Fast-paced and entertaning, Donald Miller’s latest, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years encourages readers to live purposefully, but it has the same lighthearted, joyous tone that has distinguished Miller as an author. Miller has a gift for conversational writing that invites you in and sounds like it’s coming from a lifelong friend. [...]
Life is like a game of Monopoly. You may own hotels on Boardwalk or you may be renting on Baltic Avenue. But in the end, it all goes back in the box.
Mysterious and pithy, Jones was full of advice just like that. Life can be horrific or brimming with hope; it all [...]
Rachel Scott was a student at Columbine High School in 1999, on that infamous day when two young men went on a violent rampage. Rachel was one of the thirteen victims whose lives were taken, but her faith lives on today in the pages of her journals and this book. The book, Rachel’s [...]
At times, I feel like I spent my childhood in church, having attended every Sunday and been involved in many other activities there. Then, during three years as a philosophy major at a major university, I shared classes and coffee with many students who were apathetic at best but often vehemently atheistic. That [...]
Dr. Earl Henslin’s latest book, This Is Your Brain on Joy, incorporates cutting edge research in a work designed to help readers balance their mood and restore their brain’s health. Using SPECT technology (SPECT stands for single photon emission computerized tomography!), Henslin has been able to identify major regions of the brain and decipher [...]
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I just finished Haddon Robinson’s wonderful book, Biblical Preaching. The man is a wonderful writer, as shown in the book, but he is also a gifted pastor and the embodiment of humble love.
When I visited Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary last year, I was privileged to have two meals at a table with Dr. Robinson, and [...]
As part of a deal with Thomas Nelson, I have agreed to review For The Tough Times by Max Lucado in exchange for a free copy of the book. What follows is my review.
This was the first Max Lucado book I’ve read, but it fit with everything I’d heard of him. The book was [...]
Life is a movement from one decision to another. Whether it be the small decisions about places to eat and books to read, or the larger ones about who to marry and which jobs to pursue, decisions flood our lives on a daily basis. Because we make choices so often, one large part [...]
Karl Rove reveals that he and the President have had a book-reading competition since the start of 2006.
The competition soon spun out of control. We kept track not just of books read, but also the number of pages and later the combined size of each book’s pages — its “Total Lateral Area.”
Read Rove’s article, and [...]
