My name is Smitha Agy. Reading is what I pursue as my hobby. I read about 100 books a year. I receive Advance reader copies from publishers, publicists, authors, and/or NetGalley. My favorite genres include Mystery and thrillers, True crime, Biographies and Memoirs, Romance novels, Historical fiction, and Christian faith. The opinions shared here are my own. Find my reviews at: https://www.facebook.com/people/Novel-Nerd-Blog/61550417764548/
Sunday, August 30, 2020
Book Review and my thoughts on "Rule of Law" by Tom Bingham
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Book review and my thoughts on "Redeeming love" by Francine Rivers
Hosea 3:1-5 (ESV) 1 And the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.” 2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley. 3 And I said to her, “You must dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you.” 4 For the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or household gods. 5 Afterward, the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to His goodness in the latter days.
God loved the nation of Israel. God commanded Hosea to love an adultress which symbolizes the relationship between God and Israel - the adultress nation of Israel.
We can easily relate ourselves to Angel(Gomer) in the story. We wandered after other lovers and idols of our hearts. All of us have gone astray after lust and have been deceived by satan's lie into thinking that they will bring satisfaction to us. All it can do is land us in hell.
If you are married, keep your wedding vows, do not abandon your spouse "until we are parted by death". "Better or worse, richer or poorer, in sickness and in health". It shows god's love for his people and his faithfulness in covenant with his people. Husbands, love and cherish your wife as christ loves and cherishes his bride, the church. Husbands lay down your lives for your wives. Just as Christ laid his life for his bride, the church. Ephesians 5
Flee Sexual Immorality- “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! Or do you not know that he who is joined[a] to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.” But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin[b] a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
Books I Read
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My Thoughts and Book Review Professor Richard Barnes retires from the Biology department of Bristol University as a stalwart member of staf...