Book Review: How to Study Prophecy by Shawn Boonstra

How to Study Prophecy: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Biblical Prophecy by Shawn Boonstra
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

The allusion, images, and symbols are important in prophecy, which means understanding them is important for us when studying those prophecies. How to Study Bible Prophecy is the supplemental book of the Adult Sabbath School Bible Study (2nd Quarter 2025) by Shawn Boonstra is meant to cover the art of prophetic interpretation and how prophecy has been understood through time. Unfortunately, Boonstra in both this book and the Adult Sabbath School Quarterly lessons alike failed to realize his audience, which were church going Seventh-day Adventists not the atheists, agnostics, and former Adventists his ministry has been targeting for years. Of 13 chapters over the course of the 128 pages, only the last four read like they were on point to what the book was meant to cover and the intended audience. That doesn’t mean the rest of the book is bad, Boonstra shares some interesting personal anecdotes but those only go so far. Honestly, this supplemental book is the least on point one I’ve read and while I give partial blame to Boonstra the other part must go to Adult Sabbath School Quarterly editor Clifford Goldstein who didn’t remind Boonstra who his audience was.

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