FIGHTER

Christopher Greenwood, AKA Manafest, is a recording artist from Ontario, Canada. his first book is Fighter: Five Keys to Conquering Fear and Reaching your Dreams.

it’s a wonderful read. it’s part autobiography, part self-help/advice/inspirational. it’s an inside look at aspects of the music industry. it’s part spiritual and Biblical. Fighter is an excellent book.

without giving away too much, the five keys, what Manafest calls the anatomy of a fighter, are courage, perseverance, mindset, discipline, and willpower. with stories and reflections on each key, Manafest shows the importance of each.

“The purpose of this book is to inspire you to conquer your fears and take action,” Manafest writes. his five keys are a great place to start on any journey.

read Fighter, be a fighter.

Book has been provided courtesy of Chris Greenwood, Manafest Prodcutions Inc., and Graf-Martin Communications Inc. Available at your favourite bookseller.

The Age of the Spirit

Phyllis Tickle is the author of several books, including, but not limited to, The Great Emergence and Emergence Christianity. her latest book is a collaboration with Jon M. Sweeney entitled The Age of the Spirit: How The Ghost of an Ancient Controversy Is Shaping The Church.

the book is wonderful. Tickle and Sweeney are a delight to read. at this point i’ll read anything Phylllis Tickle writes.

The Age of the Spirit is part Church history, part theology, part philosophy of religion. it’s deeply theological. it looks at the Trinity and the Holy Spirit through the time frame of the Church and the implications of creeds and councils.

read The Age of the Spirit.

Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc. Available at your favourtie bookseller from BakerBooks, a division of Baker Publishing Group.

Nelson Mandela

SWITCH ON YOUR BRAIN

SWITCH ON YOUR BRAIN: The Key to PEAK HAPPINESS, THINKING, and HEALTH was written by Dr. Caroline Leaf.

Leaf is a communication pathologist and audiologist. since 1985, she has worked in the area of cognitive neuroscience.

SWITCH ON YOUR BRAIN is well written, insightful, and Biblical. in fact, her application of Scripture is very strong.

the book features her 21-day brain detox plan.

her citations and research is exceptional.

SWITCH ON YOUR BRAIN is a wonderful book. i highly recommend it for personal health-care, growth, or simply an engaging read.

“Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.
Available at your favourite bookseller from BakerBooks, a division of Baker Publishing Group”.

“Don’t call it a comeback…”

i have not written a post for my blog in a long time. i took the summer off… and the fall crept up on me, too. i was a little busy. i was a little lazy. but i’m getting back to blogging.

The Wolverine

Fully Alive

Fully Alive: A Biblical Vision of Gender That Frees Men and Women to Live Beyond Stereotypes was written by Dr. Larry Crabb, bestselling author of Finding God and Inside Out.

Crabb is a well-known psychologist, conference and seminar speaker, Bible teacher, author, and the founder and director of NewWay Ministries. for additional information, see http://www.newwayministries.org.

Fully Alive is joining the egalitarian/complimentarian debate/conversation that the Church has been having for years. both sides claim Biblical authority. so… it’s not the Bible… it’s the way we read and interpret the Bible.

i am egalitarian… and i believe the Bible is too.

Fully Alive is another contribution to this debate. Crabb is a good writer and writes from the perspective of a psychologist, so that’s an interesting spin to this debate.

it’s well worth reading. check it out.

“Book has been provided courtesy BakerBooks and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc. Available from your favourite bookseller from BakerBooks, a division of Baker Publishing Group.”

Monsters University

Unfinished

from Richard Stearns, author of the bestselling The Hole In Our Gospel, comes his next book Unfinished.

if books had taglines, like movies, Unfinished would have two…

“Believing is only the beginning.”

“So you believe in God. Now what?”

Unfinished seeks to promote the proclamation and practice of the Kingdom of God. it seeks to wrestle with and answer challenging questions about our lives, careers, money, families, and purpose in life.

Stearns is an excellent storyteller and writer. he engages the Bible and the real world with passion and compassion, hoping that his readers and the Church will join in with God’s mission in the world today.

Unfinished is a challenging read. wonderfully written, it’s a thought-provoking book that will make you see and think about things differently. it may push you and make you uncomfortable, or it may affirm and confirm some things for you. it did all four for me.

*Full Disclosure: I received this book for free from Thomas Nelson through “Book Sneeze.” They give free books to bloggers for honest reviews.

INsourcing

INsourcing: Bringing Discipleship Back to the Local Church is an excellent book. written by Randy Pope, the founding and current pastor of Perimeter Church in Atlanta, it aims to strengthen discipleship in local churches.

Pope is wonderful storyteller and writer. he writes wonderfully and with the heart of a pastor. practical and relevant stories are told alongside Biblical insight and the importance of discipleship is highlighted.

INsourcing tells the story of what Perimeter calls “life-on-life missional discipleship.” this is an approach to discipleship that makes personal discipleship their number one aim. this is their goal.

discipleship and spiritual development is important; it’s vital. this is a great book that tells the story of how one church did it… and it gives resources and ideas and thoughts on how discipleship can be brought back to the forefront of the Church’s work in the world.

INsourcing is great. it’s a must read for pastors and Christians who care about discipleship.

*Full Disclosure: I received this book for free from Thomas Nelson through “Book Sneeze.” They give free books to bloggers for honest reviews.