Product Description
- By Arnold Brown
- 99 pages.
- Published 1997, The Salvation Army
Foreword
The wonder of Scripture's inspiration lies in its simplicity of statement as much has in the sweep of its storyﾡﾪfrom eternity to eternity. Often it is what is left unsaid that stirs most of the imagination and allows for a contemporary application of an ancient incident. General Brown masterfully probes the teaching latent in the unmentioned details of the Scripture story ,and elicits telling the truth for today.
What did Jesus write in the dust with his finger, when a woman taken in the act of adultery was thrown down before him? Who were the four stretcher-bearers who brought their invalided friend to Jesus? Over what issue, grave or petty, did Euodias and Syntyche fall out? Who made the Cross on which the Saviour died?
This intriguing series of studies surfaces striking lessons on a broad range of issues: integrity in business, the nature of faith, our society's responsibility to its children, the value of silence, the pain of the deaf sealed in a cell of soundlessness, and the paralyzing grip of greed upon the soul. This, and much more.
These illuminating meditations reflect General Brown's lifelong fascination with Scripture and his remarkable ability to communicate its through compellingly, His wide reading, diligent scholarship, and gift for luminous expression are everywhere evident in these brief and readable studies. They will not fail to spark the spiritual imagination and stir the conscience, as well. It is a joy to commend them to the widest possible readership.
Paul A. Rader, (General)
International Headquarters, The Salvation Army, London, England.
