Beacon2Light

Dr. Renald Showers reviews the history of God's covenant with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and their descendants.  He dives into what God said, where He said it, how it was re-iterated and what it meant.  This study is critically important for each Christian to review from the biblical text.  Without it, we are left to our own devices and "wisdom" as to ascertain Israel's place in the world and in our theology.  Thankfully, Showers does a rather thorough treatment of this topic. Also, Showers summarizes Church history and delivers a shocking expose' of how in the name of Christ, Jews have been repeatedly slaughtered, scattered, and forced to convert to Christianity.  Within the pages of this book, the author shows how, in his opinion, the doctrine of what has been called Supersessionism, or  Replacement Theology, has been acted upon to the detriment of Jewish lives, their peaceful existence and their future.  As he does so, Showers argues for the con...

  A Review of Why Church Matters by Joshua Harris  I wanted to give a note of explanation as I begin this review.  The church, small “c,” is used to speak of the local church.  The Church, big “c,” indicates the Christian family as a whole both living and those who came before us ever since the start of the Church 2,000 years ago.  Many may know this author from his more famous work, I Kissed Dating Goodbye .  Essentially, the principle is similar but applied to the Church.  Joshua Harris was a church shopper/church hopper himself.  However, he came to the point where he felt that he needed to stop consuming and begin committing to the Church.  Not to do so would be missing out on God’s program through the Church to fulfill the Great Commission.  In this book, he identifies church as many of us have come to know it.  He then explains the biblical nature of the Church and the word pictures that the Bible uses to desc...