September 2022 - Life Is Story

The Road Away from God: A Conversation with Jonathan Martin

September 14, 2022 Josh Olds Comments Off

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https://media.blubrry.com/lifeisstory/s3.amazonaws.com/LiS/JonathanMartinTheRoadAwayFromGod.mp3Podcast (beyond-the-page): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSWhen the COVID-19 pandemic began, it accelerated something that I had been seeing in churches. People were leaving and they weren’t coming back. When […]

Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself) – David Zahl

September 13, 2022 Bethany Davidson Comments Off

In this unique book about grace, David Zahl encourages his readers to embrace a “low anthropology” of human nature. Although this sounds very academic, Zahl wrote this at the popular level, and he defines our […]

Fallout – Carrie Stuart Parks

September 13, 2022 Kelsie Suter Comments Off

Fallout is my third Carrie Stuart Parks novel. Let me start this by saying that everyone has different tastes in books. With this third book, I think it is safe to say Carrie Stuart Parks’ […]

Gender Identity and Faith: A Conversation with Julia Sadusky

September 13, 2022 Josh Olds Comments Off

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Celebrities for Jesus – Katelyn Beaty

September 12, 2022 Josh Olds Comments Off

Growing up, I wanted to be Ravi Zacharias. I read all his books, listened to all of his radio programs, could quote his most quotable quotes, and made plans to one day attend his apologetics […]

Now What Sarah Stewart Holland Beth Silvers

Now What? – Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers

September 2, 2022 Josh Olds Comments Off

Sarah and Beth have different political beliefs, but are still friends. And in a very politically polarized age, that’s somewhat incredible. As civically-minded people who have spent their lives engaged in politics and community organizing, […]

Reawakened – Glen Guyton

September 2, 2022 Josh Olds Comments Off

If there’s one thing the pandemic lockdowns of 2020 taught me, it was that the way we did church was a routine more than it was worship. It wasn’t that we just went through the […]

Death of the Black Widow James Patterson JD Barker

Death of the Black Widow – James Patterson and JD Barker

September 2, 2022 Josh Olds Comments Off

James Patterson has published over three hundred books and this is easily in the top five. Joining with J.D. Barker, Patterson weaves a paranormal thriller that keeps the pages turning and the light on. Death […]

The Road Away from God – Jonathan Martin

September 2, 2022 Josh Olds Comments Off

The past half-decade, and probably longer, has seen an increasing number of people raised in the church pack their bags and leave. The reasons are multifaceted but the result is the same. Many are leaving […]

NICOT - Ezra and Nehemiah Hannah K Harrington

The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah (NICOT) – Hannah K. Harrington

September 2, 2022 Josh Olds Comments Off

Like several of the recent New International Commentary releases, Hannah K. Harrington’s The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah replaces an older volume on those books in the series, offering a more in-depth analysis with updated […]