Loving God Like A Child. This book is based on Matthew 18:3 in which Jesus instructs us to be like like little children. The author states his purpose in the introduction is to "recover the childlike virtues you may have lost and that you'll respond to His call to become like little children."
What does it mean to be childlike in our faith? This book covers the answer to that question and others, such as what is our response to God's creation? and How do I love my children and wife like Jesus loves the church?
Particularly striking was his explanation of God's "strong right arm." He explains that it is not only strength, but how that strength functions: it protects, provides, and comforts.
This is an easily readable account of the author's journey on how to become childlike. Also moving is the chapter in which he describes caring for his children. In The Call to Joy he describes how much he learns from his own children, and how we can all learn from our own.
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to capture that childlike wonder and amazement of God and loving Him as a child, and to those that have lost it to re-capture it.
This book has been provided to me by Tyndale free of charge for review.
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
The Founder's Key - Larry P. Arnn
The Divine and Natural Connection between the Declaration and the Constitution and what we risk by losing it. This book is written by the president of Hillsdale College( www.hillsdale.edu) and written from what most would call a Conservative standpoint. Knowing this fact alone, some will avoid this book.
One of the main points of this volume is that the Declaration and Constitution are so closely aligned, it would be dangerous for our country to divide them, as some in our current government are trying to do. These two documents are different, yet closely aligned, and dependent on each other. This book is divided into two parts, Part One is titled "The Argument", with chapter titles such as Eternal, Yet New, Divide and Conquer, and Hypocrisy, and Part 2 that takes up about half of the book, Foundational Readings, including The Declaration of Independence, Federalist Papers, The Constitution, Extensive research notes, and Further Reading.
I would recommend this book to any history buff or anyone else that wants to learn more about the foundations of our country and what we risk if we lose these foundations. This could also be used as a textbook on the foundation of our country, but sometimes the truth is not as popular as legend.
One of the main points of this volume is that the Declaration and Constitution are so closely aligned, it would be dangerous for our country to divide them, as some in our current government are trying to do. These two documents are different, yet closely aligned, and dependent on each other. This book is divided into two parts, Part One is titled "The Argument", with chapter titles such as Eternal, Yet New, Divide and Conquer, and Hypocrisy, and Part 2 that takes up about half of the book, Foundational Readings, including The Declaration of Independence, Federalist Papers, The Constitution, Extensive research notes, and Further Reading.
I would recommend this book to any history buff or anyone else that wants to learn more about the foundations of our country and what we risk if we lose these foundations. This could also be used as a textbook on the foundation of our country, but sometimes the truth is not as popular as legend.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Uncommon - Tony Dungy
""I pay attention to my internal compass. I think it has always been there, guiding me, but as I've matured, I've listened to it better and more often. It helps me to stay "lashed to the mast" as Homer wrote of Odysseus doing to keep from being drawn into destruction by the Sirens. That Greek myth resonates because we can relate to that feeling. Even when we know we are heading toward something that could lead to our destruction, it can still seem awfully appealing." - Tony Dungy from Uncommon
Thursday, January 26, 2012
I Am Second - Doug Bender and Dave Sterrett
Real Stories. Changing Lives. This book can be summed up with this quote from the cover - Becoming second means recognizing God is first. This book tells the stories of famous and not so famous people that have been changed by God, and continue to live for Him. People such as Tony Dungy, Brian Welch, Bethany Hamilton and 18 others share their honest and very personal stories. There are also links to videos of each story through smart phone scans in the book, and on the website, iamsecond.com. where you will find information on finding and starting a small group based on I am second.
This is an important book because we all need to know and be reminded of the changing power of God over people's lives.
Sections on the back titled "How do I become second?" and "What Now?" are the shortest, but in my opinion the most important. In it, the authors detail our need for God in our lives, and how to have a personal relationship with His son, Jesus.
The authors are missionaries, church planters, and work with e3 partners, a parent organization.
This is an important book because we all need to know and be reminded of the changing power of God over people's lives.
Sections on the back titled "How do I become second?" and "What Now?" are the shortest, but in my opinion the most important. In it, the authors detail our need for God in our lives, and how to have a personal relationship with His son, Jesus.
The authors are missionaries, church planters, and work with e3 partners, a parent organization.
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