Book Review: Know The Creeds And Councils

Holcomb's Know series is designed to bring clarity and understanding to the Christian foundations of faith. I enjoyed the way the book is organized because it gives discussions questions that turns the teachings into a practical approach. The historical backgrounds provides depth in our understanding of the social issues that were going on at the time, as well as historical facts that give evidence to our beliefs. The book in itself is an easy read with very concise paragraphs. If you want to understand more of Scripture, you must read this. By understanding the history of our faith, we can more accurately portray Christ in our lives. I recommend this to everyone. I know not that not everyone is called to be a theologian but every Christian should have the foundational knowledge of what we believe. We should strive to know our foundations. You can find a lot of relevancy in the creeds!

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Book Review: The One Jesus Loves

The One Jesus Loves by Robert Crosby

Every Christian wants to grow a deeper relationship with Christ and Dr. Crosby wrote this book to teach us how to move closer to Christ. He describes the levels of intimacy with Jesus as "circles", which brings life to the design on the cover.
Initially, I was attracted to this book by it's tagline: Grace is unconditionally given, intimacy must be relentlessly pursued. I love the fact that he focuses on how intentional we have to be to seek God. It's not a deep theological book, but although simple to read, it definitely has a lot of scripture.

After getting this book, I realized the author was one of my college professors. It got me excited and I was ready to love the book. However, I didn't like the book. I found it a bit repetitive in the first few chapters, which leads me to believe that this book is more suitable for someone who is starting his pursue of Christ. The chapters were too short (I would've personally prefered longer chapters) and not very linear in thought, the content became predictable [for me] and it seemed like I had already studied much of it. I've been growing deeper in intimacy for years now, so this book had nothing more to offer than a pat on the back that said "keep seeking God". I guess what I'm trying to say is that it wasn't very practical for me. I'm sure if I had read this years prior, it would've changed my life. So please, if you're starting to take your faith serious or you just recently got saved, do pick this book up! It gives you the basics to deeper intimacy with Jesus.

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Book Review: The Road Trip That Changed the world

My husband was the first to read this book. He would share with me bits and pieces of Mark Sayer's research about our culture that left me wanting more! So I picked up the book and it took me about 4 months to read. It's definitely an easy read but the content is so rich, that reading the book becomes a 'road trip', if you will. You embark in a journey, savoring each detail from the past that explains how we, as a culture, got here: our low church attendance, our fascination with new age theology, our lack of commitment in everything, and how we see our faith. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who is called to this generation, it will give you a better understand of our past generations as well. Seriously, EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ THIS!

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