Boxed set of three bestselling suspense stories by Lindsey Stiles
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Thom Lemmons
I was excited when I found Blameless by Thom Lemmons 2007 Waterbrook Press but deeply dissapointed in this modern retelling of the biblical story of Job I m not sure which book of Job this comes from, but it s not a story found in my Bible I am offended that Lemmons uses marrying the wrong person, an ugly divorce, having an affair, and being wrongly accused of sexual misconduct as a modern parable to the suffering of Job Yes, it s a good story, well written, the style is very good, but this is n [...]
The back cover of Blameless touts it as a retelling of the biblical Book of Job The Job figure is Joe Barnes, a college English professor at a small university under financial turmoil Joe has a burgeoning relationship with the Dean of Arts and Sciences, Alexis When past events cause Joe to get into difficulty with the college authorities, he must decide whether he can risk his relationship and love for Alexis to have her save him from the fire.After reading and being very impressed with Lemmons [...]
This book retells the book of Job with Job as an older untenured professor, God as the dean to whom he s attracted, and the devil as the dean s secretary Job s semi useless friends are fellow faculty members The story manages to be it s own story with real interactions between the characters, but also true to the spirit and issues of Job The clever name choices are fun I recommend it for those who want to probe the question of how to we ask a powerful God to intervene on our behalf without looki [...]
still reading.
Blah story about two professors Flat plot, confusing romance.
F Lem
I couldn t finish got a little bored half way through.