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January 30, 2016
Dr. Lim has great insight for living with the gifts available to us through the Holy Spirit
June 26, 2019
Once again I find myself wishing that there was the opportunity to do 3.5 stars. Reading this around the same time as I read D.A. Carson's work on 1 Corinthians 12-14, I want to be able to give Lim a step above Carson's work, but it ended up not warranting a full 4-star rating.
The reason was in part because of the quick treatment of certain important parts of those 3 chapters, but honestly I think he did quite a good job bringing many things to light from those passages. What I didn't care for was what I would see as the 2nd section of the book. Mind you, it's not labeled as such in the table of contents. What is labeled as the 2nd section is actually more of a 3rd section of devotional approach to the topics previously discussed. But the 2nd section seemed to be a very different style of writing, heavy on repeating the same verses and then a lackluster writing on the connection between that particular set of verses. I just didn't find it to add much of anything to the work as a whole.
That being said, I did very much appreciate the book otherwise. Very well-balanced in its approach to the text, acknowledging the extreme views on either side with many items. Lim did an excellent job of keeping it scholarly while keeping it from being heady and dry. I love that he would occasionally add Chinese proverbs or an apt quote from various sources. It allowed for a book that could operate like a textbook to actually be enjoyed.
The reason was in part because of the quick treatment of certain important parts of those 3 chapters, but honestly I think he did quite a good job bringing many things to light from those passages. What I didn't care for was what I would see as the 2nd section of the book. Mind you, it's not labeled as such in the table of contents. What is labeled as the 2nd section is actually more of a 3rd section of devotional approach to the topics previously discussed. But the 2nd section seemed to be a very different style of writing, heavy on repeating the same verses and then a lackluster writing on the connection between that particular set of verses. I just didn't find it to add much of anything to the work as a whole.
That being said, I did very much appreciate the book otherwise. Very well-balanced in its approach to the text, acknowledging the extreme views on either side with many items. Lim did an excellent job of keeping it scholarly while keeping it from being heady and dry. I love that he would occasionally add Chinese proverbs or an apt quote from various sources. It allowed for a book that could operate like a textbook to actually be enjoyed.
March 15, 2024
What a great book to learn more about the spiritual gifts that are given to each of us by the Holy Spirit. This book will give you a fresh look and deeper desire to follow in His ways. I learned so much from this book.
January 1, 2011
This book is great commentary, and goes very in depth about the spiritual gifts, specifically tongues and prophecy. I found the sections of prophecy particularly useful. It's a tough read, very intellectual and dry (and, I think, a little redundant). But I have learned a lot from reading it.
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