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Title: Paul the Subversive
Subtitle: A Poetic Reflection on Galatians
Author: Heerak Christian Kim
Narrator: Karl Steudel
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-25-13
Publisher: The Hermit Kingdom Press
Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry
Publisher's Summary:
Apostle Paul was a subversive, whose agenda was preserving the purity of the Gospel passed down from Jesus of Nazareth. Like a watchdog, Saint Paul cautiously guarded the message of salvation that all those who believe in Christ as Lord and Savior God are saved and become members of the family of Christ regardless of race, ethnicity, color, and socio-economic level.
This ideal of Jesus, which Paul espoused with a passion, was radical for his time. Paul the Evangelist lived in a highly segregated society where a person's worth was tied to his birth. But just as Jesus had treated everyone as individuals who could become members of the people of God by believing in Jesus Christ, Paul emphasized that Christ was the answer for all who believe. Paul was particularly fighting those who put too much emphasis on race. There were Christian leaders of Jewish birth who had hard time letting go of their ethnocentric ideas.
Apostle Paul boldly chastises major leaders in early Christianity who had this problem. In Paul's book, there was no room in Christianity for a special race that was superior to others. Saint Paul's subversive teaching against ethnocentric tendencies is particularly relevant for today.
Members Reviews:
Really poor poetry conveying violence and intolerance!
When I started to read through these poems, I found the messages being conveyed somewhat disconcerting.
It seems as though Kim is trying to portray Christianity as a violent, intolerant and uncompromising religion. This impression of Christianity couldn't be farther from the truth. As a regular church-going Christian, I've always been taught that we must tolerate people of other faiths and beliefs rather than subjugate them to our way of thinking. Kim singles out the Jews for his worst vitriolic attacks and this is likely to cause offence to Jewish readers.
It appears to me, from reading these poems that Kim is a rather inexperienced poet. The standard was disappointing low and if I didn't know better I would question as to whether these literary works constitute poetry.
These poems should be avoided since they put Christianity in a very bad light and are not representative of the religion as a whole.
A waste of money!
I was unpleasantly surprised at the atrocious standard of poetry in this book.
I would describe these poems as a series of rants rather than poetry. The author, Kim, tries to put forward the idea that Christians must stand up to supposed oppression from Jews (non existent) with violence; using the worst poetry imaginable. The material presented in these rants would be disagreeable to most readers, especially those of the Christian faith, who would be shocked to find that a so called expert in Christianity is encouraging violence on a false pretext. Most Christians will concur with me that Christianity preaches tolerance and peace e.g. love thy enemy etc.
This book is certainly not a good read and a complete waste of money!
Very crap
The standard of poetry used by Kim to put forward his bigoted ideas is pathetically poor. His command of the English language is hopeless, I can only assume that he is a non-native speaker. Kim's poems are a bit like an old and bitter mans rants. The poems are awkward to read because they simply fail to flow. The messages portray Christianity as a violent religion, which is probably true when you consider how they behaved in the crusades.
