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Light on the Gospel

Honestly, as I read the book, I kind of felt like the Gospel was missing. He references it, but the book reads as more of a “how-to” live an appropriate 20th century Christian life. I agreed with most everything he said, but just found it to be more legalistic in tone than not. The introduction and the conclusion are both focused well, but are not the same tone as the chapters in the book.

A Canonical Survey of the New Testament

The introduction itself makes this book worth picking up and reading. The whole book though is an excellent survey of the New Testament, particularly in how it treats each section of Scripture as a part of the canonical whole.

Meh. I love watching Sears on YouTube. I think he's hilarious. Perhaps his humor is much better suited to 5 minute focused chunks. In this book, you get his attempt to sustain a whole book on one "joke." Needless to say, it falls pretty flat. The introduction is the funniest part book and it kinda goes downhill from there.

Hooray! After the disappointing book 2 of the Serpentwar Saga, Feist returns to the style and characters that I love his writing for.

I have loved all of Feist's books so far, but I just found myself not liking the protagonist. I actually found myself rooting for his enemies in the novel. The book might be worth reading by skipping all of the parts involving Roo and focusing on the side-story with Erik instead.