Call number
234.3 HAH
Status
Available
Call number
Other editions
Pages
293
Description
Hahn explores the "covenant love" God reveals to us through the Scriptures and explains how God patiently reaches out to us--despite our faults and shortcomings--to restore us into relationship with his divine family. Join Hahn as he follows the high adventure of God's plan for the ages, beginning with Adam and Eve and continuing down through the generations to the coming of Christ and the birth of the Church. You'll discover how the patient love of the Father revealed in the Bible is the same persistent love he has for you. A Servant Book. The audio edition of this book can be downloaded via Audible.
Publication
Servant (1998), 293 pages
Original publication date
1998
ISBN
0892838299 / 9780892838295
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User reviews
LibraryThing member TheMadTurtle
My small group chose this book with the idea that we wanted to do a book on the Old Testament that linked to or referenced the New Testament. This book certainly focuses on the Old Testament, but doesn't really tie it into Christ until chapter 12. There are some nuggets of information that I picked
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up, to be sure, but, overall, I was pretty disappointed by the book. At then end, the God of the Old Testament and the New Testament were even more difficult for me to reconcile than before I started. Hahn goes just far enough to point out the double-standard of God authorizing mass genocide in the old testament when Christ has us "turn the other cheek", but never reconciles the two. He merely points it out and leaves it. Show Less
LibraryThing member quietman66
When reading individual books of the Bible, or even when reading it cover-to-cover, it is easy to lose sight of the overarching themes that tie the various books of scripture together. In A Father Who Keeps His Promises, Scott Hahn tells the story of salvation history by explaining the various
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covenants God made with his people, and how they find their fulfillment in Jesus Christ and his Church. An excellent resource for Catholics and other Christians looking for a clearer understanding of the Bible. Show Less