Category: Book Reviews
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How to Experience & Express God’s Love According to Dr. Gary Chapman
The way that we express ourselves depends upon many factors, including our backgrounds, cultures, experiences, and values. Through his many years of counseling, Dr. Gary Chapman has concluded that five primary love languages exist with varying dialects or subdivisions within those love languages. Dr. Chapman spoke of these languages at a marriage conference that we…
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The Life Giving Leader … A Review
“Imagine if there were a generation of leaders who chose to trust that what God says is true. First they would believe that how He made them is good. Second, it would transform their lives, their work, and their leadership. Imagine a workforce filled with leaders who are pursuing improvements instead of working hard to…
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A Sacred Marriage Leads Us to a Holy God
The Bible begins and ends with marriage, and right in the middle, we have an entire book, the Song of Songs, devoted to the romance of marriage. God called Israel His wife, and the church is called the Bride of Christ. Marriage is blessed, and Gary Thomas has written a marriage-changing book asking the question,…
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7 Ordinary People Prayed … Lives Changed
“The people God uses, the people God chooses, are ordinary people who pray” (Life Changing Prayers, p. 11). Seven people like you and me prayed, and their lives and the lives of generations were changed. In Life Changing Prayers, Dr. Michael Youssef examines the prayers of ordinary people – prayers that produced extraordinary results. Youssef examines…
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God in the Dark: Light Pierces the Dark
“It’s hard to be a Christian,” was a stranger’s comment when he asked me about God in the Dark. We were in the sun on a hot day waiting for the celebration to begin, a graduation ceremony. The crowd, the heat, the noise disappeared as we explored Sarah Van Diest’s 31 devotions focused on recognizing God…
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15 Quotes from Ann Voskamp’s The Broken Way
Ann Voskamp’s The Broken Way challenges readers to dig deep within themselves. We’re prompted to ask the gritty questions. “Is there a purpose in the brokenness that I’m experiencing?” “What can I learn from my pain?” “What is really important? To God? To me?”