The Rest of the Story
Rick Renner

I enjoy Rick Renner’s books because they are full of detail. He expounds on the text of Scripture, exploring the meanings of the words and giving you a fuller sense of the meaning of the Bible. I read this book because I wanted a devotional approach to Easter this year.

In this book on Easter, he shows the extreme pains and suffering Jesus went through in every stage of the Easter account. Renner describes what it was like for Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane the night before He was crucified. The author goes through every detail Scripture provides and gives you a wider image of that event.

He covers the trials Jesus went through that night into Friday. This was one of the most interesting parts of the book because he explains something most people do not piece together well. Renner then goes through the suffering of Jesus before the Cross. The details of His scourging are especially brutal.

His recounting of the Cross and the crucifixion add understanding and appreciation of what Christ did for us. Jesus really did suffer more than we can possibly imagine. After the crucifixion, Renner explains all the details of Jesus’s burial and where the tomb might actually be.

He concludes the book by detailing the resurrection of Jesus and His appearing to the disciples and all the other people who saw Him before He ascended. This was a neat experience in the book because he goes into the original language of the Bible to show things you may not notice even if you read closely in English. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to see in new and fresh ways the account of Easter in the Bible and explored it devotionally. This book did not disappoint. I gained a new appreciation for what Christ has done for me.