Since it’s Sunday, let me recommend a good devotional book I recently finish. It’s called The Furious Love of God, by Brennan Manning I have an axion I try to live by: If I am to err, I try to err on the side of grace. And, believe me, I have. Manning’s axion would probably … Continue reading
Category Archives: Book recommendation
A Supernatural Worldview
I was so naive when I went off to Bible College. I remember being shocked at learning in a freshman 101 course on one of the Pauline epistles that there were Christians (theologians at that) who didn’t believe that Paul actually wrote the epistle. My bible said he did, it was written right at the … Continue reading
Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter
My first recommendation of the year was a book about marriage (read here). The second is a book about money. I recommend reading three-four books a year on each subject and my first two recommendations will get you off to a great start. This book is a fascinating read. The authors find a great balance … Continue reading
Please read more in 2020. If there is any one thing you could do to improve your life it would be to read more. This year I commit to you to give you a few suggestions. My first recommendation for the year is the first book I finished in 2020, Shaunti Feldhahn’s book: The Surprising … Continue reading
Miracles: What they are, why they matter, and how they can change your life.
This book is one of those rare books that will be added to my all-time favorites list. In the first half of the book Metaxas presents the subjects of miracles, faith, and Christianity (whether they are fact or fiction) in such a way that they can be understood by anyone, yet he is not patronizing, … Continue reading
Hazardous Duty, by Christy Barritt
This book has the notoriety of being the first book I read in 2014. It is a mystery recommended to me by my wife. Barritt is a good author and her main character is likeable and interesting (a crime scene cleaner–a new twist for me) and the plot was good. She writes primarily to women … Continue reading
The Contemporary Pulpit Library: Semons by J. B. Lightfoot
This was my first introduction to J. B. Lightfoot–and it was a good one. I was blessed and inspired by each sermon and was particularly pleased with Lightfoot’s three essays on “Christianity and Paganism”. George Alford, an early mentor in my life, through we didn’t call them that back then, encouraged me to regularly read … Continue reading
An enjoyable and informative reading. I recommend it for busy pastors and their busy people–through not a technical book, Marty’s book was written on the foundation of solid research and will deeper your understanding of your bible and your faith. Continue reading
We All Married Idiots!
Every year I read a marriage book or two and so when it came time for me to read my next one I asked my wife (who is a marriage counselor) what she’d like for me to read–“You’re the expert”, I said. I must confess, I was taken aback when she recommended this book; I … Continue reading
Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth & Apologetics
This book is not reading for the fainthearted. There were portions of this book that were beyond me but it is a comfort to know there are people like W.L.C. out there who do know. If you choose to only read one portion of the book, Craig’s work on the resurrection is worth the purchase … Continue reading
