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Ten Boys Who Changed the World by Irene Howat (2001)

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A Christian review of this fascinating devotional for kids, Ten Boys Who Changed the World by Irene Howat (2001) Continue reading

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Counter Culture by David Platt (2015)

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A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Persecution, Abortion, Orphans, Pornography About a decade ago, I read David Platt’s instant classic, Radical (2008) in conjunction with Francis Chan’s Crazy Love … Continue reading

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The Art of Neighboring by Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon (2012)

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Building Genuine Relationships Right Outside Your Door It’s odd. Although I covered relationships and hospitality in my dissertation and have read dozens of similar books on the topic, I’ve never taken the time to review any of them. I think … Continue reading

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Serving as Senders by Neal Pirolo (1991)

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How to Care for Your Missionaries While They are Preparing to Go, While They are On the Field, and When They Return Home It’s hard to recall where I got this book, since I tend to pick up missions-related books … Continue reading

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Let My People Go by A.W. Tozer (1990)

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A Christian review of A.W. Tozer’s biography of Robert A. Jaffray, Let My People Go (1990) Continue reading

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Spiritual Warfare and Missions by Jerry Rankin and Ed Stetzer (2010)

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The Battle for God’s Glory among the Nations Because the kids and I read so much together, I feel much slower in reviewing my personal reads, especially my Christian non-fiction works. I’m always reading something, though, and whenever my selection … Continue reading

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By Searching by Isobel Kuhn

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My Journey through Doubt into Faith As I threw the final items into my bag for our two-week trip overseas, I haphazardly grabbed this book off my shelf thinking it was one of the many short books on prayer that … Continue reading

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Crash in Cannibal Valley by Jerry B. Jenkins (1996)

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Global Air Trouble Shooters: Book 1 Over the years, I’ve ready many books to my kids, including series and standalone novels from Christian and non-Christian authors alike. This first book in the Global Air Trouble Shooters series by Jerry B. … Continue reading

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Adoniram Judson by Faith Coxe Bailey (1955)

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Missionary to Burma I recently took a trip overseas to modern-day, war-torn Myanmar and the city of Yangon, formerly Rangoon. I packed lightly—so lightly that I did my laundry in the sink each night and wore those clean clothes the … Continue reading

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Nix by Penny McKnight (2006)

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We’ve been working through a pile of Journey Forth books that was donated to us by some friends, choosing them as our morning reads. If you haven’t seen my article on reading to kids in the morning, check it out … Continue reading

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