Book Review "These Things You Ought To Know"
Book Review “These Things You Ought To Know” - Mike Easter General review: The irony of this book is written in the first sentence, “So many people today are Biblically illiterate.” The irony is that this book is filled with assumptions and opinions of what the author thinks the Bible says and rarely is any challenging Scripture addressed or even acknowledged. His hermeneutical system is assumed to be correct and any other view or interpretation of Scripture is scoffed at as irrelevant. The author also relies on straw man arguments about the motives and intentions of Christians who believe differently than him, painting them as carnal and lovers of darkness. This is not only a poor way to defend your theology, it's borderline cultic. Only the Biblically illiterate or those who trust in his authority as a Bible teacher will find this book beneficial. (Although I read the entire book, I will only do a detailed review of the first two chapters because I was trying to keep it as short