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Book Review on Who Told You That Were Naked

Lisa Briskey
3 min readJan 30, 2024

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Who Told You That You Were Naked? A Refreshing Reexamination of the Garden of Eden by William E. Combs is a nonfiction book based on the Garden of Eden. This book was published in 2016 by Carpenter’s Son Publishing. The author is a retired Presbyterian minister, who came up with this idea by a sermon that also uses his experiences. He received his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from the Fuller Theological Seminary.

The reason for this book is to consider the events that brought sin and death into the world. This book is an interesting book to read.

The author starts the book with a vivid memory from his childhood. The memory is a vivid picture of the first time he saw the aurora borealis in Alaska when he was a child. It is a vivid descriptive memory that it is like you are there with him.

The purpose of this book is to consider the events that made sin and death come into the world. The author reflects on the joy of the Garden of Eden; the finding of a helpmate for Adam; the plans that God had for them; and to their leaving the Garden of Eden because of sin. He also explores what happened after Adam and Eve left the Garden including Cain killing his brother, Abel. The book goes on to talk about the relationship of faith; an individual’s faith; God’s promise to everyone through faith; establishing a…

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Lisa Briskey
Lisa Briskey

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