Christian Book Reviews

NO GREATER LOVE by Rebecca McLaughlin In the Introduction Rebecca talks about her fear over certain friendships breaking up.  She refers to the times in the bible when God sends one person to another with a message.  That made me ask the question ... when? The one that came to my mind was the story of Abraham sitting in his tent when 3 people just came walking past. Many would say this was the Lord himself along with 2 angels. The message he had to bring was not an easy one - God had looked down from heaven and seen the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah. He wanted to prepare Abraham for the judgment that had to come on their wickedness. He was pre-warning Abraham. Why did he do this? Abraham's nephew Lot lived there and Abraham needed to know. Although they had parted there was still a deep love in his heart. Imagine this was the nephew he had brought with him from the family home in Ur all those years ago. He had looked after him, set him up in life and now he was living in such opp...

FINDING GOD’S PATH THROUGH YOUR TRIALS Elizabeth George Last weekend I started reading this book and I wanted to review it all week but with other things taking priority ... The back cover makes this bold statement "Finding God's Path Through Your Trials acknowledges the hard times you face and presents practical steps for experiencing hope, joy and meaning in your journey." This book is split into 5 Sections: Section 1 – becoming a joyful woman Section 2 – becoming a stable woman Section 3 – becoming a mature woman Section 4 – becom ing a mighty woman Section 5 – becoming an enduring woman Becoming a Joyful Woman Chapter 1 Accepting the Truth In the opening chapter Elizabeth turns our attention to the book of James. James never met or talked to the people he wrote the book for. He was to communicate guidelines that would instruct Gods people in how to handle everything from a small insult to a major catastrophe. James' book was written 15 years after the death o...