Clik here to view.
Book Reviews July 2011
One of my favorite things about summer is that I finally have time to read! Here are a few books I have read recently and would recommend: When the Game is Over It All Goes Back in the Box, John...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Best Bible Studies of 2011
We asked our discipleship network to give us a list of their favorite Bible studies they had taught or participated in this year. THANK YOU!! to all who responded. There are 29 books on the list in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Devotional Books for Kids
Here’s a good New Year’s resolution idea for you… I’ve hunted a long time to find a devotional book I like to read with my kids at bedtime. I’d apologize for being picky but, well… I AM picky and this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Character of a Leader, Brokenness
After ten years of teaching on the “Biblical Essence of Leadership” at Trinity Evangelical Divinity school, Dr. Crawford Loritts wrote the book Leadership as an Identity (2009). Even a cursory glance...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Character of a Leader, Dependence
How convicted I have been these last two weeks! It’s taken me extra long to read the next section in Dr. Crawford Lorritts’ book Leadership as an Identity because I keep saying, “Oh my gosh, that’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Defines You?
Today’s guest blog is written by Jimmie Davis, girls’ minister and author. She’s also one of the most humble women of God you’ll ever meet. http://blogs.lifeway.com/blog/girlsministry/ While I was at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Team Tryouts and Approval Addicts
Ten minutes ago I dropped my 5th grade daughter off at the junior high school gym for her first day of a week-long clinic and try-outs for the dance team. I think she’s very brave to be trying out...
View ArticleClik here to view.
30 Days to Taming Your Tongue
Sounds like a dream come true, no? If only it were that easy! “No one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and with it we curse men… these...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Self-Deprecating Tongue (#8)
The words we’re talking about today are silent words, words inside our heads – probably more thoughts than actual words. Different than other word-types we’ve discussed. More sinister. More damning....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mutual Submission and Marriage
Submit?! Arrrgh. The first book someone gave me on this topic was called “Me, Obey Him?” and I threw it across the room and resolved not to read it… It sat there for a good six months, mocking me....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Want To Be A Better Wife?
So you’re a wife and a mom. And somehow those cute, noisy, little rascals consume more and more of our energy… and we work hard at being a Good Mom. But sometimes the Good Mom becomes the Mom Who...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sarah – Agree or Disagree?
Agree or Disagree? “Without a doubt, Sarah is the most important woman in the Old Testament. She is the equivalent in the Old Testament of the Virgin Mary in the New Testament. She expressed her...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Magnificent Obsession
Five stars – absolutely! I highly recommend Anne Graham Lotz’s book The Magnificent Obsession: Embracing the God-Filled Life. It’s a personal look at the life of Abraham from when God called him to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Erasing Hell
We started reading a new book this week: Erasing Hell: What God Said About Eternity And The Things We Made Up by Francis Chan and Preston Sprinkle. An exciting and depressing topic all at the same...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Personality Types and Discipleship
Sanguine, Choleric, Melancholy, Phlegmatic. Or, said differently – Golden Retriever, Lion, Beaver, Otter. Personality types! Do you know which one you are? I am a fan of using personality type...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wonder by R.J. Palacio – An Important Book
Two snow days in north Florida gave me time to catch up on my reading. Wonder by R.J. Palacio is an important book. Read it. Have your kids read it (5th grade and up). If I was a middle school...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Screwtape Letters, and one for Moms
Up next on the Thirsty Girls Book Club list, an old-time classic: The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. Yes, it was written in 1950′s era English and yes, it’s an interesting format that might take a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Screwtape Reveals the Battle
Book club discussion last night of The Screwtape Letters was quite lively! We were unanimous – it was a hard book to read, it required concentration, note-taking, and head scratching. It was a bit...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Place of Devils
The 1960 preface to the Screwtape Letters included this fascinating response to the place of the devil: The commonest question is whether I “believe in the Devil”. Now, if by “the Devil” you mean a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Screwtape’s Tactics Revealed
This is a summary of various tactics used by Screwtape and his devil minions to bring ruin to the new Christian. Chapters are noted in parentheses. Scroll down through the list – it’s quite...
View Article
