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Part one is here and part two is here.Monstrous Compendium Vol 3: Minecraft CreaturesĪdventurers are extraordinary people, driven by a thirst for excitement into a life that others would never dare lead. I highly recommend you read Garry Gilley’s reviews. It speaks volumes about the Protestant world that this book has been so widely embraced. Yes, Eldredge attempts to hold everything together with some smatterings of Scripture, but when you evaluate this book honestly you have to see that this is mere humanism and psychology wrapped in a thin veil of Christianity. I could go on, but really, what’s the point? This book only resembles a Christian book in the most vague sense. He also speaks to him through movies, books and so on.

Revelation – Eldredge says that God talks to him directly.

At one point Garry Gilley says about the particularly ridiculous interpretation of the book of Ruth, “after all, no one else, to my knowledge, in the history of conservative biblical exegesis has ever come up with it before.” Eldredge seems to make up meanings as he goes along.

Time and time and time again he assigns meanings to passages that are completely foreign to their true sense. He uses verses and passages from the Bible without giving any context simply to make it sound like this is a Biblically-based book.

Use of Scripture – Eldredge does what is becoming all too common in the evangelical world these days.

This, of course, is a complete misrepresentation of what happens in that passage. He had to get more information to really take them onï¿½ (Luke 8:26-33) (p. When He encounters the guy who lives out in the Gerasenes tombs, tormented by a legion of spirits, the first rebuke by Jesus doesnï¿½t work.

View of Jesus – According to Eldredge Jesus failed at something he attempted.

He seems to believe that we are little more than victims rather than being fully, 100% responsible for our own sins.

View of Satan – Eldredge views Satan as the one who is to blame when we sin.

There is definitely something wild in the heart of Godï¿½ (p. Godï¿½s willingness to risk is just astoundingï¿½. ï¿❚s with every relationship, thereï¿½s a certain amount of unpredictabilityï¿½. ï¿½Itï¿½s not the nature of God to limit His risks and cover His basesï¿½ (p.31). “God is a person who takes immense risksï¿½ (p.

Time and time again he speaks of God in ways that can only be explained if you hold such views. Open Theism – Though Eldredge denies he is an open theist, the evidence does not support his claim.I am going to discuss some of the more glaring errors in the book. Looking back on the copious notes I took during my reading I am glad to say that he and I picked up on many of the same things. Garry Gilley of Southern View Chapel and Think on These Things Ministries has released a two-part review of it and does an excellent job of writing about the multitude of errors. Sponsor Show Your Support Become a Patron