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Leap over a wall is a unique and fascinating study on the life of david. As another reviewer wrote, the chapter on the friendship between david and jonathan is also insightful and valuable. The david story is the most extensively narrated single story... Read More
Eugene peterson is the translator of the message bible. The book steps through the two books of samuel and ends with the king's death in 1 kings. Eugene. Peterson.
Eugene peterson makes you laugh while at the same time makes you think. Leap over a wall is another strong addition to the peterson corpus. The chapters marry up in both and allow you to soak in peterson's reflections.
It gives an excellent portrayal of the character of this very human man as he tries to please his god. In so doing, he highlights how god grows us and walks beside us.
The story of david is simultaneously earthy and godly. In david's wilderness experience, he was being set apart, made holy, for god's use.
Cons
The read is good but the condition of the book was poor. The book is in fine condition but the cover is different and older than the picture indicated.
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Quality
A fantastic lifegiving work in the middle of an insipid age
34 pg 216though this book was published in 1997 it is a timeless and excellent book for studying and learning from the life of david
It is well written and looks thought provoking
Have been using this for encouragement and spiritual strengthening for more than a year so finally decided to buy it and give t... Read More
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The book i ordered came in a reasonable time and was in excellent condition
Packaging/appearance
Each chapter is packed with truth from scripture
Competitiveness
In telling of davids decade in a real wilderness he compares this to circumstantial wildernesses we face when our lives are out of control
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- This product had a total of 212 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 23 2024.
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Certainly jesus never succumbed to temptation like david did and we do but in the struggles in the victories and in the humility we get a picture of jesus
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Empathy overwhelmed me in this book
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Parts of it were a bit of a stretch
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Every page is worth your time though
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He forces you out of one dimensional thinking to three dimensional reality
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His problems and joys were brought to the atmosphere of 34real life34 and not treated as a table of lessons or a list of dos and donts
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In leap over a wall peterson explored the life of david not as the model life but as the normative life of a believer at least in some regards
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He wrote 34life isnt an accumulation of abstractions such as love and truth sin and salvation atonement and holiness life is the realization of details that all connect organically personally specifically names and fingerprints street numbers and local weather lamb for supper and and a flat tire in the rain34 p
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