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How Long Will You Love Your Simple Ways?

The Richest Man Who Ever Lived by Steven K. Scott  How much better to get wisdom than gold,          to choose understanding rather than silver! Proverbs 16:16 Scott’s book comes to the reader presenting an attractive idea; follow and apply each of the hundreds of proverbs to your life and you will be the beneficiary [...]

Teach Me Some Melodious Sonnet

Then Sings My Soul Book 3 by Robert J. Morgan Unlike other books of this genre that provide insight into the background of our favorite hymns, Then Sings My Soul inspires. Christians raised on the worship music of today will discover the passion and depth of songs that they had never considered including in a [...]

In Him All Things Hold Together

Jesus + Nothing = Everything by Tullian Tchividjian Thomas Paine described the crisis of revolution as the “times that try men’s souls”, a season of life in which one would have to be undeniably sure of the foundation on which his feet rested. Without that assurance there would be no resistance against which to create [...]

Snipping the Tail of Rupert’s Drops

As readers have come to expect from Dr. Sweet, an upending of long-held paradigms is to be found in the pages of I Am a Follower. Less about mimicking the the ego eimi statements of the Savior and more about challenging modern perceptions of the Mission, Sweet’s book orients around the idea that leadership was [...]

That’s Not Like Me!

Enemies of the Heart by Andy Stanley How many times have we heard, I can’t believe I just said that or I don’t know where that came from? Dr. Luke records the words of Jesus that put these exclamations to rest: “A good man brings good things out of the good things stored up in [...]

The Big Story

Why Men Hate Going to Church by David Murrow David Murrow’s updated book asks the same question as the first edition with even more vigor, why are our churches predominantly female? The answers that he proposes are, in many cases, self-evident to any churchman that cares to look. Walk through the church building, look at [...]

A Closer Walk with Thee

Living Close to God by Gene Edwards Never forget that even those among us who are spiritually dense have a wonderful chance of knowing Christ in the depths. Author Gene Edwards saves this pithy promise until the very end of the brief guide, though it would have served well in the introductory pages. In an [...]

An Unclear Mission

The Jesus Mission by Steven K. Scott Despite the warning that we should not judge a book by its cover, in the case of The Jesus Mission we are left with few other options. The title insinuates that the four missions that Christ assigns to you and me will be outlined such that we can [...]

Rolling in The Deep

Going Deep by Gordon MacDonald “The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.” ― Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline Returning to the fictitious church he first introduced in Who Stole My Church?, Gordon MacDonald unfurls the story of a group of Christians returning [...]

Journey to Nowhere

The Sacred Journey by Charles Foster   A promising premise—a call for the restoration of the spiritual journey—is fumbled by the author’s frequent foray into the territory of moral equivalence. Why Foster feels the need to make Hindu or Buddhist pilgrimage practice an example for Christians to follow escaped me as I read this volume. [...]

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