A Father Who Keeps His Promises: God's Covenant Love in Scripture

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Summary: Our Fathers Plan.
Review: This book does a good job at showing how the Church is more than just 2000 years old, but has been apart of God's plan since the beginning. Our family saga begins with Adam and Eve and continues to this day.

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Summary: Useful for every christian
Review: This book is a good overview of the OT. It shows you the several convenants God made with his people, beginning with Adam. With this structure of the developing convenants in mind, you have a good theological map when reading the OT. Without clear structure the reading of the OT can make you sometimes mad (names, places, names, genealogies etc.). I used the information given in this book in an evangelical small group, where we try to give christian beginners an overview over the bible and christian theology. Despite the fact that Scott Hahn is a catholic, every christian can benefit from this book. It's not an apologetic book. At the end of the book I found it very interesting, what Jesus meant with "it's finished". I never thought about it in detail. Read it and decide for yourself.

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Summary: Brilliant
Review: This book reveals the history of salvation in the Bible. Without a doubt the most interesting Bible study book I have ever read. All Christians should read this book.

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Summary: Brilliant
Review: This book reveals the history of salvation in the Bible. Without a doubt the most interesting Bible study book I have ever read. All Christians should read this book.

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Summary: This book is great!
Review: This is a great book! It is very readable and helps people understand so much of the Bible! The chapter on the Eucharist is great as well! It helps in defending the belief in the Real Presence (though this book is not an apologetics book). I do, however, want to correct a statement written by a reviewer on April 9, in which that reviewer said Hahn thought that the idea of the covenant was a completely Catholic one. I don't know how the reveiwer got that idea. This book does not say or imply this at all. In fact, read another of Hahn's books, Rome Sweet Home, on page 27. There he describes how while a Protestant he saw a Catholic book on covenant theology. At that time he thought "I looked at it and thought, Liturgical Press? This guy's a Catholic! A Papist! What was he doing hijacking the Protestant notion of the covenant?" Of course, Hahn wouldn't write this if he believe the covenant was just a Catholic idea. Sorry about so much time on this; I just think it's an important statement to correct. Anyway, read A Father Who Keeps His Promises. It is a great book for any Christian to read.

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Summary: An interesting appropriation of covenant in the bible.
Review: This is a very readable book treating the theme of covenant/covenant faithfulness in the Old and New Testaments. Hahn's presentation of the topic is clearly written and engaging. A strength of this book however, might also be its greatest weakness as Hahn's reading of the text is overpowered by marital imagery. Hahn's strong convictions regarding the marriage covenant at times seems to truncate his perspective on covenant as if marital imagery is the only adequate imagery to use when dealing with the versatile theme of covenant.

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Summary: Great book
Review: This is another excellent book by Scott hahn. I've gotten alot out of every book of his I've read. This book tells the story of Gods covenant relationship with his people. You see how over and over God is faithful, but we keep falling away. The book starts with Genesis and Gods covenant with Adam then, Noah, Abraham,Moses,David, and finally Jesus. The last 40 pages or so talks about how Jesus fulfills the covenant. It is my favorite part of the book it goes in depth about the church being the bride of Christ and the eucharist being a renewal of the covanant. This book gave me a deeper understanding of Gods love and mercy and how God has continued to love us even when we fail.

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Summary: Good Introductory book -
Review: With the exception of Dr. Hahn's premise that the RCC is the holder of the new covenant, this book is an exceptional introduction to Covenant theology. He disappointingly indicates that the concept is entirely catholic, which those familiar with the topic would realize has been a theology in non-catholic circles for years. Andrew Johnson's "The Two Covenants" and Mont Smith's "What the Bible Says about Covenant" being basic texts in Bible Colleges and Seminaries for years.

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Summary: Should have known this wasn¿t going to be dry and ponderous.
Review: Wow! Dr. Hahn has opened up the Old Testament for all of us who haven't the time for years of graduate level theology courses. Finally, Noah and that incident with Ham, his son, made sense. And the Garden of Eden became real and understandable and more than just a puzzling little chapter that starts "The Book." He makes it all seem so clear! Understanding the Exodus of the Hebrews was the most meaningful part for me. We all, in our lives, must be stripped of attachment to the goods (and the gods) of this world.