The Secret Story of How Christianity Survived and Flourished in Communist China Christianity and China—what an excellent mix of topics for a guy like me! Someone recommended God is Red to me several years ago as describing the “growing and persecuted … Continue reading
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Devil’s Gate by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown (2011)
“As I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned a few things. One of them is: you get what you paid for, [Kurt]. You and Joe are like one of my cars—expensive, bad for the environment, and often a pain in the backside. … Continue reading
The Hainan Incident by DM Coffman (2011)
I was drawn to this book initially, because I’ve got a bit of history with Hainan Island, the so-called “Hawaii of China” located just below the mainland in the South China Sea. While the island paradise described in the book … Continue reading
Killing Lincoln by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard (2011)
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Killing Lincoln (O’Reilly & Dugard, 2011) is a masterful first cut in a thrilling series. A Christian review. Continue reading
Every Body Matters by Gary Thomas (2011)
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Strengthening Your Body Is Strengthening Your Soul If we coddle laziness in one area of our lives, we’ll succumb to it in other areas too. Sins are, by nature, self-reproducing…Cultivating discipline in physical fitness can make us more apt to be disciplined … Continue reading
A Primer on Biblical Preaching by Jerry Sutton
As a communicator, I have learned over the years the general principles involved in both writing and preaching a message. Understanding that some people think in words and others think in pictures is just one of the many insights it … Continue reading
Nearing Home by Billy Graham (2011)
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Life, Faith, and Finishing Well In the fundamentalist circles with which I am most familiar, Billy Graham‘s lifelong reputation as a God-fearing, God-honoring evangelist and preacher of the Word has not been as celebrated as it should be. Perhaps you … Continue reading
A Heart for Freedom by Chai Ling (2011)
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The remarkable journey of a young dissident, her daring escape, and her quest to free China’s daughters. As amazing as it seems, very few Chinese people today have heard of the “Tiananmen Square Massacre” as we know it here in … Continue reading
The Tehran Initiative by Joel Rosenberg (2011)
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The Tehran Initiative by Joel Rosenberg is Book #2 in a series covering the rise of the Mahdi, also called the Twelfth Imam, the messiah figure of Islamic eschatology. An exciting spy novel, it’s just the newest in a long string … Continue reading
Lit! by Tony Reinke (2011)
Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading Books by Tony Reinke (2011) As a book-reviewing blogger, I found this book to be an essential read as I face daily the harrowing task of sifting through the innumerable options of books to … Continue reading