-submitted by Bryan Dill
“Fascinating Stories of Forgotten Lives” by Charles R. Swindoll
Charles Swindoll’s writing is one of the easiest I have ever found to read. Even if you’re a slow reader (like me), you’ll find that reading this book by Swindoll comes much easier than others. Swindoll is a fantastic story-teller, and that’s what he does with the lives of the people he writes about. This book is one that goes through the lives of 13 different Bible characters, and digs a little deeper into what made them so “fascinating.”
Some of the people Swindoll writes about are people you may barely remember from Scripture (like Gehazi or Rehoboam). Others are well-known men and women that Swindoll is able to present in an entirely new light (like Esau and Abraham). He brings to life their circumstances, and shows us the good and the bad of their character without holding anything back. There are some excellent lessons for all of us, as we read his account of these lives.
Here’s a quote from the chapter on Naaman:
“the Lord has a surprise in store for anyone coming to Him. . . . The Lord delights to surprise us with His goodness, if only we will unlock the door of obedience with the key of faith . . . and then push it open and walk through.”
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