Dr Jason Harris
Pastor
- There are no emotions that destroy. Yes, emotions can be expressed destructively. But there are no bad emotions. None. God is angry and we are commanded to be angry. God hates and we are obligated to hate. We are commanded to fear. There are no inherently bad emotions and teaching that there are does harm.
- I can only review the 1992 edition. I'm going through this book right now and it leaves a lot to be desired. It's certainly simple enough to be accessible to the undergraduate non-theology student, but it's a bit on the fundamentalistic side of things in it's tone and material. I would like to think there's something else out there that is just as accessible but not so mired in positivism. Also, the section on word studies in both this edition and the 1992 edition is just awful... truly, tragically, and chronically awful. Like, I don't think the author understands how semantics work. At all. Very dangerous if students take it seriously.
- Very ordinary... a lot of spiritualising. e.g. In Acts 27 when Paul advises not sailing, Courson says "At first the wind blew softly, and in a favorable direction. That’s always the way it is. When you don’t listen to the Word of the Lord, when you go your own way, when you do your own thing, at first you’re just blown along softly. But when the fierce winds come—which they always do—you’re blown away totally" (pp. 848–849). Scripture is taken out of context. Commentary is slipshod. I really wouldn't trust the interpretations as the author seems unaware of difficulties in the text. I would use with extreme caution.