Gaining a heart of wisdom
The Beauty of Grace by Dawn Camp, ed. -- A Book Review Lovely, fragrant, fresh, inviting: the adjectives that bubble into my mind for The Beauty of Grace are the same descriptive terms that I would use for the bouquet of flowers pictured on the cover. Dawn Camp has found a way to slow down the internet… Continue reading Because You Can’t Underline on the Internet
You Have a Brain by Ben Carson, M.D. -- A Book Review Even if Ben Carson's mother had foreknown her son's future as a neurosurgeon, she could hardly have come up with a more fitting rhetorical question to challenge him throughout his childhood: "Do you have a brain?" Mrs. Carson never doubted the affirmative response… Continue reading T.H.I.N.K. B.I.G.
30 Events that Shaped the Church by Alton Gansky: A Book Review I do not envy Alton Gansky the job of narrowing two thousand years of history down to the thirty most significant events. In doing so, however, what he has created is an aerial view of history, a tool for harnessing the parade of names and dates,… Continue reading Everyone’s History
The Things of Earth: Treasuring God by Enjoying His Gifts by Joe Rigney -- A Book Review By nature, I have a war-time mentality. I wish I could attribute it to a white-hot gospel fire in my bones, but it probably has more to do with seeing President Gerald Ford wearing a sweater and urging… Continue reading Brighter, Better, and More Potent
Jesus, Continued . . . by J.D. Greear: A Book Review As soon as he started talking about guidance, J.D. had my ear. You see, I am THAT Christian -- the one who becomes paralyzed whenever there's a big decision on the table, and even though I know that God is not interested in mindless… Continue reading Beside Us to Guide Us — and More!
The Bible's Answers to 100 of Life's Biggest Questions by Norman L. Geisler and Jason Jimenez: A Book Review It has happened, at least once, to every teacher -- the question that stops you in your tracks. Taking a deep breath, with thoughts racing and nothing coming to your mind, every neuron is straining the words, "I should know… Continue reading Biblical Q and A
The Presence of God by J. Ryan Lister: A Book Review Sometimes a book is conceived long before it is born. Seeds for The Presence of God were planted in the summer of 2000 with the author's study of Psalm 16:11: You make known to me the path of life; In your presence there is fullness of… Continue reading God Most High — God Most Near
The Romantic Rationalist -- edited by John Piper and David Mathis: A Book Review Even though he died over fifty years ago; Even though he was an atheist during his early adult life; Even though, as a confirmed Anglican churchman, he never jumped onto the evangelical bandwagon, C.S. Lewis's popularity as an author is greater… Continue reading The Head and Heart Behind Narnia
Keep It Shut by Karen Ehman: A Book Review Whether you enter every room mouth-first or just struggle with an angry outburst from time to time; Whether you habitually turn the prayer chain into a gossip group or just lapse occasionally into insecurity-fed flattery; Wherever you fall on the sliding continuum of the blab-o-meter, you've… Continue reading Zip It!
Mothering from Scratch by Melinda Means and Kathy Helgemo: A Book Review When my four boys were all very small, there were days when I could have argued that I was too strict, and then heaped guilt upon myself for being too lenient -- all within one hour's time. When my mind and heart were in… Continue reading Throw Out the Cookie Cutters
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