CrossTalk

A new book is being offered at a GREAT price: $5 rather than $15. This offer is only good through midnight tonight in Ukraine and 5:00 EST in the States.
CrossTalk: Where Life & Scripture Meet by Michael Emlet.

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Virtue’s testing point

From The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis:
Screwtape weighs his options:
Now this is a ticklish business. We have made men proud of most vices, but not of cowardice. Whenever we have almost succeeded in doing so, the Enemy permits a war or an earthquake or some other calamity, and at once courage becomes [...]

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Biblical counseling resources

Just received notice of an incredible book sale: the CCEF Library of Classics. Jim and I have read the vast majority of these books (I think all but two) and heartily recommend them to anyone looking for a biblical perspective on everyday challenges.
We personally own two of each of the books [...]

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Zechariah

Jim and I recently began to read Calvin’s Bible Commentary on the book of Zechariah as translated by John King and published by Forgotten Books.
Some of you may recall that we are praying about opening a home for orphans who are HIV+ and our working name for the home is Zechariah’s House. Zechariah means [...]

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Adoption Awareness Month

In conjunction with National Adoption Awareness Month, friends at adoption316 are giving books away throughout the month! Ramona and Connie are both adoptive moms with heart-warming, heart-wrenching, heartfelt stories to share of their journeys and the resources that helped them.
Jim and I met both of them this spring — Ramona in Huntsville, Alabama and [...]

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The Hole in our Gospel

Just finished reading a book written by the president of World Vision U.S., Richard Stearns. Entitled The Hole in our Gospel, the author attempts to answer the question: What does God expect of us? He believes that the answer changed his life and might just change the world.
Mr. Stearns believes that most [...]

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God’s megaphone

Jim and I are playing catch-up with some devotional readings because he was out of town over the weekend. (We typically do these readings together outloud…) We’re using two different devotionals, one of them being selected excerpts from C. S. Lewis’s writings.
From

The Problem of Pain
by C. S. Lewis:
“God whispers to us in [...]

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Huxley or Orwell

Michael Horton in Christless Christianity writes:
“In his book Amusing Ourselves to Death, Jewish writer Neil Postman (a communications professor at New York University) points out the difference between two apocalyptic scenarios. George Orwell’s 1984 predicts a society ruled by ‘Big Brother’ — a totalitarian regime. Congratulating ourselves on having dodged Orwell’s prophecy, at [...]

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The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Suzanne has encouraged me to stick to the more positive posts, particularly those that involve children’s literature. What other children’s books do I have with me here? The Tale of Peter Rabbit was a huge favorite in the Peipon household, as it was in the Matthews household as I was growing up.
I remember [...]

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Winnie-the-Pooh

Love this book. And to quote the introduction, in part:

“If you happen to have read another book about Christopher Robin, you may remember that he once had a swan (or the swan had Christopher Robin, I don’t know which) and that he used to call this swan Pooh. That was a long time [...]

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