Featuring: Jan and Stan Berenstain, Shane Claiborne, Craig Groeschel, Tim Keller, Sally Lloyd-Jones, Aaron Reynolds, Gina and Michael Spehn, Andy Stanley, and Ravi Zacharias.
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« Tim Keller, author of the book The Secret of Marriage, suggests that a principal cause for the demise of so many marriages today is that couples have developed “almost cosmically impossible expectations” for their marriage.… »
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« Between you and me, there are no better books than those written for kids.… And the cool thing about books is they lead you to unexpected places … Sometimes I read a book, and it inspires me to do things I wouldn’t have thought about before.… »
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« On Thursday, April 26, the Niebuhr Center for Faith and Action at Elmhurst College will present Tearing Down Walls: Sacred Conversations on Urban Ministry, featuring Shane Claiborne, a Christian activist for nonviolence and service to the poor and founding partner of The Simple Way, a “new monastic” community in inner-city Philadelphia.… »
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« What does it mean to be “Christian?” Given that the term is not even clearly defined in the Bible and draws a myriad of definitions from Christians themselves, influential pastor Andy Stanley is challenging believers to embrace a different, and more convicting, identity: disciple.… »
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« When I was going through a dry spell, my friend Romy Solis gave me a set of audio materials of Ravi Zacharias. The name was foreign to me, but I decided to listen to the materials anyway. In just a few minutes, I learned so much! That was almost nine years ago. Today, I still listen to Ravi Zacharias. I subscribe to his podcasts. I even went to Oxford University three years ago and attended his summer course on apologetics.… »
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« The musicians—Sandra McCracken, Flo Paris, Katy Bowser, and Ellie Holcomb—are calling it “a collection of 10 new folk songs about classic Bible stories for young children,” but they also add that the album is “for children and their grown-ups.” Indeed. All lyrics are based on the poems of Sally Lloyd-Jones (author of The Jesus Storybook Bible.… »
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« Pastor Craig Groeschel … encourages us to identify and treat the toxicity in our Christian lives. I enjoyed his conversational style of writing, and it wasn’t until late in the book that it hit me that I could have been listening to a series of sermons. … As we are in the world, but not of it, it’s often hard to see how we are conforming to the world rather than to the image of Christ.… »
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« The late Jan Berenstain, who, with her husband, Stan, created the series in 1962, said, “Family values is what we’re all about.” I have sisters-in-law who are now reading original copies of the older books to their grandchildren, and nieces who are collecting the new books for their own families. If you are a fan, you won’t be disappointed. The bright colors, humorous drawings and a fast-paced story line of God Bless Our Home are sure to keep the little ones interested. … »
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« I’m not insisting, “You must read.” Must reading is for eighth-graders and college freshmen. But I feel there are people suffering painful life experiences whose healing would benefit from reading The Color of Rain by Michael and Gina Spehn. The title of their book is drawn from Gina’s memory of an unforgettable double rainbow witnessed during a vacation in Colorado. Her memory of daylight refracted into all the colors of a pair of rainbows captures the complex fabric of life.… »
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