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Archive for the Book Reviews Category


God is a Gift – Doug Reed (Book Review)

For the last twenty-seven years, Doug Reed has been the pastor of the Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Spring, Arkansas.   If you get a chance, visit the congregation’s website and see the beauty of the chapel’s structure and surrounding.  In addition to being a pastor, Reed has also been the editor of Thorncrown Press for the […]

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“Cross Roads” by William Paul Young (Book Review)

William Paul Young is a Canadian author, raised by his missionary parents, who lived in what was once know as New Guinea.  He endured tremendous loss as a child, which inspired his rediscovery of the Triune God of grace, kindness, and relational love.  Some of those discoveries were presented in his popular first book of […]

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“The Extent and Efficacy of the Life and Work of Jesus Christ” by James Fowler (Book Review)

It was revival week at the First Baptist Church of my hometown.  The sanctuary was filled to capacity as a rather well-known preacher brought the series of sermons for the week. He spoke of truth (in scripture) using a pithy little phrase:  “God Said It!  I Believe It!  That Settles It!”   The following week, […]

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Get “Cross Roads” by Wm. Paul Young

Cross Roads by: Wm. Paul Young publisher: FaithWords, published: 2012-11-13 ASIN: 145551604X EAN: 9781455516049 sales rank: 96 price: $12.80 (new), $11.83 (used) Anthony Spencer is egotistical, proud of being a self-made business success at the peak of his game, even though the cost of winning was painfully high. A cerebral hemorrhage leaves Tony comatose in […]

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The Shack Reflections – for every day of the year (Book Review)

I have previously reviewed Wm. Paul Young’s book “The Shack,” the fictitious story of  Mackenzie Allen Philip’s encounter with the Trinity in a shack in the Oregon wilderness, near where the body of his brutally murdered daughter Missy was found.  Mackenzie (Mack) was greatly traumatized by his daughter’s – a trauma that impacts every aspect […]

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The Shack (Book Review)

Paul Young’s popular fictional book “The Shack” begins with tragedy. Young Missy Philip is kidnapped during a family vacation. Her remains are found near a shack in the Oregon wilderness. She had been brutally murdered. Her father, Mackenzie Allen Philip’s, is (as one might expect) traumatized by his daughters brutal murder. His pain impacts every […]

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Hell No! (?) Julie’s new book? Heck yes!,

At first, I wasn’t interested in reading “Raising Hell: Christianity’s Most Controversial Doctrine Put Under Fire.” “Just another book debunking hell,” I thought to myself. “Or just another book seeking to rediscover what the Bible actually says about hell.” In any event, I had read and reviewed other books about hell – from both famous […]

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An excerpt from The Shack Revisited, C. Baxter Kruger, 2012

The Trinitarian Vision Summary ©C. Baxter Kruger, Ph.D. 2012 From all eternity, God is not alone and solitary, but lives as Father, Son and Spirit in a rich and glorious and abounding fellowship of utter oneness. There is no emptiness in this circle, no depression or fear or insecurity.  The trinitarian life is a great […]

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“Why I Am Not A Universalist?” (Baxter Kruger, Paul Young, THE SHACK, & other stuff, too)

I promised to post some thoughts addressing the topic:  “Why I am Not a Universalist!” Unfortunately, I have been very busy and not yet had the chance to jump in. I did find a brief statement on Baxter Kruger’s “Ongoing Thought” blog located  http://baxterkruger.blogspot.com/ that is a helpful addition to this topic. By the way, […]

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The Preacher King : Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word that Moved America

King The prize possession in my extensive library are the books written by (or containing the edited work of) Martin Luther King, Jr. This is a new book for me – just a $1.99 for my kindle – well worth a couple bucs if you want to explore the impact of the spoken word on […]

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