Category Archives: book reviews
How to Study the Bible and Enjoy It
Title – How to Study the Bible and Enjoy It Author – Skip Heitzig Publisher – revised and expanded edition published in 2002 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Skip is the pastor of a megachurch New Mexico. Very, very, very … Continue reading
Helen Keller: The Story of My Life
Book Title – Helen Keller: The Story of My Life Publisher – Now Age Books Illustrated – Pendulum Press, Inc: West Haven, Connecticut, 1974 I read this book with my youngest boy. It provided for us a good introduction to Helen’s … Continue reading
The Treasures of Fanny Crosby
Book title – The Treasures of Fanny Crosby Publisher – Barbour Publishing, Inc. I finished reading this little paper-back jewel. It’s stellar. If I remember correctly, I think I picked this up for free in a stack of books at … Continue reading
Leaders Who Make a Difference
Book Title – Leaders Who Make A Difference (Leadership Lessons from Three Great Bible Leaders) Publisher – Striving Together Publications Author – Paul Chappell So I picked this little 94-page booklet off the shelf and read it in one sitting. … Continue reading
The Management Methods of Jesus
The Management Methods of Jesus (Idaho Falls Library Call # – 658 B) Publisher – Thomas Nelson: Nashville, TN, 1996 Author – Bob Briner Briner’s chapter titles summarize well this little book: Have a plan Be prepared To fill a … Continue reading
Simple Church
Simple Church: Returning to God’s Process for Making Disciples Publisher – B & H Publishing Group: Nashville, Tennessee, 2006 Authors – Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geiger Ok. So I needed this interesting read. The book was pointed out to … Continue reading
Kept for the Master’s Use
Kept for the Master’s Use Publisher – Anson D. F. Randolph & Company: New York, NY, 1879 Author – Frances Ridley Havergal (Havergal Trust) I am the better for reading this 135-year-old little pocket book by Frances. This last memoir … Continue reading
The Life Book
The Life Book Publisher – The Gideons International: Nashville, TN, 2013 The Gideons in Idaho Falls recently invited my wife and me to an annual November banquet at the Loft Reception Center, located on the highway outside of Idaho Falls. It’s … Continue reading
Love, Acceptance & Forgiveness
Love, Acceptance & Forgiveness: Equipping the Church to be truly Christian in a non-Christian world Publisher – Regal Books: Ventura, California, 1979 Author – Jerry Cook Jerry Cook went to heaven this year. He was a major leader in the International … Continue reading
The Epistles of John
The Epistles of John Publisher – William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company: Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1978. Author – I. Howard Marshall I really enjoyed Marshall’s commentary as I was preparing messages from the book of I John. He is a conservative … Continue reading
Providence Downtown - Roots by the River 