Book Review
« Previous Entries“The Finished Work of Christ; the Truth of Romans 1-8”, Francis A. Schaeffer Book Review
Sunday, March 6th, 2011I have studied the book of Romans on 3 separate occasions. Each time I have come away with a new sense of God’s grace and have been left in a state of awe. Francis Schaeffer has left me in that state again. He has helped me to see a new way of applying the first [...]
“Trusting God” by Jerry Bridges Book Review
Sunday, March 6th, 2011Jerry Bridges poses the question, in “Trusting God”, “Why is it easier to obey God than to trust Him?” He proceeds to discuss the issue of trusting God by looking at the foundation of this concept, God’s sovereignty. He then proceeds to address god’s wisdom and then His love. He makes a compelling argument that [...]
Book Review “The Pursuit of Holiness” by Jerry Bridges
Sunday, February 27th, 2011I have been a Christian for around 10 years. Many of my friends have been Christians much longer than that. In all the time I have known my Christian friends and known Jesus Christ as my savior I have not seen a more thorough explanation of what it is to put off my sinful nature [...]
“How to Counsel God’s Way” by Bob Hoekstra book review
Monday, February 14th, 2011Many years I have been reading and studying books about biblical counseling. Each book I pick up I tend to get a different perspective. “How to Counsel God’s Way” by Bob Hoekstra is one of these wonderful books I have had the opportunity to read. This book contrasts counseling God’s way in counseling to man’s [...]
“Addictive Thinking” by Abraham J. Twerski, M.D.
Friday, January 7th, 2011The mind of an addict is hard to understand for someone who has not struggled with any type of addiction. It’s also hard for the addict to understand. I don’t know how many people have not struggled with an addiction. It seems that most people today turn to one thing or another to help them [...]
False Intimacy by Dr. Harry Schaumburg
Friday, January 7th, 2011False Intimacy is subtitled understanding the struggle of sexual addiction. This book is much more than that. Some of us have struggled with sexual addiction and some of us have struggled with other destructive behaviors, but most of us seek out false intimacy in our relationships to try to deal with our issues. God created [...]
“Irresistible to God” by Steve Gallagher, Pure Life Ministries 2003.
Friday, January 7th, 2011Irresistible to God is about pride and humility. If pride and humility were easy to understand we would not need a book about it. As I read this book I became keenly aware that I never knew how much pride I truly had and how little humilitity. As Steve Gallagher so aptly puts it “…pride [...]
“When His Secret Sin Breaks Your Heart” by Kathy Gallagher Pure Life Ministries 2003.
Friday, January 7th, 2011I began reading When His Secret Sin Breaks Your Heart in hopes of understanding the effects of sexual sin on the wife of someone who was involved in sexual sin. What I got was many hours of ministering to my heart. I am not the wife of one who struggles, but have been the man [...]
The Excellent Wife by Martha Peace Focus Publishing 2005
Friday, January 7th, 2011The Excellent Wife by Martha Peace is a treasure chest full of advice from a biblical perspective for any wife that has any conflict in her marriage. That would include very wife to the best of my knowledge. This book is basically an exposition of Proverbs 31, but it is a whole lot more than [...]
“At the Altar of Sexual Idolatry” by Steve Gallagher
Friday, January 7th, 2011“At the Altar of Sexual Idolatry” by Steve Gallagher addresses the issue of sexual addiction from a biblical perspective. Mr. Gallagher defines the issue, describes the individual caught in this sin, describes some causes and struggles encountered trying to get free and delineates a plan for victory from this vicious enslavement. I was at first [...]
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