Have you had the experience of having a book on your shelf for months, perhaps years, then feeling an urge to pick it up and finding it was just what you needed at that very moment? I have, many times, … Continue reading
I enjoyed compiling my list of books read this year and remembering some I had forgotten. This has definitely been the year of the audiobook for me. I mentioned in my thoughts on audiobooks that generally I still prefer paper … Continue reading
If I don’t count audiobooks, I read 60 books this year: if I add them, the total comes to 78. The 60 total is a little less than last year (due probably to playing games on my iPhone during times … Continue reading
The end of autumn means, among other things, the end of Katrina’s Fall Into Reading Challenge! It’s time to share how we did with our personal challenges. I read all the books on my list except one. By the time … Continue reading
The folks at 5 Minutes For Books host What’s On Your Nightstand? the fourth Tuesday of each month in which we can share about the books we have been reading and/or plan to read. It seems so long since the … Continue reading
“The Discipline of Adversity” is the 13th and final chapter in the book The Discipline of Grace by Jerry Bridges, which we’re discussing every Thursday in the “Reading Classics Together” challenge at Challies‘ place. More discussion on this chapter is … Continue reading
“The Discipline of Watching” is the 12th chapter in the book The Discipline of Grace by Jerry Bridges, which we’re discussing every Thursday in the “Reading Classics Together” challenge at Challies‘ place. More discussion on this chapter is here. The … Continue reading
“The Discipline of Choices” is the 11th chapter in the book The Discipline of Grace by Jerry Bridges, which we’re discussing every Thursday in the “Reading Classics Together” challenge at Challies‘ place. More discussion on this chapter is here. This … Continue reading
Contrary to the postmodern belief that there is no absolute truth, the Bible discloses much absolute truth, and it is incumbent upon believers to know it both so that we worship God “in spirit and in truth,” and so that … Continue reading
After I first became a Christian, when I would become convicted of some sin, I’d make a commitment never to do that again…and of course, fall flat on my face. So I began to think making a commitment was not … Continue reading
