In the Shadow of Plenty
By: George Grant
The author of this book, George Grant doesn’t tell us of any characters in this book so I will start off by telling you about a section called “excuses, excuses” which is a good topic. George writes about the first fight ever between husband and wife and about the “excuses” they gave God to cover up their sin. When God asked what they had done, they both tried to blame each other. Although neither of them actually lied, they did try to hide what they had done. Even though their excuses were almost true, they did wrong and they knew what they had done and yet, still played ignorant.
I cannot really say that there is a specific theme to the book, because it’s always changing, but for the most part, George was basically trying to make some of the important things in the bible easier to understand. Most people don’t understand what the bible’s saying because of all the “thee’s” and “thou’s” and I think, George was just hoping to make them understand what the bible has to offer.
In another section called “change the world,” there is one thing, especially that I liked, “Charity is like a lever. You can move a large heavy object with a lever but you also need the fulcrum. That’s the gospel and foundation. You need them both. With both, you can move the hearts of men, if only the Holy Spirit blesses your efforts. You can even move the world, if the Holy Spirit blesses you efforts. You can usher in the peace that surpasses all understanding.”
There is a section in this book called “faith and victory.” It talks about the verse in Hebrews 11, “Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen.” I remember hearing s ...