God's little devotional book for graduates

Hardcover, 1995

Status

Available

Call number

242 HON

Description

"Congratulations! You are graduating into a world poised to set the pace for a promising new millenium. Breathtaking technologies are drawing us closer to a global community. We are flooded with information, bombarded by chopices and staggered by moral dilemmas our parents and grandparents never imagined. It is a world filled to the brim with challenges and possibilities.So how can you make good choices for your life in this bold, new world? How can you cut through the hype and find the answers you need to build a productive and fulfilling life for yourself?In God's Little Devotional Book for Graduates , you will find the insight and wisdom needed to help you tame an imposing and uncharted frontier. The timeless truths presented in these pages will help you anchor your life on a solid foundation and give you the necessary edge to live a life filled with success and fulfillment.… (more)

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LibraryThing member regularguy5mb
Yet another one of those multitudinous gift books given to graduates. This one I received when I graduated high school. I don't remember who gave it to me, though it's probably written down somewhere.

This particular volume is full of bite-size quotes which are then followed by related (or at least
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supposedly related) lines of scripture. The corresponding page then contains a story that also is supposed to relate to both quote and scripture. These relations turn out to be rather hit or miss, with the editors occasionally stretching far from the quote's intention to make it all fit together.

The worst quote in this book, and one that made me stop and put the book down for a while, was one that seems grossly out of place in a book for graduates. While not verbatim, the quote essentially says "better knowledge of the Bible without a college course than a college course without knowledge of the Bible." This is the kind of thinking that has so damaged this world, and especially this country at the current moment in time and I almost wanted to chuck the book across the room upon reading it.

The write-ups following the quotes are at least entertaining, especially those that reveal a Paul Harvey style tidbit about a famous name. Other than that, there's not much about this one I can really recommend.
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Language

DDC/MDS

242 HON

Pages

317

Rating

(5 ratings; 2.4)
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