Old Dog, New Tricks
I'm old. That was the reality that kept coming to mind as I made the 1,200-mile drive from Florida back to Texas, completing the last summer camp of the season. Tired, beaten up from late-night hangouts, bac...
I Like Giving: The Transforming Power of a Generous Life
Brad Formsma WaterBrook Press, 2014, 224 pp., $12.33 Brad Formsma has developed an insatiable thirst for giving. In I Like Giving, he talks about his own personal testimony that led him to sell his business...
Compassion Without Compromise: How the Gospel Frees Us to Love Our Gay Friends Without Losing the Truth
Adam T. Barr and Ron Citlau Bethany House, 2014, 160 pp, $7.99
I was speaking with a chaplain today who has served the military for several decades. I asked him, given the current cultural climate, if it wa...
A Surrendered Life: A Thoughtful Approach to Finding Freedom, Healing and Hope After Abortion
Patricia Layton Baker Books, 2014, 148 pp., $9.99
In the introduction of her book A Surrendered Life, author Patricia Layton sets the tone for what one may expect to glean from reading her book. ...
A Very Fine House: A Mother’s Story of Love, Faith and Crystal Meth
Barbara Cofer Stoefen Zondervan, 2014, 272 pp., $15.47 Having grown up in a county where the production and use of crystal meth had ascended to first place in the state, I was captivated from the first page...
4 Chair Discipling: Growing a Movement of Disciplemakers
Dann Spader Moody Publishers, 2014, 160 pp., $14.39 Founder of the classic youth ministry model, SonLife, Dann Spader is back with 4 Chair Discipling; however, he is not targeting solely youth ministry wi...
Faith Is Like Skydiving: And Other Memorable Images for Dialogue with Seekers and Skeptics
Rick Mattson IVP Books, 2014, 231 pp., $10.86 This InterVarsity Press title was something of a throwback. As I recall, these apologetic discourses being so much at the center of the old Campus Life magazine...
Dirty Faith: Bringing the Love of Christ to the Least of These
David Z. Nowell Bethany House, 2014, 192 pp., $10.91 More of a personal conversation than a book, Dirty Faith is a heartfelt cry to the church to take care of the least of these. The book is filled with hea...
Speak: How Your Story Can Change the World
Nish Weiseth and Shauna Niequist Zondervan, 2014, 208 pp., $11.97 Speak is a passionate plea to follow Jesus' example in using stories to reach people. Author Nish Weiseth believes stories can change people...
Crazy Stories, Sane God: Lessons from the Most Unexpected Places in the Bible
John Alan Turner B&H Books, 2014, 224 pp., $14.99 It's no secret the Bible is full of stories skeptics clap about. It seems as if God often goes from telling humanity He loves us only then to do somet...