The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God’s Best Version of You (Zondervan, 2010) John Ortberg, senior pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, wrote The Me I Want to Be in 2010. First, John explains that the most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become. In other words, […]
Walking with God: How to Hear His Voice (Thomas Nelson- 2008, 2016) John Eldredge, director of Ransomed Heart, a ministry devoted to restoring men and women in the love of God, originally wrote Walking with God in 2008. He completed a revision in 2016. In the Introduction, John defines our deepest need as human beings […]
Grace Is Greater (Baker Books, 2017) Kyle Idleman titles his latest book Grace Is Greater: God’s Plan to Overcome Your Past, Redeem Your Pain, and Rewrite Your Story. Kyle, teaching pastor at southeast Christian Church in Louisville, KY, uses Hebrews 12:15 as the inspiration for his book. The verse reads: “See to it that no […]
No More Faking Fine: Ending the Pretending (Zondervan, 2017) International speaker and writer Esther Fleece recently completed No More Faking Fine: Ending the Pretending. In her book, Ms. Fleece uncovers the biblical language of lament. Esther describes lament as a real-world way to deal with our raw emotions that moves us forward to healing. Furthermore, […]
Detours (B & H Books, 2017) Detours: The Unpredictable Path to Your Destiny is the most recent book from Dr. Evans, founding and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas. The word detour implies there’s a destination, or destiny. Specifically, destiny involves bringing glory to God as “people come into contact with Him […]
Holiness: The Heart God Purifies (Moody Publishers, 2004) Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth published Holiness: The Heart God Purifies in 2004. The author rightly states that holiness and sin both matter to God. As a result, the message of repentance and holiness needs to transform the way we think and live. Thus, Nancy’s goal in writing this book focuses on […]
How’s Your Soul? (Thomas Nelson, 2016) Judah Smith, lead pastor of City Church in Seattle, WA, recently authored How’s Your Soul? Why Everything That Matters Starts with the Inside You. Pastor Smith observes that we tend to avoid soul-searching questions because we’d rather be superficial than vulnerable. Consequently, deep down we feel we’re not okay. […]
The Broken Way (Zondervan, 2016) Ann Voskamp opens The Broken Way: A Daring Path Into the Abundant Life with a bold assertion. She proclaims: “Not one thing in your life is more important that figuring out how to live in the face of unspoken pain.” Yet, we don’t know how to put all our broken […]
Fully and Creatively Alive (Self-published, 2016) Tom Eggebrecht introduces his self-published book Fully and Creatively Alive by defining the title concept. From Tom’s perspective, fully and creatively alive means “living out your total potential and doing it with uniqueness and flair.” In Tom’s book, it’s the only way to live. In addition, there’s always an […]
Chase the Lion (Multnomah Books, 2016) Mark Batterson, head pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC, recently published Chase the Lion: If Your Dream Doesn’t Scare You, It’s Too Small. Mark’s latest book serves as a sequel to In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day. When one encounters a five-hundred-pound lion, […]
More to Your Story (Thomas Nelson, 2016) Max Lucado originally published More to Your Story: Discover Your Place in God’s Plan in 2011 under the title God’s Story, Your Story. In his Introduction, Pastor Lucado states that the great promise of the Bible and the hope of this book center around this statement: “Your story […]
Waiting on God (Baker Books, 2015) Waiting on God: What to do when God does nothing is written by Wayne Stiles (DMin, Dallas Theological Seminary). Dr. Stiles currently serves as an executive vice president at Insight for Living Ministries. The Old Testament account of Joseph provides the framework for Wayne’s discussion of the most difficult […]