Invitations to Abundance, Alicia J. Akins
Invitations to Abundance, Alicia J. Akins
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Invitations to Abundance
How the Feasts of the Bible Nourish Us Today

Author: Alicia J. Akins

Narrator: Madeline McCray

Unabridged: 8 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/29/2022


Synopsis

What do the feasts of the Bible reveal about our place in today's tired world? In short, everything.

From Genesis through Revelation, redemptive history is captured through feasts. Through them, God calls his people to commemorate mercy, delight in grace, and commune with him and with each other. In the process, he proves he doesn't ration his rich, soul-satisfying love toward us but instead lets it overflow.

Invitations to Abundance brings to life the festivities described in the Bible and illuminates how relevant they remain in a modern world defined by isolation and disillusionment. When your heart needs encouragement, these wondrous celebrations remind you why, where, and how you can find security, unity, and hope.

Each chapter seats us at a unique feast from Scripture—from the well known to the less familiar—and considers how you can respond worshipfully as a partaker of these celebrations. Invitations to Abundance shows you how to reciprocate God's initiating kindness and what it means to live knowing God's table is spread before you.

About Alicia J. Akins

Alicia J. Akins is a writer and recovering expat based in DC. After living and working in Asia for five years, she considers it a second home. She is a Masters of Arts in Biblical Studies student at RTS, Washington, and serves as a deaconess in her church, Grace DC Downtown.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ruth on March 01, 2022

Comprehensive and accessible. Akins has outlined the feasts of Scripture and connected them to life today. I realize now how much I've merely skimmed over in the past without understanding the significance.......more

Goodreads review by Katie on March 06, 2022

Invitations to Abundance by Alicia J. Akins is a deep dive into the redemptive history of the Bible commemorated and understood through feasts. Feasts to remember, to mark the beginning and end of harvest season, to gain wisdom, and to celebrate understanding. Feasts of victory, hope, mercy, pardon,......more

Goodreads review by Lyndsey on March 01, 2022

This book made the feasts of the Bible spring to life. I loved witnessing Akins' deep love for and scholarship in scripture. The chapter on Nehemiah and Ezra was my favorite! Truly an invitation to feast with God at the table of scripture.......more

Goodreads review by Morgan on March 01, 2022

Invitations to Abundance is a call to feast, to meditate on and enjoy the richness of God. Akins brings her readers to the table and lays before them a delightful spread of wisdom, welcoming them to dine alongside her as she illuminates the various feasts of the Bible. Akins's descriptive, often-poet......more

Goodreads review by Clare on February 26, 2022

Some books are meant to be read once and then tucked onto a shelf somewhere for safe keeping. Invitations to Abundance is not most books. Alicia Akins uses a deep understanding of scripture to invite readers to feast on God’s abundance, giving you a hunger for seconds, thirds, and fourths. Usually,......more