the Old Testament, the Israelites are instructed not to marry people from the occupied lands. The reason for this is that we are often enticed to follow the gods of the other people.
In today’s modern world, this translates into Christians not being in a relationship with non-Christians for the same reason. After a while, we tend to gravitate towards the non-Christian lifestyle of the other.
This book presents 52 weekly devotions designed for couples to read and discuss together. The subjects covered are very important to couples who are striving to have a Christian relationship and a successful marriage.
If a couple will sit down together and truly discuss each weekly devotion, they stand a much better chance at a successful marriage than they would if they did not.
Together With Christ also makes a great text for a small group Bible study. Your church should strongly consider this.
If your families are from different Christian denominations, it would be well to sit down with both sides of the new family separately, and maybe even together, to work through this book.
Remember, one must put God in charge of your married life. Therefore, if marriage is a good thing right now, it will be a good thing a year from now. Don’t rush it; grow together and give your marriage the best chance at success that you can. Together With Christ will help you to do that.
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It appears that when Fratianne started out to write this book, his intentions were to suggest that his church, the Catholic Church, needed to change the way they presented certain parts of the Bible to make them more relevant to our modern society.
We, David and Suzanne, are both Protestant, from Protestant backgrounds. I, David, was raised as a Southern Baptist in a Bible-believing church. That is, every word of the Holy Bible is literally true.
Suzanne is from a Holiness background. The holiness church is also Bible-believing. For us, every word of the Bible is literally true. The parables that Jesus used to teach were not based upon any particular person or event, just meant as illustrations.
We have read our Bibles all the way through several times over. We have read different translations in order to have a better understanding. At no point did we believe that Adam and Eve did not actually eat the fruit of the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden. It appears that whatever translation of the Bible Fratianne uses only calls it the Tree of Knowledge and leaves off the part of Good and Evil.
It just so happens that this time around in reading the Bible, I am using our oldest daughter’s Saint Joseph Edition of the New American Bible, which is a Catholic Bible. We looked back at the account of Adam and Eve in this version and it refers to the tree as the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Bad. The author makes his case based upon the name of the tree as the Tree of Knowledge. He then bases his narrative of the fruit ingestion on this name.
Our big problem in reviewing this book is that we are Protestant and he is Catholic speaking about things within the Catholic Church. When he speaks of Moses, he speaks of things that we have never heard of. How can we judge him based upon things that aren’t in our Bible and we have not yet read them in the Catholic Bible, when they may be taught as part of the Catholic faith?
Our reading of all the versions of the Bible we have encountered show that Moses fled Egypt as a young man because he had killed an Egyptian who was physically mistreating a Hebrew slave. Pharaoh found out about this killing and was going to kill Moses because of it.
When Fratianne tells us about Moses leaving Egypt, he tells the story differently from how we learned it in Sunday School and also differently from how it is in any of the Bibles we have consulted. He tells us that Moses was kicked out of Egypt for proclaiming his Jewish heritage. He was supposedly cast out into the desert with one day’s worth of water and a walking stick.
He tells us that the Burning Bush was not an actual event, but how Moses told Sarah that when we was there, he saw the bush “As if” it was burning and not being consumed. We have no idea who this particular Sarah is because Moses’ wife at the time was Zipporah. Moses may or may not have married again later on, but we are not told this. The author does not say this Sarah is Moses’ wife, but then, who is she? Abraham’s wife was Sarah, but she lived over 400 years earlier. It is not likely that this is the Sarah Moses was talking to.
If nothing else, Fratianne caused us to have some in depth discussions about the Bible and sent us back to study the scriptures even harder.
After reading the take that Fratianne has on the feeding of the 5,000, I began to see that perhaps he meant that things that did actually occur were ALSO metaphors for other things. That things did actually happen, but the telling of the story is also meant to tell us something else.
Overall, it appears that the author paints a picture of the Catholic church that has adopted practices that would be very much like that of the Pharisees from Jesus’ time on earth. By that I mean that the church has added things that are not in the Bible. Nowhere in our reading of the Bible do we find that sexual relations between a husband and a wife are a sin. In fact, there are a few places in the Bible where we are told not to withhold that type of intimacy from our spouse. We are told that sex outside of wedlock is a sin.
From what I gather from reading this book, Catholics are taught that they are born as the result of a sinful act and therefore a baby must be baptised to atone for a sinful life. Perhaps this is one of the things Dr. Fratianne believes should be adjusted in the Catholic teaching.
I learned a lot while reading Is Heaven a Place? I don’t agree with some of the ideas of the author, but I would have to say he presents his case well for what he does believe. The book is very readable and easy to understand what the author is trying to say. I would like to see more scripture reference with a note about what version of the Bible the author used.
Overall, we would recommend this book with the caveat that the reader should be very well grounded in their faith before reading this book.
This author is a medical doctor. It would seem that if one were unfortunate enough to need the medical services this doctor provides (he deals in critical burn cases),one could not find a better doctor to have. We all need to know that our medical care team leader is a Christian who has learned the true meaning of servant leadership. Our hats are off to Dr. Fratianne.
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For some time now, The One Year Daily Insights with Zig Ziglar by Zig Ziglar and Dwight "Ike" Reighard has been a part of our lives here at McClendon Villa. We would love to tell you that we read it every day, but that would not be the case; we do slip up from time to time.
We love the way this devotion has a different devotion for every day of the year, except February 29. On leap day, we just have to read the devotion for a different day twice that year. That also makes it a good day to catch up on any that got missed due to life’s challenges.
We believe this devotion written, in part, by the inspirational Zig Ziglar, makes a great source for daily devotions to be read together by the whole family, including pets.
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mark 16:15 KJV
He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
Mark 16:15 NIV
These devotions, like most others, are short and to the point. This makes it good for reading to the family since those young ones with short attention spans aren’t apt to lose focus during the reading.
We have been big fans of the late Zig Ziglar for many years and are glad that he put his time, along with that of Dwight "Ike" Reighard, into creating this book for us.
This would make a lovely gift for anyone, especially in the imitation leather binding.
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If you are a grandparent, by now you have read and seen just about every kids book there is. Isn’t it great when you find a book that is age appropriate for a very young child that teaches about God while teaching the child other things, too?
You don’t have to have a degree in child psychology to know that peekaboo is fun for the child AND the adult. But, it teaches the child about object permanence.
God Finds Us helps children to learn that just because they can’t see something doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Once you have taught the child that, good luck on convincing them that one of those blue guys from the movie isn’t hiding in his closet.
Once the child learns that just because they cannot see something that minute doesn’t mean it no longer exists, the child can more easily understand that God is there even when we don’t see Him.
This book will make a great gift for your child, grandchild, or other child.
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This board book is well designed and durable. The color pictures are great and the Bible story is written in such a simple way that your child will soon understand it.
What a great way to learn how to read. Learning the Bible while learning to read is a great idea.
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This book is designed to help you through different steps to finding what you intend to be in each part of you life.
Are you meant to be a singer? Are you meant to be the next great poet? Regardless of where your passion in life lies, the book will help you realize that your entire life has been spent pursuing this goal, you just didn’t know it.
We highly recommend The Gifted Journey to help you find your balance or, as we say at How to Manage Your Monkey, your life recipe. This book is well-written and well-thought out. We think you should give this to everyone on your gift giving list.
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When the world lost Zig Ziglar, we lost a great inspirational character. His spirit sort of lives on in works like Who Are You? by Russell Wetherington.
In this book, Wetherington quotes multiple scriptures, top inspirational leaders, and others to guide his readers on a 31 day journey to bettering themselves.
Readers are instructed to read one chapter per day for a month. There are a total of 31 chapters. Readers will want to read one extra chapter on one day during months with only 30 days. February provides multiple opportunities during the month to double up on readings.
This book is designed to take readers through the 31 chapters of Proverbs along the way. Each month readers are encouraged to re-read the book with the belief that they will gain some new insight on each reading.
Along the way, readers will read stories they have heard before and some very new ones. They will read stories of inspiration and hope.
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This book starts out with a very engrossing story and then moves on to tell us more and more about soup. It isn’t just chock full of recipes; it also has a great deal of information about nutrition, food safety, and more.
We give Souping Is The New Juicing all five stars. We think it is an important book and a very easy to read book. There are stories about soup as a comfort food as well as instructions for making soup. It also has many recipes for easy to make soups. What are you waiting for? Order your copy today.
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