The Seraph Seal By Leonard Sweet, Lori Wagner Published by Thomas Nelson I have to admit, I had a hard time putting this one down. The Seraph Seal takes Biblical end-times prophecy and portrays the author’s idea of what that could look like in a fictional story format. Many of the ideas presented are wonderful examples of how God reveals himself, and His Son Jesus, throughout elements in His creation. There are many references to ancient spiritual, as well as mystical, ideas. Though the Biblical Truths of the Gospel (i.e., Jesus Christ as the Son of God, and the only Way to salvation of man) are presented as the Truths…
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The Skin Map
The Skin Map By Stephen Lawhead Published by Thomas Nelson The Skin Map is the first book I have read by Stephen Lawhead. I am a fan of author Ted Dekker and I expected The Skin Map to be similar to books by Dekker or Randy Alcorn, but I was disappointed. The story consists of a young man, Kit Livingstone, being visited unexpectedly by his great-grandfather, Cosimo Livingstone. Cosimo then engages Kit, though somewhat unwillingly, in a sort if time travel by means of what Lawhead calls “leys”. These leys are “pathways” said to be scattered throughout the earth and allow “travelers” to physically leap between realms. The storyline, though somewhat…