Category Archives: Reading

Book Review: Christianity in Crisis (347 pp)

I joined the Thomas Nelson Book Review Bloggers and the second book I requested to read and review was Christianity in Crisis by Hank Hanegraaff. It is a discussion of (really an expose of) the Faith movement, the many preachers … Continue reading

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What’s on my nightstand today?

Wow, it’s that time again. Right now I have a nice stack: Les Miserables for the March Classics Bookclub at 5M4B. Christianity in Crisis: 21st Century for the Thomas Nelson Book Review Bloggers honey, i don’t have a headache tonight … Continue reading

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Deeper Water by Robert Whitlow (review)

This is our March book club choice: Deeper Water (Tides of Truth Series, Book 1). I have never read anything by Robert Whitlow so I was wondering what I would find. Then I start it and find out the main … Continue reading

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The Seven Storey Mountain – review

I finally finished The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton. Here are some thoughts on the book. I’m not a Catholic so it was interesting to see his perspective on Mary and purgatory. What I enjoyed was that his faith … Continue reading

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This week’s question

The question this week: Have you read any Christian classics? Which would you recommend and why? If you haven’t read any, why not? Are they too intimidating? Not enough time? Are any on your TBR pile? Much like Becky, the … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Great Eight

I joined the Thomas Nelson Book Review Bloggers and the first book I requested to read and review was The Great Eight by Scott Hamilton. I have a love/hate relationship with celebrity self-help books and with lists of great ways … Continue reading

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Oswald Chambers, Abandoned to God (review)

Over the past 3 weeks I have listened to the audio-book of a biography of Oswald Chambers. It was the free resource available at Christian Audio last month. Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God: The Life Story of the Author of … Continue reading

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Actually Read the Bible Questions

I had started this personal challenge over the Christmas holidays, but I found the blog today and I’m excited about it. One of the features is a weekly question about our Bible reading or related topics. I will do a … Continue reading

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Christian Readers 09

Here’s one more challenge that fits within all the others. This one has to be finished by April 30. I’ll list some I’ve already done, some I’m currently reading, and the ones I plan to read by end of April. … Continue reading

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Casual Classics

With the 999 Challenge and the Chunkster Challenge, this one fits right in as a sure thing. I’ll list 4 just to have them on here: To Kill a Mockingbird (because I don’t remember anything except Boo behind the door … Continue reading

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