Does the Bible seem difficult to understand? Have you switched to a modern translation to make it easier? Literary devices such as hyperbole and apocalyptic language appear frequently and may limit our understanding more than the translation.

Most of the Bible is expressed in terms of covenant, an important concept that is also not well understood and which is seldom explained by our churches. If we fail to understand such concepts, we will be unlikely to fully appreciate the entire Bible. Those who would applaud our difficulty and would like to dismantle our belief system entirely may have attempted to discredit early Genesis more than any other portion of scripture. If Genesis 1:1 is not true, where does that leave the rest of the Bible? Did Jesus actually die for my sins? Is God, himself, a myth? If apparent conflicts go unresolved, it becomes easier to question the relevance of the entire Bible.

The resolution of much of the difficulty lies in gaining an understanding of covenant creation. If you have ever thought that the Bible is full of errors, think again. It was not written to people in the culture of the 21st century western world. It was written to a people who lived 2,000 or more years ago in a culture which had a different way of thinking, of using words, and even numbers.

I hope to show that the Bible is highly accurate and relevant for today's reader. To understand it the way the original hearers would have, we must get inside the mind of the ancient near easterner. This book attempts to bring the Bible into focus for today. It is not necessary to change its teaching or to alter doctrine. However, gaining an understanding for today requires a new way of looking at it. I hope to make that possible for you, today's 21st century western reader.

Many books have been written about the Exodus. most seem to place the greatest emphasis on understanding the historical aspect of that event. Restarting Exodus will take a different approch. The emphasis will be on understanding the spiritual picture being presented.

While most people understand that the Exodus is telling of the great spiritual deliverance of the Hebrews, they underestimate the degree to which the spiritual is incorporated.

Here you will find the Exodus to have been “restarted” using covenant theology. The covenant view will cause many portions of the Exodus to come alive with fresh ideas and an understanding from the theological perspective. If you want to read a book based on traditional thinking, this is the wrong book. Only read this book if you are interested in a fresh look into the Exodus.

Many newly converted young people are excited to find themselves involved in a whole new world, a world they never imagined. It's a big world, one which is difficult to navigate, and possibly so different from what they've experienced. Where might they fit in this new world?

In Restoring the Ministry of the Prophet, author F. Michael Colacuori offers a training manual giving ideas to those who are going through the initial portion of their Christian growth. He answers the question: How do we find our place of ministry? In addition, he discusses why the ministry of the prophet doesn't seem to be widely present in our generation and how it can and should be reestablished.

Restoring the Ministry of the Prophet shares at least one possibility for how a young person may become involved in ways that can affect the entire church. It shows how God can move in the life of such a person and how much his own life can affect the lives of others.

All people, however different we may be, have a built in desire to find God. It comes as standard equipment, not as an added cost option. Those from all generations and all cultures have attempted to find Him and seem to believe their effort has has been rewarded. Nearly all people from many different cultures or time periods have some way of worshipping one or more gods.

As important as finding Him is, the search for Him seems to be surrounded with confusion and difficulty. Much of what we have done has made our search difficult. At the same time, God has gone to great lengths to make Himself easy to find.

Often the results of our search has depicted God as if He is a part of the visible world. We have done it and many from other times or cultures have done the same, always resulting in an incomplete understanding of Him. We are attempting to think of God as if He were a part of the visible world.

While He exists in both the visible and invisible worlds, He is not to be found visibly. Never-the-less, much of our search has been carried out in the physical world. Looking for Him in the wrong place is causing us to look for him in the wrong way. In this book, I will attempt to refocus our search onto the invisible world. That is where He is to be found.