Reflections

by Doug Greenwold

Reflections is a compilation of Doug Greenwold’s monthly contextual “Reflections” newsletters. These essays examine various Bible passages, illustrating their contexts and significance.

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Published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[Glenn Crouch · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book, especially for those relatively new to Bible Study and want to get into things a bit more. The author has a reasonably good educational and encouraging approach - though I did find at times that he seems to assume that he is always teaching his reader something "new". As a preacher for almost 40 years, I must say that there was very little "new" I found - and in fact most times I agreed with his interpretation. But it is still good to see a lot of this in print.

His in-depth coverage of the Parable of the Prodigal Son is very worthwhile - and the strong encouragement to learn context is welcomed. The Reflections at the end of each chapter are quite useful - and could easily be the basis for a Group Bible Study - in fact this book would be quite a worthwhile one to do a Bible Study around.

I would caution the confidence that the Author places in his understanding of First Century Judaism, as I don't think it is as "straight forward" as he likes to portray it and seems to be more akin to Rabbinic Judaism of centuries later.