What I liked about The Noticer The Noticer was the first book that Thomas Nelson Publishers tried in their NelsonFree program. NelsonFree was an attempt at encouraging the purchase of hardback books. With the purchase of a hardback you would get a code to receive the ebook and the mp3 audiobook free for download. Here is Michael … Read more
I have been reading Jon Acuff since before he started Stuff Christians Like blog. That is both good and bad. It is good because it means that I am a fan. I pre-ordered the book. I knew the type of humor I was going to get. Early in the book Jon says that there is … Read more
Takeaway: Practically, prayer is about investing in those around you. Developing a life of prayer requires that we have relationships that we want to seek after God for their benefit Purchase links: Paperback, Kindle Edition, Audible.com Audiobook If you want to learn about the variety of Prayer you should read Richad Foster’s Prayer. If you want to … Read more
I have no idea how to review Sin Boldly (Amazon link). I found the book when it was offered for free on kindle earlier this year. I had not heard of the author, but after looking I realized I had read some of her columns (she is a newspaper religion reporter in Chicago.) I am … Read more
Takeaway: Fixed hour prayer is a great way to focus on God throughout the day, but hard to do in a modern, busy world. Purchase Links: Hardback, Paperback, Kindle Edition For the past couple months I have been trying to do fixed hour prayers. The Divine Hours: Prayers for Summertime is part of a four book series by … Read more
When I agreed to review this book I was specifically thinking of a friend that had asked me for a recommendation for a Chronological bible earlier this year. I knew that such bibles existed but I had not read one. So I was not really sure what to expect. I knew this was not a bible, but a background … Read more
Friday I posted about why the church should be working toward greater unity. Saturday I posted about John Armstrong’s understanding of how to deal with issues of truth, individualism and how God works in history. Today I am looking at how Your Church Is Too Small addresses steps to move forward. In the end I … Read more
Part one of this review is here and part three is here. ___ Yesterday I posted an introduction to Your Church is too Small. It was mostly about why we as a church should strive toward unity. Theorectially, I do not think many people disagree with the idea that the church of Jesus Christ should … Read more
I wanted to like Hear No Evil before I even picked it up. I have been following Matthew Paul Turner on twitter for a while. And most of the time I have really liked his humor. (No one can be funny all the time.) In all the books I have been reading, I have over … Read more
Tithing can be a tricky topic in some crowds. I have never really understood why it is such a taboo subject. Maybe it is because I am a pastor’s kid, maybe it is because it was never really a question whether you gave or not. So I guess I do not really understand the trepidation … Read more