Kurt A. Johnson

A very good, very useful commentary, July 19 2004

This book is part of the Layman's Bible Book Commentary series, and was written by Dr. Dan G. Kent, associate professor of Old Testament at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The commentary on each of the three books begins with a nice introduction that covers such things as what the book is about, who wrote it and why, and how the book was used. After that, the author the author divides the book into logical sections, and then examines the text verse-by-verse.

I must say that this is a very good, very useful commentary. I found the authors writing to be very understandable and quite informative. If you are planning on teaching a Sunday school class on anything connected to these… Read more

A very good mega-crossover graphic novel, July 16 2004

The wall between two realities is breaking down, and people are finding themselves pulled across into a different reality - a place with different cities and towns, and different heroes and villains. Facing a war of all against all, the keepers of the two realities have decreed that the super-powered beings of their realities must fight it out, the winner take all! And so the battles begin - Thor vs. Captain Marvel, Namor vs. Aquaman, Flash vs. Quicksilver, Robin vs. Jubilee, Green Lantern vs. the Silver Surfer, Catwoman vs. Elektra, and so much more. Who will win, and what will the resulting reality look like? Read this book and find out!

OK, where do I start? First of all, this is a lot… Read more

A lot of fun!, July 15 2004

My ten year old son introduced me to this fun little book (OK, It's big, but thin.), which he has been looking at for several years now. It has fourteen, two-page sized pictures of a collection of odds and ends connected with school. At the bottom of each of them is a list of things that you can look for (sort of like, Where is Waldo). But, read through to the end, there is a riddle about someone you'll find in each of the pictures.

This is a fun book. It challenges the young reader to concentrate on what is actually on the page, and pick out certain select items. I like that my son reads it for fun, even as the book is teaching him to concentrate and search systematically. He loves this… Read more