Category Parchment Reviews

10 Recommended books (that you haven’t heard of) #8

It's the kind of writing that makes one a lover of history. The 1927 Mississippi flood didn't change the course of the river (it was that big!), it changed the course of our nation and the destiny of towns up and down the river. This is another entry in the "10 Recommended books (that you haven’t heard of)"

Review: Plan B

Plan B: What Do You Do When God Doesn’t Show Up the Way You Thought He Would? by Pete Wilson My rating: 3 of 5 stars Great concept. Good biblical comparisons and illustrations. Wasn’t overly impressed with the writing style.…

Review: Beautiful Outlaw

Read it anyway. That's my recommendation. The first part of the book is so good, so beautiful and so descriptive of Jesus as a real person that it will provoke much thought and, I believe, lead you to deeper affection of and obedience. It's the last part, where John tries to show a person how to relate to Jesus, that needs to be read with discernment. There are some real nuggets here as well, but you'll need a shovel to dig them out at times.

Review: Deep & Wide, Part 2

Part 2 of the review of Andy Stanley's book "Deep & Wide.." We must learn to think deeply again. We've become like the "Modern Family" sitcom in our ecclesiology - adrift and in reaction mode to what's happening around us. We have no strategy and act like we have no mission. We're simply in our church living rooms spouting off one-liners and have become the slapstick of society. Our youth and college students struggle to apply (or even know) scriptural principles to living and decisions.

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