A mentor of mine once said, in explaining the many adjustments that occur in the course of a lifetime, "Life is one big college freshman semester." In a word, life is transition—even more so for b...

James W. Sire Intervaristy Press, 2014, 176 pp, $18 James Sire, author of the 1976 classic The Universe Next Door, has delivered another standout resource nearly 40 years later in his latest work Apologet...

Jamie George David C. Cook, 2014, 304 pp., $11.87 Love Well is a compelling read filled with personal and biblical stories that show principles for getting unstuck. Love Well offers above all hope. Author J...

I was 16 when my mom sat my younger brother and me down for a talk. I knew something was wrong—my first clue was that we weren't sitting in our usual spots on the sofa in our living room. While I can't re...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...