‘Unoffendable’ by Brant Hansen
Book Review “Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All Of Life Better” by Brant Hansen is one o those books that speaks to your core, calling out the “better angels of your nature,” acting like an angelic siren call to weary souls trapped in the jungle of...
“Eternity Through the Rear View Mirror” Book Review
“We know him as the writer of the soul-stirring hymn “Amazing Grace,” but as a young man he was a slave trader, naval deserter, and poster child for all things offensive. When God is about to perform any good work, He generally permits some great opposition to it.”...
Embraced, Empowered and Equipped Book Review
Let me ask you a question: If you had to limit your reading library to the Bible and only 5 other books, what titles would you choose? Be careful. There are a lot of great titles to choose from! No doubt there are one or two favorites that already stand out in your...
‘The Vanishing Evangelical’ by Calvin Miller ~ Book Review
The Vanishing Evangelical by Calvin Miller is the last book this author wrote before passing away August 2012 from heart failure. There are over 40 Calvin Miller Books, beginning with The Singer, which sold over a million copies after its release in 1975. As someone...
Divine Conspiracy Review: Sitting Down With Dallas Willard
John Ortberg sits down with author and professor Dallas Willard. https://youtu.be/J73EnbH87Fc
How the Irish Saved Civilization ~ Book Review
If (like me) you have some favorite people in your life who are Irish, you will want to read this book, because it will unveil mysteries and add color and depth to your understanding of these remarkable people. If you love history, but haven't taken the time to study...
Spiritual Leadership by J Oswald Sanders ~A 3 Minute Video Review
"John Oswald Sanders (October 17, 1902—October 24, 1992) was a general director of Overseas Missionary Fellowship (then known as China Inland Mission) in the 1950s and 1960s. He authored more than forty books on the Christian life. He became an elder statesman and...
“3 Days in Moscow” Book Review
History students, Reagan fans and biography buffs of all political stripes will love “3 Days in Moscow” by Brett Baier. It is a smartly composed historical scrapbook brimming with anecdotes about the man who so many have come to admire as one of our truly great...
“Fearfully and Wonderfully Made” (and sequel) by Phillip Yancey ~ Book Review
Some books are so good they call for a sequel, and some sequels are good enough to give them honorable mention decades later. Prolific non-fiction Christian writer Philip Yancey, winner of numerous awards over the past 3 decades and whose books have sold over 14...
“Truman” by David McCullough ~ Book Review
I just finished reading “Truman” by David McCullough. It is a massive work, 1120 pages (a 55 hour listen by audio-book), but it is well worth the time! This biography won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize and it is just one of two books written by McCollough that garnered the...
A Trip Around the Sun ~ Book Review
Mark Batterson is an outstanding author whose books never fail to challenge and inspire. In “A Trip Around the Sun” he one-ups himself by bringing aboard Richard “Dick” Foth, one of his mentors, to co-author an inspiring chronicle of wisdom, warmth and great...
A Tale of Three Kings ~ Book Review
A Tale of Three Kings is one of those books that when you read it, you want to share with your friends. It addresses an issue that we all have faced at one time or another throughout our lives: how to respond to unjust leaders or rebellious, disloyal followers. Like a...
You Have A Brain ~ Book Review
Throughout his life, renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson has overcome many obstacles: His father leaving the family; being considered stupid by his classmates in elementary school; raised in inner-city Detroit; and having a violent temper. He didn't let his...
“Disappointment With God” Book Review
A Powerful Look at the Nature & Character of God “Disappointment With God” by Phillip Yancey offers powerful look into the nature and character of God. Winner of the Gold Medallion Book Award and chosen as Christianity Today’s Book of the Year, it addresses with...
“Every Good Endeavor” Book Review
Timothy J. Keller’s “Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World” is a modern day masterpiece that sheds much needed light on God’s design for work and vocation, calling us way from drivenness and work-a-holism on the one hand and idleness...
“Total Truth” and “Finding Truth” by Nancy Pearcey
We live in a day and age where the idea of “truth” is being twisted, adapted to be whatever you want it to be and in some cases even dismissed unattainable and irrelevant. As Christians, we are tempted to withdraw into our caves of worship and let the world go to the...
Revealing Jesus: A 365 Day Devotional
Darlene Zschech is a well known worship leader and song writer who served as worship pastor with Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia for 11 years (1996 to 2007) during which time she established herself as a pioneer of the modern worship movement, producing more than...
To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima
Seventy-two years ago tomorrow, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. A few days later, a second bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, resulting in the surrender of Japan to the US armed forces. “The Last Train From...
The Magnolia Story Book Review
If you ever enjoyed an episode of "Fixer Upper" featuring Chip & Joanna Gaines, you're going to love the Magnolia Story. As is so often the case, the book is better than the screen version, because it adds so many layers of understanding to who these two people...
Truth Encounter of a Different Kind
Author Ron DeMiglio is an international coffee businessman. He has travelled the world and discovered a potpourri of lessons about life, discipleship, and following Jesus. In this book he sets out to share some of these lessons. DeMiglio has written an outstanding...