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Grace of God, by Andy Stanley
I’ll be honest. I really didn’t want to read this book. First of all, I have a quirky aversion to people with, what sounds like, two first names. And then there’s the fact that I’m partial to Lucado, Swindoll, Yancey and Barclay when it comes to the topic of grace. But in spite of these… Read more
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a life well spent
Towering above the grassy clearing, sat the stone mansion. Garish, neon “Estate Sale” signs flaunted the driveway up the hill like floosies in a lady’s parlor. I stepped across the threshold, feeling like a stranger at another’s wake. I felt awkward invading the privacy of this home, rifling through their belongings in pursuit of a… Read more
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Jesus among other gods
In the end I leave Jesus among other gods. Having done so, I feel like a traitor, betraying who I really am. Inside out, through and through, I am a Seventh-day Adventist Christian. You know the forms that ask for details about yourself—height, weight, race? There needs to be a place for me to simply… Read more
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The Least Among You
Springing out of the 1965 Watts riots in California, this movie realistically presents the period’s racial prejudice and strife. When Richard Kelly joins a seminary to escape jail time, he is surprised to find he’s the only black student in an all-white school. What begins as a temporary situation and a solution to a problem,… Read more
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The Mockingbird Parables, by Matt Litton
The book made me want to teach English Literature again in a Christian high school. So, if you are into literature and love to read Christian ideology between the lines of everything you read, don’t bother with the rest of this review. Just take my word and go out and get yourself a copy of… Read more