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GOD'S HOOK
- God's Hook is
a 350 page book about Biblical
faith (or Christian faith which is all through the
Bible...Abraham's faith being a prime example). This book contains
chapters on Faith, Authority, Covenant Promises, and
the Heart
of a Christian. However, it mostly contains Bible stories of Jacob,
Caleb,
Gideon,
the Prophet Balaam, Jonah, Mary and the Magi, Ruth and Naomi, Peter
walking on the water, and other Bible Stories. Moreover, they are presented in a manner to emphasize the faith that was working between God and the person.
I have borrowed from the
Apostle Paul the phrase 'walking in
faith' or 'faith-walk' because Paul's writings have had much
influence on Barbara and me in our ongoing life.
And so, when
trying to describe Biblical faith, soon I
realized that our own
'walk of faith' and my trying to describe it
(i.e. define it) using scripture was entirely inadequate. My studies had
taken me into the Old Testament where I
came across many stories of Bible characters living out their relationships
with God. The most significant of these is the Exodus Epoch and the life of
Moses. I could not rationalize my walk with that of the great
Moses, but I found comfort in the story's many passages. Ah, but I also
found the same comfort in lesser stories, and I
realized
that the concept of faith as portrayed in the smaller Bible
stories
(which connected so well with me) would surely connect well with others.
At length, I concluded that
the
Bible does not "define" faith; instead it portrays faith (i.e.
paints Word pictures of true faith) for us
amid
the
lives of men and women as they were experiencing God. The varied
concepts of faith amidst the Church through the ages (and presently)
fall far short of what your Bible has to share privately as it
presents to you this Bible character, and that Bible character, and yet
another one.......
Eventually, as I studied for myself and my family, God's Hook
was born and amazingly it
grew and
grew. At the end of the second winter the initial manuscript was done.
When the next fall
arrived, a new study and new writing began about the
Exodus Epoch. Four years passed before that initial
manuscript was done, whereupon it was decided to add
about one hundred pages of
appendixes of my research along with maps. Following
years have been given to more Bible study, but I found time
to rewrite and edit both books several times.
Eventually, the
time arrived to consider publishing the
books. Then the concept of developing a website arrived and I have been
busy the last three years with it; and my skills at this are still
developing with many mistakes made along the way. (I pray that our
visitors are putting up with these efforts.)
During the years of study and rewriting of the books, God
had
provided
enough
for our family's living. Also during those years, good software
tools were becoming available on the Internet, many of them
free
and continually improving. These have provided much help in
setting up the book manuscripts for printing, then designing the
covers, and now designing this website. Though the number of
"learning
curves" I have had to wade through to use these
tools for the
work has been essential, they have pulled my attention away from
the things I love to do. I would have cheerfully left such
"technical details"
to others. In all of these processes, the Lord has provided for
us to arrive at
this point, which the visitor sees before him.
-
The concept of "Christian Wilderness Press", which we use for our
publishing name, is
based upon all that God was doing with His people for forty years in
the wilderness. He was doing many and
marvelous things in every Israelite; and even as He was punishing the
first Exodus generation for their rebellion, He was preparing
the second
Exodus generation for victorious battles and the
receiving of inheritances as
initially promised to Abraham.
-
I
have studied scripture for many years and these books are sharings of
some of my lengthy studies: To see if you will
like God's Hook, download the first chapter or download the entire e-book. This book is regularly being downloaded... and at least for the present my books are free.
- On the 'Bible Studies' page are many short Bible studies also for
sharing with our visitors.
- Read of Barbara and me on
the 'Ron and Barbara' page.
- Christian Wilderness Press -