A NEW THING AS OF OLD examines the often-quoted words of Ecclesiastes 1:9, “there is no new thing under the sun,” and challenges the fatalism that can arise when this Scripture is read outside the wider testimony of the Bible.
Through an expository, Scripture-interprets-Scripture approach, Olusegun Famakin shows that while the patterns of human existence recur, God is not restricted to yesterday’s methods or to the limits of what we have previously known or experienced. What is new to us need never be new to God.
The past is therefore leverage for faith, not a ceiling over faith. This book calls believers to retain the knowledge of God, remain open to His ways, pray beyond the boundaries of present knowledge, and rise in faith to do exploits.
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CHAPTER NAVIGATOR
Chapter One — HOW READEST THOU? — 1
When a True Scripture Is Made to Say What It Never Said
Chapter Two — NOTHING NEW, YET THINGS WE HAVE NEVER KNOWN — 5
The Recurring Experience of Discovery
Chapter Three — NEW TO WHOM? — 10
When Hidden Things Enter Human History
Chapter Four — JOSHUA DID NOT WAIT FOR MOSES — 19
Same God, Different Manifestation
Chapter Five — CALL, AND I WILL SHOW THEE — 30
Prayer at the Boundary of What You Know
Chapter Six — HEZEKIAH: ONE PRAYER, MANY ANSWERS — 36
Recognising the Dimensions of God’s Response
Chapter Seven — GETTING NEW THINGS IS AN OLD-TIME THING — 43
Releasing Power as of Old for New Exploits
Chapter Eight — MUST WE ALWAYS GO BACK TO EGYPT? — 49
Recurring Change, Golden-Age Nostalgia and the Last-Day Responsibility of the Church
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