There are Six New Volumes on My List of BibleTeaching Books
Last time I posted “new books,” I was still working on the Genesis Commentary (“A Layman’s Look at Genesis.”)
I published that book on April 14th of 2023 (466 pages, on Amazon.com, also available in Kindle and in Audio.) Obviously, it has been far too long since I last posted.
Since then, I have completed six more new books. They are all teaching books and all are available as Paperback, Kindle, or Audio:
- “A Layman’s Look at 1st and 2nd Peter” (July 1st, 2023; 232 pages)
- “A Layman’s Look at 1st & 2nd Thessalonians” (March 18th 2024; 194 pages)
- “A Layman’s Look at the Work of the Shepherd” (October 3, 2024; 123 pages)
- “A Layman’s Look at Disciples and Discipleship” (June 28, 2025; 179 pages)
- “A Layman’s Look at The Gospel of John” (May 2, 2026; 633 pages)
- “A Layman’s Look at the Epistles of John and Jude” (August 4, 2026; 181 pages)
Notes Regarding the Audio-book Format:
I personally don’t care much for audio-books. There are several reasons: The computer reader cannot distinguish “homographs” (words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.) It mixes tenses in some cases (e.g. “Please read this to me,” versus “I already read that to you!”)
And, the computer reader fails to distinguish between a noun and a verb in other cases. (For example, “He will lead a quiet life.” versus “He uses small lead weights on his fishing line.”) Finally, in no case can the computer discern emphasis, though a human reader would at least see boldface or italicized words as being emphasized in some way.
However, for a person whose eyes are failing, or for someone who, for other reasons cannot easily read the printed word, audio-books are a real blessing. Some customers also have told me they simply like to listen while they are driving, or doing something else requiring that both hands and the eyes are occupied elsewhere.
I chose a voice (from the extensive list available) that supposedly sounds like an American adult male in his forties, or so. It isn’t bad, I guess, but the same complaints still apply.
The people who have purchased the Audio-book forms of my new books seem satisfied with them, so, evidently they have come to terms with the general “glitches” in computer generated voices. Maybe I am just too old to enjoy it.
Thanks for Looking!
