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Get Ready for Reviews
Here are quick reviews of 5 books I’ve recently finished in a word-for-word fashion. ———————————– The Grace of Giving Stephen Olford Baker Book House, 1972 (124 pages) Olford’s book is a series of seven short sermons presented on the subject of giving. Olford, a Baptist “pastor,” shares many verses in each sermon. While I disagree with Olford on the concept of the tithe, I found the rest of the book to basically be very well done. If you are planning a series of lessons or classes on giving, this would be an excellent little book to have as one of your resources. In each lesson, there are very helpful sermon…
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Great Reminder of Masculinity
Wild at Heart by John Eldredge was updated this year after its original release in 2001. I read this book after hearing several people talk about it, and after seeing it often on “recommended reading” lists for men. The book’s premise is very easy to discern. Eldredge puts forward the idea that most men have forgotten what it means to really be masculine. He is of the belief that men need adventure in their life, and that danger is a real part of what men are about. While he doesn’t “press” the point about danger, he does continually come back to the idea of adventure. Men need to know they…
