Archive for April, 2007

BOOK REVIEW | Veil of Fire

VEIL OF FIRE by Marlo Schalesky September 1, 1894 started out as any other day in Hinckley, MN—except it seemed abnormally hot for a Minnesota September, and it was hard to breathe. Ellie Jean’s mother is finishing up a dress she’s making as a gift, when they happened to look outside and see a wild [...]

BOOK REVIEW | The Germ Handbook

The Germ Handbook Leslie Ann Dauphin Leslie Ann Dauphin works as a microbiologist at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. This member of Creflo Dollar’s World Changers Church has written a handbook which encourages people to take charge of their health. The Germ Handbook was written to inform the public how to [...]

INTERVIEW | Randy Alcorn

Randy Alcorn’s Deception— A mystery that will take you from heaven to hell and back… Q & A with a writer of both best-selling murder mysteries and successful nonfiction titles addressing such serious issues as money, abortion, and heaven. The concept of a minister who creates gritty suspense novels is certainly unconventional. What first sparked [...]

Little Acts of Love

DEVOTION Little Acts of Love by Marsha Jordan As I loaded dishes into the dishwasher, I sang along with the radio. My grandson looked up from the picture he was coloring and said, “Grandma, there’s one thing about you that I don’t like.” Anticipating what he was going to say, I asked, “What? That I [...]

He Did What He Could

HE DID WHAT HE COULD by Marsha Jordan John the Baptist didn’t have any great talents. He didn’t perform mystifying miracles (not even a simple card trick). He wasn’t a handsome crooner with a voice like Perry Como’s. He didn’t have degrees or diplomas. He didn’t have an impressive gift of speaking like Billy Graham. [...]

A Pagan's Nightmare

A PAGAN’S NIGHTMARE by Ray Blackston Who’s ever heard of a reverse rapture? Believer’s can buy gas for twelve cents a gallon. The pagans have to pay $6.66. The radio stations have altered all the songs to conform to certain standards. The Beatles sing I Wanna Hold Your Tithe. Abba’s Dancing Queen becomes Dancing’s Wrong. [...]

In Every Flower

In Every Flower by Patti Hill Mibby is now married to Larry McManus, but upon their return from their honeymoon, Mibby is learning that marriage is not the piece of cake she’s imagined. Her mother-in-law has almost moved in with them, going so far as to rearrange the kitchen and getting them a cat while [...]

Heaven for Kids

HEAVEN FOR KIDS by Randy Alcorn Randy Alcorn is a parent and a grandparent, so he knows how important it is to pass along the correct, biblical answers about Heaven. So, in HEAVEN FOR KIDS Randy Alcorn has adapted his best-selling Heaven for the 8-12 crowd.

INTERVIEW | Robert Jeffress

Robert Jeffress talks about Second Chance, Second Act What are three important truths about mistakes that we must understand before our biggest messes can be transformed into our greatest successes? First, mistakes–whether they be financial, marital, or moral failures–are inevitable. Second, mistakes are forgivable. You will never be able to move beyond your mistakes until [...]

Will the Virginia Tech Tragedy Change Us?

COMMENTARY Will the Virginia Tech Tragedy Change Us? by Johann Christoph Arnold In the aftermath of the shootings at Virginia Tech, the news media are doing an excellent job. Newspapers are printing lengthy stories on the lives of the dead and their beloved families. NBC has immortalized the shooter by airing his own video clips, [...]