Maranatha, written by Andrew James LaTeer.

For a first attempt at writing, Mr. LaTeer, tackles a very difficult and controversial subject.  Mr. LaTeer tackles the Biblical end of days with all the passion of professional football player trying to score the winning touchdown of a championship game.

While the subject matter is not headline making, major news coverage, stop the presses controversial; LaTeer takes the subject on as if it is.  Mr. LaTeer gives the reader various viewpoints and discusses them while providing Biblical passages that support those viewpoints, as well as his own. LaTeer does this in such away; the common man can follow it, research it and decide for himself.

What makes this book stand out to this writer is the straight forward way that LaTeer provides his information.  LaTeer must have written with Bible in hand.  LaTeer gives the verse (or verses) that he is speaking about throughout the book.  Following the quotation of choice, LaTeer discusses the passage from his view point as well as other popular view points if there are any. Many times throughout the book the quotation used is confusing, so before going through the discussion, LaTeer clears up the muddiness.

The style of writing that Mr. LaTeer utilized in writing his work is refreshingly different.   As a recent college student, I noticed that this work is written as if it is an intense, provocative lecture that would take a good deal of the semester to complete.  Like a great professor, LaTeer tells the reader what he will be telling them, tells them in a multitude of ways, and then tells them what he has told them.  There is a subtle rhyme and cadence of repetitiveness, but not to the point of redundancy.   LaTeer utilizes this literary technique to make the important facts stay with the reader and focus the reader in on the passages that he feels needs the extra attention.

I admit that, going into this project, this writer is almost illiterate as far as biblical studies and speaking theologically; however this work quickly made me understand that I did not need theology training to follow along and discuss the context.