Book review: Dilemele Unui Inger, de Ovidiu Radulescu
May 23, 2006 § Leave a Comment
(2004, Majesty Press, Arad, Romania)
Aceasta este a doua carte scrisa de D-l Radulescu. Am pus-o mai sus pe lista pentru ca este foarte buna. Desi i-ar fi fost de folos acestei carti un editor mai sever (capitolele de la inceput si sfirsit sint frustrant de diferite de miezul cartii,) imi este clar ca autorul are talent, si are chemare pentru lucrul acesta. Ca si cu prima carte, am fost foarte placut surprins de prisma noua de privire ale multor lucruri din Biblie, si dupa ce am terminat de citit cartea, nu mi-a parut deloc rau ca am petrecut timp cu ea.
Recommended: Yes
Book review: The Purpose Driven Life, by Rick Warren
May 23, 2006 § 2 Comments
(2002, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan)
This book had a wonderful impact on my life. It helped me get through a tough time – a time when I had to make some very difficult decisions. It reinforced what my mom always told me – that God really does have a plan for my life, and your life, and everyone’s life – and if only we take the time to listen to Him, He will help us discover that plan and purpose for our being here, and will help us achieve that same plan. And boy, when you’re working in sync with God, you feel great!
Recommended: Yes
Book review: Echoes of His Presence, by Ray Vander Laan with Judith Markham
May 23, 2006 § Leave a Comment
This is a wonderful book which puts Jesus’ presence and deeds while among us in the contexts of His day. The customs and perspectives of the people of Jesus’ day are told through short stories that tie in very well with the Bible.
Recommended: Yes
Book review: The Tartan Pimpernel, by Donald Caskie
May 23, 2006 § Leave a Comment
Reverend Caskie was an amazingly brave Scottish minister who helped Allied soldiers escape from Nazi-occupied France during WWII. He wrote about those years of his life in this wonderful little book. His prose is so well written you’ll think you’re reading one of the Classics, and his story will inspire you.
Recommended: Yes
Book review: Tortured for Christ, by Pastor Richard Wurmbrand
May 23, 2006 § Leave a Comment
Having been born and having grown in a Communist country, I can attest to the fact that there was persecution against Christians, though I experienced or knew but little compared to Pastor Wurmbrand. This book is an eye-opener. It will make you appreciat the freedoms you now enjoy, and help you realize what hardships other Christians have to endure for their beliefs.
Recommended: Yes
Book review: The Danger Within, by Manuel Vasquez
May 23, 2006 § Leave a Comment
(1993, Pacific Press Pub. Assoc.)
This book is written from a Christian perspective and discusses certain non-Christian ideas that have managed to find their way into Christian beliefs, some children’s books and some TV shows, and helps us better understand what is and isn’t Biblical in today’s society.
Recommended: Yes
Book review: Paradis cu Inlocuitori, de Ovidiu Radulescu
May 23, 2006 § Leave a Comment
(1999, Casa de Editura “Viata si Sanatate”, Bucuresti)
Aceasta carte ne arata in mod concret cum ne lasam dusi de atractiile lumii si ne despartim tot mai mult de Domnul. Autorul scrie clar, si umorul continut in carte il ajuta pe cititor sa inghita pilula adevarului putin mai usor.
Recommended: Yes
Book review: Deceived by New Age, by Will Baron
May 23, 2006 § Leave a Comment
This book is the true story of what happened to a believer involved with a New Age religion, and it was an eye opener for me. In it, the author details his harrowing experience as he got delved deeper and deeper into a New Age cult, and ended up harassed and intimidated by strange apparitions.
Recommended: Yes
Book review: Laughter! God’s Miracle Drug, by Gladys T. Hollingsead, RN and Len McMillan, PhD
May 23, 2006 § Leave a Comment
(2002, Pacific Health Education Center, Bakersfield, CA)
This book explains the truth and science behind the healing that laughter – and in general, a positive attitude – can bring. It’s a short and delightful read that will leave you smiling.
Recommended: Yes
One Solitary Life
August 13, 2005 § Leave a Comment
Phillips Brooks wrote this memorable passage:
“HERE IS A MAN who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty, and for three years He was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never owned a house. He never had a family. He never went to college. He never put His feet inside a big city. He never traveled two hundred miles from the place where he was born. He never did one of the things that usually accompany greatness. He had no credential but Himself.
While still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against Him. His friends ran away. One of them denied Him. He was turned over to His enemies. He went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed upon a cross between two thieves. His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth while He was dying and that was His coat. When He was dead He was taken down and laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.
Nineteen wide centuries have come and gone, and today He is the centerpiece of the human race and the leader of the column of progress.
I am far within the mark when I say that all the Armies that ever marched and all the Navies that were ever built, and that all the parliaments that ever sat and all the Kings that ever reigned, put together have not affected the life of man upon this earth as did that one Solitary life.”
Excerpted from: “God Speaks to Modern Man”, by Arthur E. Lickey
