Author Nathan Eddy (ed.)
Publisher Lion £9.99
Format pbk
ISBN 9780857219596
This book is a page-a-day Bible reading companion for the year 2020. Day by day it suggests a Bible passage, mixing readings from Old and New Testaments, quotes a key verse, and offers a thought-on-the-topic by a wonderfully varied bunch of commentators from many denominations and churches. When it was published, late in 2019, the world was on a regular track. We all thought we knew what was coming next. The Olympics were scheduled for July, (with suitable readings chosen and thoughts offered), and nobody had heard of the Coronavirus. For a work, such as this, to make the transition unscathed from the pre-Corona world to today’s world, would be a very tall order. In my opinion this book has not done so, and the relevance of the passages and thoughts is limited. The material for each day is scriptural, thoughtful and topical according to the world it inherited at the time of writing. If the publishers choose to issue further editions in a year or two when the world has, hopefully, restabilised, they would be good Christmas presents for a wide range of disciples.
HOWARD ROWE
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