This book is a dictionary/Name of God book. It has several different names of God that were several that I hadn't heard of. Mostly it was a combing through the Bible to find the verses that spoke of God, the definition told the verse and then what the author thought of the verse, broke it down and wrote it out.
It's a nice book. I thought it would be different because it is called The Complete Guide to the Names of God. So I thought it would be ABBA, which is in there, I also thought some of the Hebrew names would be in there. But it's more things like Access to God, Ancient of Days, Consolation of Israel, and Faithful and True, just to name a few.
There were some things that I felt could've been a little more clear. For example Advocate, there are many meanings of advocate so maybe saying in the case of Christ advocate refers to...
There's also the Ancestor Woship definition, the reference is from Leviticus 19:28, I thought it was a little bit of a stretch because that section of Leviticus is where the Lord is giving His Holiness in Personal Conduct. The verse used talks about tattoos, and not cutting your body for the dead. The only thing I see about ancestors in the verse is about not cutting the body for the dead. Which I guess could be seen as Ancestor Worship but I thought it was a bit of a stretch. But maybe I'm wrong.
The author did a great job of looking up verses that spoke of God and used them to define names of God. One of the one's I liked best was Fuller's Soap, I hadn't heard that one before.
There are other definitions like Fall of Man, Eve, Adam, Anthropopathisn, etc. So there were different definitions as well as names of God. So it was nice to see that as well.
I'd like to thank NetGalley and Barbour Publishing for the advanced Sample of this book. In return I was asked to give my opinion of this book. This is my honest opinion.

The layout is fairly good and the illustrations are generally appealing (although it is not always clear why they are there). This is an alphabetized reference work; however, it is not restricted to the "Names of God" as I was expecting (including many additional religious terms, that while helpful was not what I was looking for and made it more difficult to find what I was looking for). In fact, other than some general relationship to the Bible (with many having the book, chapter and verse), I could not figure out what the criteria was for inclusion. That is particularly surprising given how short the book actually is (139 pages in total); some of this can be explained by the numerous topic redirects within (the rest being that it only goes to the letter "F" ... I guess that is what they mean when they say sample). Most of the terms were pretty basic, so I am not sure how much this improves over a simple concordance. As a member of the Holy Name Society, I was looking forward to reading this book; it was not as interesting or helpful as I had hoped.

I was given this free advance reader copy (ARC) ebook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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I found this book to be quite educational and interesting to read, it is written well and the information is presented beautifully.
The paintings included in the book help to give a greater understanding of the material .

First sentence from introduction: King Solomon of Israel (ruled about 970–930 BC) inherited the task of building the temple in Jerusalem from his father, David (2 Chronicles 6:7–11). Solomon and his subjects thought of this ornate sanctuary as a place where God’s presence would dwell. But when he dedicated the temple, the king declared, “The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!” (1 Kings 8:27 niv). Solomon was right. God is so much greater than the little human systems we build to place Him in a box. We should approach any study of His names and His characteristics with a strong dose of humility. I have tried to strike this chord of reverence and humility in this book. It brings together one man’s thinking on the major names of God in the Bible. These divine names—of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit—give insight into who God is and how He acts in the world. Throughout the book you will also find related articles with timely information on the nature and work of God. These topics include people, places, and ideas that are especially associated with Him and His redemptive purpose for humankind. I have been teaching the Bible to Sunday school groups for more than fifty years. We have spent many exciting hours discussing the subjects in this book. I hope the information you find here will kindle your appetite for even deeper study of the nature and purpose of the awesome God whom we serve.

This book is an A-to-Z guide. Entries are arranged alphabetically. All entries--or most entries--will prove potentially useful and/or enlightening to believers. But that being said, I can't help but feeling this one has been misnamed. The title doesn't quite fit what you get.

The Complete Guide to the Names of God. What do you think of?! Do you think of all the names, titles, attributes, roles of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? Do you think ONLY of the names, titles, attributes, roles, types etc. Prophet. Priest. King. Seed. Branch. Messiah. Lamb. Lion. Alpha and Omega. Perhaps If a book is titled Complete Guide to the Names of God, I'd expect 95% of the entries to be specifically related to the subject at hand. I feel this one is more of Bible dictionary. You've got entries on people--Adam, Aaron, Abraham, David, etc. You've got entries to provide context: Baal, black magic, idolatry, demons, Satan, atheism, agnosticism, Islam, etc. You've got entries of key terms for the faith: covenant, atonement, backsliding, etc. The entries seem to be all over the place.

If the book was in fact a Bible dictionary, I wouldn't really think twice about the inclusion of any of the entries.

In addition, I didn't always agree with the definitions and entries. Specifically their entry on FREE WILL.

FREE WILL OF MAN The phrase “free will of man” does not appear in the Bible. But the concept is at the heart of Christian theology. Perhaps the best way to grasp the idea of human free will is to contrast it with divine sovereignty. God is all-powerful (sovereign), so He can do whatever He desires. But in His wisdom He has chosen not to force us to do His bidding. He created us with free will—the right and ability to decide whether to obey His commands or to ignore His instructions. Does human free will somehow negate God’s purpose in sending His Son into the world? Not at all. Just as in Jesus’ time, some people will believe in Him and some will not (see Acts 17:32–34). God wants all people to become a part of His kingdom, but only those who choose to accept Him through the exercise of their faith—their own free will—will be saved (see Ephesians 2:8). See also Divine Election

DIVINE ELECTION The doctrine of election deals with God’s selection of specific groups or individuals on whom He confers His favor. In the Old Testament, He selected the Israelites to be His special people. God did not choose them because they deserved this great honor. It was because He loved them and was determined to keep the covenant He had made with their ancestor Abraham (see Deuteronomy 7:6–8).

I also didn't really understand why it needed to be illustrated. If ever a book didn't really need illustrations it would be a book on the names of God.