I’ve spent the majority of my working life in manufacturing, so I had high hopes for this book – thought it would be interesting to read. It tells the history of factories starting with British textile mills in the 1600s all the way through to the giant factories in China today. It’s a large book […]
This book was written in 1978 and Michener died in 1997, so I’m a little late to the party in reading/reviewing it. I picked it up because I was looking for something to listen to on a long car trip and I knew a Michener book would be just the ticket. Lots of hours – […]
God shows Amos a fourth vision to illustrate the ultimate consequences of Israel’s sin. As a result, Amos proclaims to Israel why judgment is coming and what it entails. 1-3 God shows Amos a basket of summer fruit and tells him it signifies that the end is near for Israel. Just like in the third […]
The book is a history of the author’s family that essentially covers the Twentieth Century. His forbears migrated from southern Georgia to an area of Texas later called Big Spring. The story covers their experiences during booms and busts in the oil industry, the Depression, and multiple wars. The author starts with the story of […]
Amos sees a third vision and has a verbal confrontation with the high priest of Bethel. 7-9 God shows Amos a third vision after the two visions of destruction. Unlike the first two, this vision does not show the future but shows God’s reason for the coming judgment. Amos sees God standing by a wall […]
Great book with a disappointing ending that makes me hesitant to recommend it. This is a hard book to review. It’s about the crash of a private plane with eleven people on board. Only two of the passengers – a middle-aged painter who was a last-minute invite on the flight and the young son of […]
Summer-type of novel that kept my interest and was fun to read. It’s a mystery about a family of mathematicians (grabs you right away, doesn’t it?) wherein the patriarch – and the most accomplished mathematician – dies under mysterious circumstances. The book tells the story of trying to find out why and how he died […]
God shows Amos visions that graphically display the extent of His wrath against Israel. The two visions in this text are notable for Amos’ reaction and intercession on behalf of the people. Interestingly, this section of the book is as much about Amos as it is about Israel. Chapter 7 appears to mark a change […]
This book should have been better. It’s all about time – how we live with it, how we track it, how it dominates our lives, how people in history viewed it compared to now, what changes there’ve been over the centuries that affect our interactions with it, and how there are so many contradictions in […]
Amos continues his condemnation of Israel by pointing out the people’s ignorance of what is coming and their ignorance of their true standing before God. 5:18-20 This is the first mention of the day of the Lord in the Old Testament (chronologically speaking). Apparently the people hold to a tradition that there is a coming […]
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