Like getting news that was better-than-expected, all of these books surprised me in 2019 in a very good way. Maybe they’ll surprise you, too. The books represent a variety of topics, including: • Miracles • Homosexuality • Women leaders in Christendom • Christian healing • Baptism of the Holy Spirit…
Leave a CommentC.S. Lewis’s Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly On Prayer is a most creative and fascinating read on the topic of prayer and how it works. I highly recommend it. And there’s something else by Lewis I’d recommend reading first, because it helped me get even more out of Letters to Malcolm.…
Leave a CommentI found the insights that Francis MacNutt shared in The Power to Heal (Ave Maria Press, 1992) to be especially encouraging and practically helpful, especially when it comes to chronic illness. The book built my faith for praying for healing of chronic illness. And its insights encouraged me to not…
Leave a CommentSatan has tried, through clever means, to kill, steal, and destroy the healing ministry of the church. In The Healing Reawakening by Francis MacNutt (Chosen Books, 2005), I got woke as to how he attempted it—and how far he got. And now that I know, I intend to do something. Woke,…
Leave a CommentIn the cold early months of 2018, as I first read The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (Edited by Humphrey Carpenter, Mariner Books, 2000), an odd realization formed in my spirit. It was this: that the yet-unpublished pages of what would later become The Lord of The Rings books were actual…
2 CommentsFrom spiritual boredom to spiritual hunger, through times of intimacy and times of silence, my Christian life has changed quite a bit in the past 20 or so years. And recently, I was in a real spiritual battle for its very foundation. “If this is all there is to the…
Leave a CommentUpdated February 24, 2024: I never want someone to read these old blog posts and think that’s where God left me. Like the shepherd who comes to rescue the lamb caught in the thicket, God came to untangle me from lies and to pick me up with his strong arms.…
Leave a CommentSpoiler Alert! Contains Captain Marvel and Aquaman Spoilers. I’m not the typical superhero movie fan. I’m married to the fan. And so, as we settled into our seats in the theater to see Captain Marvel, I said, “Okay, give me the Cliff Notes version of what I need to know to…
Leave a CommentCogent, sane, and well-rounded, Francis MacNutt’s book Healing (Ave Maria Press, 1974) gives excellent insight on the topics of healing and prayer for healing. Clearly, MacNutt has been in the trenches. He writes with wisdom, humility, and transparency. This is truly one of those Where has this book been?! books.…
Leave a CommentUPDATE December 16, 2019: As my study of Scripture continued throughout 2019 and even during and following the 2019 completion of my book Faith with Grit, something about this book by John Wilkinson niggled at the back of mind. Something wasn’t sitting right anymore. But what, exactly, was it? I…
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