Reading Room
Here’s where I share with you some outstanding books I’ve read, am reading, or want to read. I’d love to hear from you about your favorite reads, or one that has impacted your life. Drop me a note in my email about it so I can share it with our readers!
On My Bucket List
7 WOMEN And the Secret of Their Greatness
by Eric Metaxas
RELENTLESS The Unshakeable Presence of a God Who Never Leaves
by Michele Cushatt
THE FOUNDING FATHERS
by Joseph J. Ellis
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE – What the Founders Meant
by David Barton
HISTORY MAKERS
by Dutch Sheets & William Ford III
THE FOUNDERS’ BIBLE
by Signature Historian David Barton
WHEN JESUS WEPT
by Bodie & Brock Thoene
PLANTING THE HEAVENS
by Tim Sheets
Where My Bookmark Is
40 DAYS OF DECREASE
A Different Kind of Hunger. A Different Kind of Fast.
by Alicia Britt Chole
Do you struggle during Lent, trying to figure out what you should give up, or what special preparation would be helpful for you to use this time to become a more committed Christian? You want to learn how to be more faithful, selfless, or Christ-like, but giving up chocolate or TV for 40 days just doesn’t seem relevant to the outcome you’re hoping for.
If this internal dilemma is as frustrating and bewildering to you as it is to me, then let me invite you to consider a different kind of fast. In her book, 40 DAYS OF DECREASE, Alicia Chole presents a fast and spiritual walk based on John’s brief but succinct summary of our aim to become more faithful, more selfless, more Christ-like: “He must increase, but I must decrease.” (Jn. 3:30)
What if instead of fasting something tangible and inconsequential, we give up regrets, or religious profiling, or stinginess? How about appearances or confidence? How will giving up your voice draw you deeper into the love of Jesus? I invite you to find out.
Recommended
DESTINY JUNCTION
by Michael Phillips
A SHEPHERD LOOKS AT PSALM 23
by W. Phillip Keller
PSALM 23: A 30-DAY DEVOTIONAL on the Provision, Peace, Protection, Prosperity, and Presence of God
by Kyle Burkholder
ESTHER
by Angela Hunt
MARTHA
by Diana Wallis Taylor
THE WEDDING DRESS
by Rachel Hauck
TAKE THIS CUP
by Bodie Thoene
A MISER, A MANGER, A MIRACLE – The First Christmas Carol
by Marianne Jordan
MICHAL
by Jill Eileen Smith