The God You Thought You Knew [Hardcover]

The God You Thought You Knew is a compendium of rich and unique treasures that the writer found in the Scriptures over a long career of private as well as group study. What is interesting is that the treasures come from familiar Bible selections but they are not readily observed; they are hidden. The book leads readers to question even the familiar, probe, converse, image and discover. The reader goes on a journey across the Scriptures, meets individuals, most of whom are familiar names, and allows the imagination to talk with them, inquire about their lives and what makes them tick. The reader cannot escape the powerful grasp on those lives by a God determined to fill them with goodness and bring them to a place of rest in God. It is a journey that gives insight into God's original plan and purpose for humanity, God's ceaseless and unfailing efforts that lead to the Cross of Jesus; it uncovers the toughness, vulnerability and compassion of the Man that was God among humans; it runs into the early church and exposes the human frailty, stubbornness and shortsightedness of its leaders and members against the backdrop of the overarching power of God's Spirit guiding and protecting that frail and humble institution. The book ends with speculations about the future of the race and the planet and the eventual culmination of God's original purpose.