Category: Reading
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The Cure is Trusting God
In Part One of this series, I began a review of [amazon_link id=”B006G3NFR0″ target=”_blank” ]The Cure: What If God Isn’t Who You Think He Is And Neither Are You[/amazon_link] by Bill Thrall, Bruce McNicol, and John S. Lynch. We followed the pilgrim down the road of “pleasing God to the Room of Good Intentions“. Finding both frustration…
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Pleasing God or Trusting God?
Which is better? To work at pleasing God or to focusing on trusting God? Where should we focus more of our attention and effort? In their book, [amazon_link id=”B006G3NFR0″ target=”_blank” ]The Cure: What If God Isn’t Who You Think He Is And Neither Are You[/amazon_link], Bill Thrall, Bruce McNicol, and John S. Lynch explore this tension.…
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John Ortberg’s “Who Is This Man?”
John Ortberg’s [amazon_link id=”0310275946″ target=”_blank” ]Who Is This Man?: The Unpredictable Impact of the Inescapable Jesus[/amazon_link] is a helpful read. The book carries reminders of both church history and historical fiction in style. Ortberg takes musings on the life of Christ and makes them page turning. Other books have looked at the historical impact Jesus, made…
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Max Lucado on Grace
A few weeks ago, I featured an interview with Max Lucado on grace as he prepared to release his latest book. As a reviewer for Book Sneeze, I got my hands on a copy early. In typical Lucado story/devotional form, Max explores many aspects of the grace of God. Here are a few notable quotables:…
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You’ve Been Wrecked, Now Commit!
I’ve spent the last 21 years working in a primarily short-term missions organization, Youth With a Mission (YWAM). I’ve seen countless lives wrecked for the ordinary as they served others through missions. This is the premise of Jeff Goins’ recent book. [amazon_link id=”0802404928″ target=”_blank” ]Wrecked: When a Broken World Slams into your Comfortable Life[/amazon_link] The…