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Review: Whisper by Mark Batterson
Often claiming to hear the voice of God is to admit you’re bat crazy. So even when we have such an experience, we often keep it to ourselves rather than make a public announcement. Whisper unfortunately does not deny that looking crazy is one of the outcomes of a lifestyle in communion with God: Faith is Read more
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Book Review: In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, by Mark Batterson
Not all great preachers are great writers. Mark Batterson is one of the few who are. Like my favorites, Max Lucado and Charles Swindoll, Batterson has the cadence of a poet and the wisdom of a pastor. This book includes profound thoughts that are beautifully crafted. Here are a few: God is in the business of strategically positioning Read more
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Humble Orthodoxy, by Joshua Harris (Multnomah)
No matter how good a book is, first impressions do matter. In this respect, the book fails: Humble Orthodoxy is the size of my hand and the thickness of my phone, retailing at $9.99—that’s 16 cents per tiny page of the 61-paged primary section of the book. On the other hand, the premise of the book Read more
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secrets of the vine for women by darlene marie wilkinson (multnomah)
If you’ve read Secrets of the Vine by the author’s husband, Bruce Wilkinson and get the concept of living a life of dependency of Jesus, then don’t get his book. But if you’ve read it and still don’t understand how to make time for Jesus in a crowded life of demands made of you as Read more
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31 days of power by ruth meyers (multnomah)
Thirty one chapters. Each one is a prayer that is interspersed with Bible texts relevant to some aspect of the power needed to survive the spiritual warfare on earth. Overall, the subject matter is great, and I can see how it can be very helpful to many. But I didn’t find it personally beneficial or uplifting. Read more
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Chazown, by Craig Groeschel
If I had the patience, I’d look up the page number for you. But somewhere in Chazown, Groeschel says something like “You’ve got just one shot at life, so live it for the second embrace.” (Referring, of course, to Jesus’ hug at the pearly gates.) This book is a manual on how to live that Read more
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