Non-Fiction
U-Turns – Tony Evans
Tony Evans has made a name for myself with his preaching, teaching, and writing. He’s been doing it long enough now that when you open a book by him, you pretty much know what you’re […]
Year: 2021
Fiction
Dawn of Vengeance (Droseran Saga #2) – Ronie Kendig
Before reading Dawn of Vengeance, I sat down and reread last year’s review of book one in the Droseran Saga, Brand of Light. I’m in a bit of a conundrum when it goes to Ronie’s […]
Non-Fiction
Posting Peace – Douglas Bursch
I haven’t always been the best on social media. I need to begin this review by admitting that. Ever since about 2015, social media has been divisive. I mean, life has been divisive. Politics have […]
Academic
Already Sanctified – Don Payne
Sanctification can sometimes be reduced in popular theology to discipleship. Justification is God’s work—we are saved by grace through faith—but sanctification is sometimes perceived as “our part” of salvation. Theologian Don J. Payne tackles that […]
Non-Fiction
The Pastor as Counselor: The Call for Soul Care – David Powlison and Ed Welch
This brief book posthumously publishes new reflections from David Powlison about pastoral counseling. The book opens with a foreword from Ed Welch, who writes about his personal connection with the author and the ways that […]
Fiction
The Nature of Small Birds – Susie Finkbeiner
Any reader of this novel will find themselves ending the book with the feeling of having made new friends… I feel so very privileged to have had the opportunity of reading an early reader’s version […]
Fiction
The Weight of Memory – Shawn Smucker
There is nobody else in Christian fiction who writes the kind of stories Shawn Smucker is writing. Shawn’s stories are ethereal, evocative, full of symbolism and magical realism. The narrative isn’t always straightforward. Not everything […]
Fiction
If It Rains – Jennifer L. Wright
Heavy—that’s how I would describe If It Rains by Jennifer L. Wright. I will also preface this by saying that this is not a happy novel. This is a story you should ingest slowly to […]
Fiction
The Chase – Lisa Harris
I sat for 10 minutes prior to writing this review, attempting to find an appropriate simile for Lisa Harris’s The Chase. Whirlwind. Roller coaster. Hurricane. Nothing seems to fit! The best on which I can […]
Articles
Breach of Honor: A Conversation with Janice Cantore
Win a Copy of Breach of Honor by Janice Cantore The Conversation | Janice Cantore This interview Q&A was provided in partnership with Tyndale House Publishers and Janice Cantore. LiS: How do you expect Breach of […]