Author Randy Alcorn has taken his larger book, Happiness, and distilled out 60 daily devotional studies in this compact book, 60 Days of Happiness. Alcorn invites readers to (page xiii), “join me in meeting the happy God on these pages and the pages of the Bible.” Each chapter of 60 Days of Happiness begins with […]
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Book Review – Befriend
Scott Sauls urges readers of Befriend to consider widening their pool of potential friends to include others with whom we may not agree or who are different from ourselves. The life of Jesus recorded in the Gospels offers ample justification for such a practice and Sauls asks (page 18), “Don’t you love how Jesus welcomed […]
Book Review – Searching the Scriptures
As a longtime reader of Chuck Swindoll’s books I was not disappointed by his latest delivery, Searching the Scriptures. I’ve often wondered how Swindoll finds so much to share with his readers (and listeners) in the Scripture passages he dissects. In ten chapters Swindoll reveals the method of Bible study that has served him well […]
Book Review – The Most Excellent Way to
What can an author who describes himself as the one voted least likely to succeed in his high school class teach the rest of us about leadership? Plenty! Perry Noble in his book The Most Excellent Way to Lead shares a wealth of advice for leaders in any assignment. Noble believes that leadership “has nothing […]
Book Review – PrayerPoints
Who among us has not reached a barren place in our prayer life? Perhaps our circumstances overwhelm us and our thoughts and words refuse to flow. Or the need of the moment seems so enormous we aren’t certain how to ask. Like the disciples asking Jesus to teach them to pray, we yearn for guidance […]
Book Review – America the Strong
The oft-heard complaint is we can’t tell where the various flavors of politicians stand on the issues. William J. Bennett and John T. E. Cribb have addressed that concern for the conservatives in their book, America the Strong. On twenty top issues readers of this book will find definitions, penetrating questions on key facets of […]