tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85026331267892932872024-03-05T13:38:38.538-08:00Doc's Doin'sStrengthening the things which remain . . . Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.comBlogger203125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-28516562000184264062023-09-30T07:51:00.001-07:002023-09-30T07:51:12.592-07:00<p> <span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">EVER SINCE DR. JAN WUBBENA “TURNED
ME ON” TO CLASSICAL MUSIC IN MY VISUAL ARTS AND MUSIC COURSE, THE “CONDUCTOR” HAS LOOMED LARGE.</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">A CONDUCTOR’S JOB IS TO GET </span><b style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><i>EVERY </i></b><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">INSTRUMENT IN THE ORCHESTRA TO PLAY
TOGETHER.</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">ONE OTHER HUGE IDEA I JUST GOT
OFF THE INTERNET IS THAT “THE CONDUCTOR’S JOB IS TO DO JUSTICE TO THE COMPOSER.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">TAKING BOTH THOSE IDEAS, ONE MUST FIRST REALIZE THAT
GOD IS THE CONDUCTOR, NOT ME.</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">I’M ONE OF
THE INSTRUMENTS HE IS CONDUCTING.</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">BUT
INSIDE THIS BODY OF MINE, THERE ARE MANY INSTRUMENTS.</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">PAUL SAYS,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“LIKEWISE RECKON
YE ALSO YOURSELVES TO BE DEAD INDEED UNTO SIN, BUT ALIVE UNTO GOD THROUGH JESUS
CHRIST OUR LORD. (12) LET NOT SIN THEREFORE REIGN IN YOUR MORTAL
BODY, THAT YE SHOULD OBEY IT IN THE LUSTS THEREOF. (13)
NEITHER YIELD YE YOUR MEMBERS AS </span></i><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">INSTRUMENTS
OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS</span></u></b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">UNTO SIN: BUT YIELD YOURSELVES UNTO GOD, AS THOSE THAT
ARE ALIVE FROM THE DEAD, AND YOUR MEMBERS </span></i><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">AS
INSTRUMENTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS</span></u></b><i><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> UNTO GOD. (14)
FOR SIN SHALL NOT HAVE DOMINION OVER YOU: FOR YE ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW,
BUT UNDER GRACE.” <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: right;"><i><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">ROMANS 6:11-14</span></i><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">I HAVE MANY “INSTRUMENTS”
IN MY BODY; I NEED TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE CONDUCTOR – THE HOLY SPIRIT – SO THAT
HE CAN DO JUSTICE TO THE COMPOSER.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">STAY BLESSED!!</span></p>Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-70819512244054073732023-09-21T12:39:00.005-07:002023-09-21T18:11:53.338-07:00<p> Here's a one-off post, just because I was led to. Opened up YAHOO! and saw, "TODAY IS THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE." And I thought, first of all, of all those "soothsayers" the Apostle Paul warned the Thessalonians about when he said, "<i>But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. (2) For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. (3) For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.</i>" (1 Thessalonians 5:1-3.) </p><p>And then I remembered the legacy of my Lord Jesus Christ: "<i>Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.</i>" (John 14:27.) </p><p>And I realized, "Every day could be a day of peace." But before there can be peace between two warring parties, one side must surrender.</p><p>Sin has made every man Jack of us enemies of the Lord God Almighty. David explored this theme in Psalm 2: "<i>Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. (11) Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. (12) Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.</i>" (Psalms 2:10-12.) The phrase "kiss the Son" is a euphemism for "lay down your weapons." It's an illustration of surrender. And the Apostle Paul explores the various nuances of "surrender" in Romans 5:1-2: "<i>Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: (2) By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.</i>" (Romans 5:1-2.) </p><p>Traditionally, when conquering kings (and nations) entered into peace treaties, they pretty much pillaged the conquered nation. They broke up the population, sometimes even to the family members. They looted, and destroyed, and let their military forces have their way with the conquered foe. It wasn't pretty.</p><p>But when we "surrender" to Jesus . . . when we surrender to the Lord God Almighty, He doesn't punish us; He doesn't loot, pillage and destroy. Instead, He restores us. He lavishes blessings upon us. We not only receive peace . . . we also get "full access" to the grace in which we stand, upon our surrender. And we can "<i>rejoice in hope of the glory of God.</i>" </p><p>When we surrender to Christ . . . it doesn't feel like losing. </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>"I lost it all . . . to find everything. </p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>I died a pauper . . . to be born a king. </p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>When I learned how to lose, I found how to win.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>Oh, I lost it all, to find everything." </p></blockquote></blockquote><p> (Bill & Gloria Gaither)</p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-28648668818528959642023-09-21T06:57:00.005-07:002023-09-21T06:57:59.796-07:00<p> True worship involves every aspect of one's being. I went to a four-year Christian College for my bachelor's degree, and the school motto was "Head, Heart, and Hand." A recognition that worshipping God involved the whole person. Worship is not just an emotional release; it's an understanding of how much God has done for us, and a dedication of the head, the heart, and the hand to proclaim His name to succeeding generations.</p><p>1 Chronicles 16:8-13 records the "worship service" led by King David, and exhort us to respond to God's blessings in appropriate ways: "<i>Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. (9) Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works. (10) Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. (11) Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually. (12) Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; (13) O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.</i>" (1 Chronicles 16:8-13.) </p><p>Worship is <i>vocal</i>. The mouth, the tongue, to vocal chords, the diaphragm are as much "instruments of praise" as the musical instruments noted in my last post. The ear is involved, making sure we are "on pitch." God created us for excellence, and excellence is what we ought to strive for. However, if some of us are "tone deaf," that doesn't mean we shouldn't worship! God never said, "Make a joyful <i>melody</i> unto the Lord." He didn't say, "Make a joyful <i>harmony</i> unto the Lord." Scripture tells us, "make a joyful <i>noise.</i>" Not once, not twice . . . but SEVEN times, we are encouraged to do so. I can do that.</p><p>Worship is <i>rememberable</i>. That is, it has a body of historical recollections upon which to draw for content in our worship. David encouraged the congregation, "talk of all His wondrous works; REMEMBER His marvellous works, His wonders, the judgments of His mouth." There's a reason they were to sing. . . and we have reason to sing, as well. "Count your many blessings, name them one by one; and it will surprise you what the Lord has done!"</p><p>Finally, worship is <i>personal</i>. This worship service was comprised of those who belonged to the Lord, who had experienced His faithfulness to all generations, who had worked His mighty wonders in their very midst. The congregation was comprised of "the seed of Israel His servant," and "children of Jacob, His chosen ones." They are the only ones who could sing this song. If a Philistine or a Moabite had tried to sing this song, there would have been problems. You can't sing a song like this if you haven't <i>experienced</i> the lyrics firsthand.</p><div><br /></div>Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-77329229199044407002023-09-21T06:14:00.004-07:002023-09-21T06:14:52.195-07:00<p> So, what does worship look like? There are many, many instances of worship in the Old Testament, and in the New Testament as well. I "stumbled" upon one in my devotions this morning that really struck home, and I'd like to share it. 1 Chronicles 16 records the bringing of the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem, after having passed through many delays and adventures that one can read about in 2 Samuel 6. 1 Chronicles 16, however, puts the typical "devotional / applicational" spin on the historical account.</p><p>Worship begins with "getting right with God." "<i>So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God. (2) And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.</i>" (1 Chronicles 16:1-2) One should never come into the presence of God empty-handed. There is always a sacrifice of praise to be offered; there is always a recognition of how much God has blessed us that needs to be acknowledged.</p><p>Next, David enlisted the aid of the people. "<i>And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.</i>" Critics and liberals would point to this and say, "David <i>bribed </i>the people into worshipping God." I don't see it as a bribe; I see it as an invitation. David was going to worship, and he wanted all of his people to worship as well. This was an invitation to worship; encouragement to worship. It also pointed out how much God had blessed, that their king was able to bless every man and woman with the necessary supplies to encourage worship. There's nothing like the recollection of a blessing to encourage worship more!</p><p>Next, David "tuned up the orchestra." "<i>And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: (5) Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; (6) Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.</i>" (1 Chronicles 16:4-6.) </p><p>Finally, having set the stage, David commenced the worship service . . . David, himself, led the "opening hymn." "<i>Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.</i>" (1 Chronicles 16:7.) </p><p>The stage is set. Stay tuned for the worship service!</p><div><br /></div><p> </p><p><br /></p>Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-37627424421893069462023-09-18T05:38:00.004-07:002023-09-18T05:43:03.334-07:00<p><i><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt;">“LET NOT YOUR
HEART BE TROUBLED: YE BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE ALSO IN ME. (2) IN
MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS . . .”</span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">μονή </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">“dwelling places,” “rooms,”
“abodes” “a place where one may
remain or dwell”</span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt;">“IF IT WERE NOT
SO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. (3)
AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, <u><b><span style="color: red;">I WILL COME AGAIN</span></b></u>, AND RECEIVE
YOU UNTO MYSELF; THAT WHERE I AM, THERE YE MAY BE ALSO.”</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 19.3pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 19.3pt 0in 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">WHEN YOU GET UP
IN THE MORNING, IS THE FIRST THOUGHT ON YOUR MIND, “TODAY, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO
SPEND THE REST OF ETERNITY WITH JESUS!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>DOES IT FILL YOU WITH LONGING . . . OR DREAD AND APPREHENSION?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>IS JESUS SO REAL TO YOU THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE
BEING IN HIS PRESENCE FOR ALL OF ETERNITY . . . AND NEVER GET BORED AT THE
THOUGHT?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 19.3pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 19.3pt 0in 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 19.3pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 19.3pt 0in 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">JESUS . . .
SHOW ME WHO YOU REALLY ARE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SHOW ME THAT
IT’S REAL.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 19.3pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 19.3pt 0in 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 19.3pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 19.3pt 0in 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">EVERYTHING FROM
GENESIS 3:14-15 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Normal"><i><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt;">“</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Goudy Old Style";">AND THE LORD GOD SAID UNTO THE SERPENT, BECAUSE THOU HAST DONE THIS,
THOU ART CURSED ABOVE ALL CATTLE, AND ABOVE EVERY BEAST OF THE FIELD; UPON THY
BELLY SHALT THOU GO, AND DUST SHALT THOU EAT ALL THE DAYS OF THY LIFE:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(15)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>AND I WILL PUT ENMITY BETWEEN THEE AND THE
WOMAN, AND BETWEEN THY SEED AND HER SEED; IT SHALL BRUISE THY HEAD, AND THOU
SHALT BRUISE HIS HEEL.” </span></b>GENESIS
3:14-15<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="Normal"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">TO REVELATION 20:11-15</span></p><p class="Normal"><i><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Goudy Old Style";">“AND I SAW A
GREAT WHITE THRONE, AND HIM THAT SAT ON IT, FROM WHOSE FACE THE EARTH AND THE
HEAVEN FLED AWAY; AND THERE WAS FOUND NO PLACE FOR THEM. (12)
AND I SAW THE DEAD, SMALL AND GREAT, STAND BEFORE GOD; AND THE BOOKS
WERE OPENED: AND ANOTHER BOOK WAS OPENED, WHICH IS THE BOOK OF LIFE: AND THE
DEAD WERE JUDGED OUT OF THOSE THINGS WHICH WERE WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS, ACCORDING
TO THEIR WORKS. (13) AND THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN
IT; AND DEATH AND HELL DELIVERED UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN THEM: AND THEY WERE
JUDGED EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS.
(14) AND DEATH AND HELL WERE CAST
INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH. <b><span style="color: red;">(15) AND WHOSOEVER WAS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE
BOOK OF LIFE WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.”</span></b> REVELATION
20:11-15 </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 19.3pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 19.3pt 0in 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">EVERYTHING
BETWEEN THOSE TWO “BRACKETS” (GENESIS 3:15 – REVELATION 20:15) IS ALL ABOUT THE
LORD GOD ALMIGHTY REDEEMING HIS CREATION FROM THE BONDAGE OF SIN AND SATAN.</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">AND IT WAS ALL DONE IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT
WAS ALL OF GRACE, AND ALL OF FAITH, </span><b><i><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14pt;">“NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN
SHOULD BOAST.”</span></i></b></p>Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-9875255357055521002023-09-14T07:18:00.004-07:002023-09-14T07:18:55.314-07:00<p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41tGAnEQkdL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 18.6667px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="301" height="320" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41tGAnEQkdL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" width="216" /></a></p> <b style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">WORSHIP: THE ULTIMATE PRIORITY</span></u></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> (Day Two)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">What is worship?</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">That’s the question, yeah?</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">For some it’s a purely emotional release,
where one “speaks in the Spirit,” “dances in the Spirit,” cries in ecstasy . .
. just “lets loose” because God is good . . . and what He does is
goodness.</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">For others, it’s the
logical acknowledgment that God is the creator and sustainer of everything that
was, and is, and is to come.</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">And since
the soul is eternal, that’s a long time coming, right? And so one responds by obedience and service.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Opposite ends of the
spectrum, but both expressions equally valid.</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Because you never know what you are going to do when you come face to
face with the Living God.</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Just last night,
I really had a longing to worship God in my music.</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Now, I’m close to 60 years old, and I’ve been
walking this road since I was in my early 20’s.</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">I </span><i style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">should </i><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">be past “putting out the fleece” to know God’s
will.</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">But last night, for some reason, I
just spoke to the Lord, “Lord, I want to praise and worship you on my way home
from work.”</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">I opened up my CD collection
(I burn CD’s, and label them according to genre) . . . and the first CD my eyes
rested on was my Southern Gospel:</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Praise
And Worship.</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">And I just started
laughing, and praising God right there.</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">I hadn’t even put the CD in, and God’s “answered prayer” had me before
the throne, doing what I was so clearly made to do:</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">praising God for who He is, and for what He’s
done for me, and in me, and through me.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">For me, that’s the
simplest definition of worship:</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">“Worship
is what you do when you realize you’re in the presence of the Lord God
Almighty.”</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">And yes, there are emotions .
. . you can’t escape it. As Mr. and Mrs. Beaver so aptly stated in <u>The Lion, The Witch,
And The Wardrobe</u> (author, C.S. Lewis):</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">““Who is Aslan?” asked Susan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Aslan?” said Mr. Beaver, “Why, don’t you know? He’s
the King. He’s the Lord of the whole wood . . . You’ll understand when you see
him.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Is--is he a man?” asked Lucy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Aslan a man!” said Mr. Beaver sternly. “Certainly
not. I tell you he is the King of the wood and the son of the great
Emperor-Beyond-the-Sea. Don’t you know who is the King of Beasts? Aslan is a
lion--the Lion, the great Lion.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Ooh!” said Susan, “I’d thought he was a man. Is
he--quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“That you will, dearie, and no mistake,” said Mrs.
Beaver. “If there’s anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees
knocking, they’re either braver than most or else just silly.”<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Then he isn’t safe?” said Lucy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Safe?” said Mr. Beaver. “Don’t you hear what Mrs.
Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ’Course he isn’t safe. But he’s
good. He’s the King, I tell you.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">But don’t take Mr. Lewis’s
words for it.</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Scripture is full of
instances in which the creation entered into the presence of the Most High
God.</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">And the inspired, inerrant,
infallible, authoritative word of God faithfully recorded those instances . . .
and the responses.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">JACOB’S LADDER:</span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">In Genesis 28, verses 10 – 22, the first
night of his “exile,” fleeing from his brother Esau, Jacob fell asleep, and fell
into a dream:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“And he dreamed, and
behold, a stairway was set on the earth, and its top touched the heavens. And
behold, angels of God were going up and going down on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(13)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And behold, Yahweh was standing beside him, and he said, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father,
and the God of Isaac. The ground on which you were sleeping I will give to you
and to your descendants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(14)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your descendants shall be like the dust of
the earth, and you will spread out to the west, and to the east, and to the
north and to the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed
through you and through your descendants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(15)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now behold, I am with you,
and I will keep you wherever you go. And I will bring you to this land, for I
will not leave you until I have done what I have promised to you.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(16)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely Yahweh is indeed in
this place and I did not know!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(17)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then he was afraid and said,
“How awesome is this place! This is nothing else than the house of God, and
this is the gate of heaven!” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Genesis
28:12-17<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">If you know Jesus as your
personal Savior and Lord, this might be your experience every night. </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">The writer of the Epistle To The Hebrews
encourages us:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Since then we have a
great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God,
let us hold fast our confession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(15)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For we do not have a high
priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every
respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(16)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we
may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><b><i>Hebrews 4:14-16 </i></b></p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p>I plan on exploring more "encounters" in future posts. </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Have a blessed day!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Goudy Old Style",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-15760293938847966152023-09-13T19:26:00.007-07:002023-09-13T19:29:38.600-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41tGAnEQkdL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="301" height="320" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41tGAnEQkdL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br />Well, I'm back. This used to be my book review blogspot. I've gotten away from book reviews, because God's calling me closer to Him, so I'm going to try to make this my faith blog from hereon out. Bear with me . . . I, just like every other child of God, am a work in progress. And if you read this, and it encourages you in your walk with the Lord, please let me know. And if you read this, and you're thinking to yourself, "My goodness, this man's next-door to a heathen!" please let me know. Kindly. Gently. Looking to yourself lest you also be tempted (Galatians 6:1). I don't have the details for this quote, and I'm not sure if I'm quoting it correctly, but I heard of a conversation between a famous atheist and an equally famout theologian. The atheist declared, "Christianity is a crutch!" The theologian replied, "You're right, my friend . . . but who isn't limping?" <p></p><p>I know I've "not arrived." Far from it. But that doesn't keep me from keeping on keeping on, and doing my best to encourage others to do so. </p><p>I'm going to be trying to set aside time each night, and work my way through a book I received from Grace To You ministries, the publishing arm of Dr. John MacArthur. I consider him one of my mentors, though he wouldn't recognize me if he saw me on the street. That's to be expected. I've never been to his church. But I "cut my spiritual teeth" on John MacArthur back in 1985, when I came to know the Lord at Grace Baptist Church, Jacksonville, N.C. I was halfway through my active duty hitch in the U.S. Navy. I was a Navy Hospital Corpsman, cross-assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, Weapons Company, Dragons Platoon, 2nd Squad. I go into such detail for 3 reasons: 1) Because I actually remember it. 2) I'm patriotic to a fault. 3) It's the only aspect of my military career that is still in existence today!</p><p>I have my boot camp yearbook. It's got my face . . . but it's got the wrong name. And while I went to boot camp in Orlando, Florida, the Navy has since sold the property and it's become a subdivision.</p><p>My first ship was the U.S.S. Raleigh (LPD-1), stationed out of Norfolk, VA. Found out that she was decommissioned and used as a target for artillery exercises.</p><p>My first hospital assignment was Naval Hospital Bethesda . . . which has since been taken over by Walter Reed.</p><p>Enough of that. Except for the fact that Jacksonville, NC was the site of my spiritual birth. That's the red-letter day for me.</p><p>So. The book I mentioned 6 paragraphs ago. The title is WORSHIP. The subtitle is, THE ULTIMATE PRIORITY. Have you wrapped your mind around the spiritual principle that "<b><i>That is our supreme duty for time and eternity-honor, adore, delight in, glorify, and enjoy God above all His creation, as He is worthy to be worshiped.</i></b>" (WORSHIP: THE ULTIMATE PRIORITY; Preface). Just reading those words stirred my heart at the very core, and sparked a longing to do that very thing. I have so many "spiritual mentors" who have directed my thoughts to this same principle. So I'm going to go through this book, bit by bit, and hopefully others will come along for the ride. I know that I will never be the same, once I begin doing what I was created to do: worship!</p>Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-8672684869170869552022-10-04T14:37:00.000-07:002022-10-04T14:37:12.344-07:00BODY OF EVIDENCE by Irene Hannon<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51ZD5F9dP9L._SY346_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="224" height="346" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51ZD5F9dP9L._SY346_.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;">This isn’t the first book I’ve
reviewed for Irene Hannon.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">And by God’s grace
. . . it </span><i style="font-size: 14pt;">WILL NOT</i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> be the last!</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I
literally got 1 ½ hours of sleep last night, because I could not put BODY OF
EVIDENCE down.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Grace Reilley is a gifted forensic
pathologist who brings moral conviction, brilliant intellect, and bull-dog determination
to every case.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">She’s got a sense of
humor, and she’s also quite easy on the eyes, as they say.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It’s a combination that’s hard to beat.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">And she’s going to need every bit of it to plumb
the depths of the bizarre rash of deaths that are occurring in rural Missouri.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Former Army SpecOps soldier Nate
Cox is doing his best to learn the ropes of his new position as Sheriff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He, too, is puzzled by the sudden rise in
deaths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once is peculiar; twice is
coincidence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Three times is a pattern.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And a deadly one, at that.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">As Grace and Nate pool their
resources, it’s evident to both that something more than professional courtesy is
in the air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the more convoluted the investigation
becomes, the closer they are drawn to one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But when Grace becomes more than a nuisance
to the mastermind behind the deaths, she becomes the next target in the grand
scheme of it all.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And this killer is playing
for keeps.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Irene Hannon brings all of
her story-weaving craftsmanship to bear in this, the third installment of the
Triple Threat series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With fully developed
characters, plot twists and enough red herrings to stock a pond, you will be
riveted to your reading corner until the last page.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I received this book free of
charge in exchange for my open and honest review.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;">BODY OF EVIDENCE</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">(Book 3 of Triple Threat)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">IRENE HANNON<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ISBN: </span><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">0800736192</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Christian Mystery & Suspense<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Revell Books<o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">348 pages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">$17.99 U.S. paperback / hardback; $11.99 Kindle<br /></span></p>Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-41256167758789527552022-10-04T14:31:00.000-07:002022-10-04T14:31:11.388-07:00WORD OF HONOR by Hallee Bridgeman<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41TgEwXT32L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="324" height="344" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41TgEwXT32L.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Wow!</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Better strap yourself in before you open this
book, because author Hallee Bridgeman is about to take you on the ride of a lifetime!</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We live in a world that is
becoming increasingly and aggressively self-centered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone has rights, and holds beliefs that
they are willing to die for . . . or kill for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Which is why we need people like FBI Agent Lynda Culter and Army Weapons
Specialist Sergeant Bill Sanders (you can call him Drumstick, he won’t mind!)
on your side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Green War, an extremist ecoterrorist
group with a history of blowing up oil pipelines around the globe, has finally
been run to ground by Agent Culter and her partner (and serious love interest!)
Jack Haynes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While serving a warrant on
the group in Anchorage, Alaska, the situation suddenly and tragically
escalates, and Jack is shot and killed, and then set on fire, while Agent
Culter is forced to look on helplessly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Backup arrives in time to rescue Agent Culter, but there are some things
one never recovers from.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Months later, Sergeant Bill
Sanders and the rest of the Alpha Team he serves with receive orders to Turkey,
where they coordinate with other international agencies . . . including the FBI
and Agent Culter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, this isn’t
the first time the Sergeant and the Agent have met.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">In fact, the last time they
met, Bill had shattered Lynda’s heart, and annihilated her world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Bill and Lynda will soon discover, the
Lord works in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thrown together as
“newlyweds” for the sake of the operation, it doesn’t take long for the old
flame to start flickering again, and it soon flashes into a consuming fire that
neither one feels led to extinguish.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Spanning the globe in search
of the mastermind behind Green War’s vendetta, the closer they get to their
final destination, the more certain it becomes that Bill and Lynda were meant
to be together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Full of twists, turns, and
surprises, Word of Honor will keep you up nights turning the pages as you
travel with the best of the best, doing what they do best.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Unapologetically Christian in
her writing style, Hallee Bridgeman openly and honestly reveals the character
and nature of a God who truly cares about His warriors, both in and out of the
battle.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Word of Honor has a couple of
treats at the end of the book:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>several
Middle Eastern recipes inspired by the book are included, as well as a
discussion guide which is perfect for individual use, or for small-groups.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I received this book free of
charge in exchange for my open and honest review.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;">WORD OF HONOR<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">(BOOK 2 OF 3 in the Love and Honor Series)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">HALLEE BRIDGEMAN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ISBN: 978-0-8007-2721-5 (ebook)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Christian Mystery / Suspense<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">REVELL<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">194 pages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">$6.49 U.S. (ebook)</span></p>Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-37274556754148228562021-12-09T10:02:00.000-08:002021-12-09T10:02:40.441-08:00MEDICAL MYSTERY by Richard L. Mabry, M.D.<p></p><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAWzPtw0tW4Ykgxm1SVWaUWK27bDqzHDvzvB4GxHCs4uUc5UFHK3esrlx1FZzclFdHTXR09kzMlNHIaVXr86BDfIGKhNEQDJGSsXIc84eJgKAQb0lKl9H1O2EZK3B3dTii1HGrJqsqyIx/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="352" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAWzPtw0tW4Ykgxm1SVWaUWK27bDqzHDvzvB4GxHCs4uUc5UFHK3esrlx1FZzclFdHTXR09kzMlNHIaVXr86BDfIGKhNEQDJGSsXIc84eJgKAQb0lKl9H1O2EZK3B3dTii1HGrJqsqyIx/w270-h400/image.png" width="270" /></a></div><span> Author Richard L. Mabry, M.D. publishes </span>medical </div><div style="text-align: left;">suspense with a cutting edge and a solid faith-</div><div style="text-align: left;">based message that draws one in rather than driving one</div><div style="text-align: left;">away. His latest release, MEDICAL MYSTERY, is no</div><div style="text-align: left;">exception. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Diane is an Emergency Room nurse who, up to this point, has managed to keep a professional distance. Until her mother begins to experience increasing episodes of heart-related incidents. As her mother's condition becomes increasingly serious, the lines between family and profession become blurred, and Diane is sometimes confused as to which hat she needs to wear at a particular time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Which is why Dr. Joe Adams is such a welcome addition to the equation. Recently widowed, Joe has decided that it's time to rejoin the land of the living, and has set his sights on Diane. Since Diane's mother is also his patient, the situation seems to be Providential, to say the least. And with the added stress of Diane's sister, brother-in-law, and ex-fiance dropping in at most inopportune times, Dr. Adams also serves as a much-needed harbor to help Diane weather the storms that life is bringing at this point in her life.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I really enjoy Dr. Mabry "pulling the curtain back" on the medical profession, in an entirely appropriate manner. Letting the reader in on some of the "medical jargon" that doesn't show up in the medical dictionaries serves to bridge the gap between the layman and the professional, without compromising the necessary doctor/client relationship.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And no Dr. Mabry novel would be complete without his usual plot twists. Just when you think you know whodunnit . . . </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I received a free copy of
this book in exchange for my honest review.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">MEDICAL MYSTERY</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Dr. Richard L. Mabry</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Medical Mystery / Christian Suspense</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Published by Books & Such Literary Management</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">copyright Richard L. Mabry</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">112 pages</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">$.99 preorder at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MZPFGNJ</span></span></div></div><p></p>Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-58253119430292467222020-12-25T17:25:00.000-08:002020-12-25T17:25:43.691-08:00<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51r9Oveo1cL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51r9Oveo1cL.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The land of Israel is as much a character of Scripture as Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses. And just as important. Praise the Lord someone has recognized this . . . and written something about it!</span><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's always a pleasant surprise when an author knows whereof he or she speaks. Cyndi Parker does, indeed, know whereof she speaks. Her extensive, intensive association with the land upon which Jesus walked lends color, sound, and texture to her written words, and provides a solid foundation upon which they rest.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I was offered the opportunity to review this work, by Hendrickson Publishing, I couldn't get to the ordering site fast enough. True bibliophiles (of which I unabashedly claim to be) recognize, instinctively, important books "on sight."</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is an important book.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">It belongs in the library . . . excuse me, on the desk . . . of everyone who spends anytime in the Word of God.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Get this book, and let the land of Israel tell you<i> her</i> story of Jesus!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This book was given to me without cost, in exchange for my open and honest review.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size: large;">ENCOUNTERING JESUS IN THE REAL WORLD OF THE GOSPELS</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Cyndi Parker</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">ISBN: 978-1-68307-310-9<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Pages: 184 pages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">$29.95 U.S. paperback</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-33493908293334652982020-08-07T19:30:00.038-07:002020-08-07T19:57:59.925-07:00DELIVER US: The Heart Cry Of God's People Everywhere!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41dJiezAezL._SX322_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="324" height="499" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41dJiezAezL._SX322_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" width="324" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><b><i><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16pt;">“Where
there is no vision, the people perish:</span></i></b><b><i><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16pt;">but he
that keepeth the law, happy is he.”</span></i></b><b><i><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Proverbs
29:18</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Bible is filled with poems. The prophets, along with the
books of Job and Ecclesiastes, are mainly poetic. The Song of Songs, Proverbs,
Lamentations, and the Psalms are wholly poetic.</span><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Many of David’s Psalms which we find in the collection are also found in
the historical books of Kings and Chronicles.</span><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">And one of the first “songs” recorded in our English Bible is found in
Exodus 15, where Moses and the children of Israel recount God’s deliverance
from the army of Pharaoh:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="mt3"><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">“Then sang Moses and the
children of Israel this song unto the LORD, </span><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">and spake, saying,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="mt3"><b><i><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">“I will sing unto the LORD,</span></i></b></span><b><i><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">for he hath triumphed
gloriously: </span></i></b><b><i><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">the horse and his rider
hath he thrown into the sea.”</span></i></b><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Exodus 15:1 (KJV)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="mt3"><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">The impact that the Psalms have in our everyday lives has
not escaped the notice of author Michelle Howe.
Having immersed herself in the emotional center of Scripture, author </span></span><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Michelle Howe poured herself
into this creative effort to enable people to work through some of life’s most
daunting challenges. The breadth of
ground she covers, from loneliness and depression to physical and financial
challenges . . . to the one challenge that everyone is currently facing in the
COVID-19 Pandemic . . . time and again Michelle Howe draws the reader back to
the source of hope: the hymnbook of God’s chosen people, the Psalms of
Scripture.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Each
chapter begins with a reading from the Book of Psalms; then using real life
stories, Howe captivates the reader’s attention, illuminating life’s heartaches
with the sweet salve of Scripture.</span><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">A
personal prayer, relevant application in the Take Away Action Thought, and two
or three activities for reader response round out each chapter.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">One
unique aspect of the book is the reading pattern mentioned in the Introduction,
which enables the reader to read through the entire book of Psalms twelve times
each year.</span><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Personally,
I would have appreciated more time spent exploring the actual Scripture text
itself, opening up the passage in terms of background and context.</span><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Having said that, the fact remains that author
Michelle Howe has provided the reader with the key to fanning the flame of
hope, to enable the believer to “keep on keepin’ on.”]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">I received this book
free of charge in exchange for my open and honest review.</span></p></div><p></p>Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-25785602149883211422020-07-08T20:09:00.003-07:002020-07-08T20:22:35.271-07:00HE WILL TAKE ME BY THE HAND . . . <div style="margin: 0px 0px 6px;"><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 6px;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><font color="#ffffff">"Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. 12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. 13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee." </font></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 6px;"><font color="#ffffff" face="georgia" size="5" style="background-color: black;">Isaiah 41:10-13 (KJV) </font></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">THREE EXHORTATIONS, AND 11 PROMISES . . . IN 4 VERSES OF SCRIPTURE.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">THAT’S SIMPLY ASTOUNDING. AND WHILE ONE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT THESE PROMISES WERE MADE TO ISRAEL, THERE IS NOTHING IN THOSE VERSES THAT MAY NOT BE APPREHENDED BY THE NEW TESTAMENT BELIEVER. BECAUSE THE SAME GOD WHO SAID THESE WORDS TO HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE HAS PROMISED THE NEW TESTAMENT BELIEVER:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">“LET YOUR CONVERSATION BE WITHOUT COVETOUSNESS; AND BE CONTENT WITH SUCH THINGS AS YE HAVE: FOR HE HATH SAID, I WILL NEVER LEAVE THEE, NOR FORSAKE THEE.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">HEBREWS 13:5</span></div>
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THERE’S NOTHING SPECIFICALLY PROMISED TO ISRAEL; NO LAND – SEED – BLESSING CLAUSES, NO ISRAEL/ GOD COVENANT LANGUAGE. WHEN GOD SHOWS UP, ALL OF THESE PROMISES COME ALONG WITH HIM.</div>
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AND IT’S SO WONDERFULLY PERSONAL! SO INTIMATE! GOD DOESN’T JUST DROP A BLESSING ON THE DOORSTEP . . . HE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR, COMES IN (CLOSING THE DOOR BEHIND HIM!) AND TAKES YOU BY THE HAND. THEN, AND ONLY THEN, DOES HE COMFORT US WITH HIS WORDS: THE TOUCH OF THE MASTER’S HAND ALWAYS PRECEDES HIS PROMISES AND EXHORTATIONS.</div>
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THE RIGHT HAND IS MY DOMINANT HAND; IF GOD HAS ME BY MY RIGHT HAND . . . THAT MEANS HE HAS COMPLETE CONTROL. I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEFEND MYSELF WITH MY RIGHT HAND; IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, WHERE MOST PEOPLE WERE RIGHT-HANDED, THIS WOULD MEAN THAT GOD IS HOLDING THEIR SWORD-HAND. THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ATTACK OR DEFEND THEMSELVES.</div>
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WHICH MEANS THAT ALL OF THE PROMISES MENTIONED, IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO PASS . . . . WELL, THAT MEANS THAT GOD IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE THEIR SHIELD AND DEFENDER.</div>
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WOW. WHAT A CONCEPT. . . .YOU MEAN ALL THAT STUFF ABOUT "TRUSTING GOD," AND "WALKING BY FAITH," HE MEANT THAT?</div>
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UHHHHHH . . . YUP!</div>
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Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-33634661420841823162020-05-13T20:40:00.003-07:002020-05-13T20:40:41.939-07:00HOW DOES ONE MAKE A CRITICAL DECISION?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">So much of life depends upon
simple decisions.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">What if I hadn’t
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Dr.’s Kathy and Darren Hoover
are about to experience this principle in the truest sense of the word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">A former E.R. physician, Dr.
Kathy Hoover felt that she’d exchanged the stress of the emergency room for a
more wholesome work environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Married
to Darren, a mathematician and professor, theirs was an idyllyic life that
should have been the envy of any couple.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Then the door bell rang.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Now, Kathy has to come to
grips with two horrific facts:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her husband Darren has been kidnapped, and
will be killed if Kathy doesn’t do as she is told.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
is being told to violate the medical oath that she swore to uphold upon being
conferred the degree, Doctor of Medicine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Writing with seasoned skill,
Dr. Richard Mabry creates strong characters and places them in memorable
settings, allowing the suspense to stir the pot until the final result is a
well-crafted novella that is seasoned with just the right amount of faith, love
and hope to keep the reader savoring the finished product long after the last
page has been turned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I received this book free of
charge in exchange for my open and honest review.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;">CRITICAL DECISION<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Richard L. Mabry, M.D.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">ISBN: 979-86-00229-981-5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Christian Medical Suspense<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Richard L. Mabry, M.D.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">180 pages<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-80608071888741543442019-10-26T19:18:00.000-07:002019-10-26T19:18:20.701-07:00ALWAYS LOOK TWICE . . . YOU NEVER KNOW WHO'S BEHIND YOU!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Before opening this book,
brace yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elizabeth Goddard has a
knack for leaving you breathless, while stealing your heart at the same
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quite a talent, that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Harper Reynolds has hit the
wall, and at the advice of her therapist has stopped photographing crime
scenes, and began photographing wildlife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her talents have been recognized, and rewarded, enabling her to invest
in top-notch equipment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just in time to
become an eyewitness to a murder.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Lovely.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Writing at a rapid – fire
pace, author Elizabeth Goddard has also managed yet another feat of creative
writing skill:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>she has packed her pages
with memorable characters, engaging themes, and breathtaking settings which she
skillfully weaves together in such a way that the reader has the impression
that he or she is walking side – by – side with the characters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">This can be quite disturbing
when one realizes that one is being hunted down like a rabid animal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, even the villain is memorable . . .
and gains a sop of sympathy from the most callous and careless of readers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">5 stars for fast-paced
suspense with a romantic twist<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I received this book free of
charge in exchange for my open and honest review.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Elizabeth Goddard<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">ISBN: 978-0-8007-2985-1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Christian Fiction / Mystery / Suspense<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Revell Books<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">198 pages<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">$ 15.99 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> paperback</span></div>
<br />Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-44672834002305295932019-10-26T17:43:00.000-07:002019-10-26T17:43:25.920-07:00CHURCH REFORMED: A 21st Century Call To A First Century Model<a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41gcdy3delL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="324" height="400" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41gcdy3delL.jpg" width="258" /></a>"Somehow . . . the Church is no longer viewed as essential to Christian growth. Conferences are great. Facebook groups, music, podcasts, broadcast sermons, discipleship material, Christian books . . . these fruits of evangelical ministry have supplanted Christ's Bride, the church." (CHURCH REFORMED, p. 6)<br />
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This one quotation from the book under review sums up the critical situation the Church finds herself in today. While conversions to Christianity continue to occur, new believers are being deluged with so many alternatives to Christian growth outside the Church body, Church membership is declining, and Churches are closing their doors at a record pace.<br />
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Tim Bayly is writing on a level that is so far removed from the way church is being done today, that it's disturbing. Confusion, bewilderment and disorientation often manifest themselves through emotional release. For men, the most common response is anger, followed by irrational outbursts. I must confess that my inability to process what the author was communicating was leading me to debunk the entire book as denominational bias.<br />
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Then my computer froze up, and I took pen and paper in hand to write my review while my computer righted itself. And I realized that much of my reaction is probably due to embarrassment at failing to understand the principles being spelled out. Because I've never seen church done this way before. Putting up with people you don't like, simply because they are part of the church family? Closed communion? Church membership through baptism? The inherent authority of deacons and elders?<br />
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While there are still denominational differences which will never be reconciled, the time has come to admit that Tim Bayly is telling the 21st Century Church what it is supposed to be by showing us what God intended the church to look like.<br />
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5 stars for a thought - provoking treatise on God's Bride . . . His Church.<br />
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I received this bookDocmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-5714227667613802002019-10-02T13:17:00.001-07:002019-10-02T13:17:24.182-07:00WHAT A BREATH OF FRESH AIR IN THE PULPIT!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Breathe deep . . . you can feel the warmth, the honesty, the sincerity, and the passion that Abraham Kuruvilla has for the precious Word of God.<br />
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You know . . .Abraham Kuruvilla . . . the native of Kuwait, born to Indian parents, with degrees in immunology, pediatrics, and dermatology? Who also teaches Homiletics and Hermeneutics at Dallas Theological seminary? Who also volunteers his time and talents in the pulpit to give his pastor a few months vacation? The same guy who listens to Bach . . .and jazz . . . and acapella?<br />
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Our very own 21st century Renaissance man. The man who sold his medical practice to preach the Word.<br />
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Just wanted you to know who you are going to be reading from, so that there is no confusion. And if he brings that much to a book . . . and expects. . . no, demands! . . . that much from himself, imagine the wealth of ideas and practical applications that preachers and pastors are going to find in a book subtitled: "A Theological Hermeneutic For Preaching."<br />
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It's all in there, and it's a book that needs to be at the elbow of every student of Scripture as they strive to properly interpret and apply scripture . . . both the Old Testament, as well as the New Testament.<br />
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Romans 10:14 asks several pointed questions: "How then shall they call on him in
whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have
not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?" <b>Romans 10:14 (KJV)</b><br />
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<b>Privilege the Text </b>helps us to hear!<br />
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I received this book in exchange for an honest review.<br />
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5 stars for humble excellence and God-given passion!<b> </b>Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-33005306991524255412019-10-02T12:57:00.000-07:002019-10-02T12:57:42.394-07:00TRACES OF GUILT - That's All Evie Blackwell Needs To Take The Case!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Evie Blackwell excels at her job as a detective in the Illinois State Police force. So much so, that she is practically writing her own script . . . or job description. So when a special "cold case" task force is created, the natural go-to to lead the endeavor is Evie. True to form, her formidable detective skills not only shed light on two cold cases . .. . they also point to a potential third. <br />
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In the meantime, Sheriff Gabriel Thorne is trying to come to grips with the unexpected discoveries . . . both in his jurisdiction, and in his heart. Could Evie Blackwell hold the key to both?<br />
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I fell in love with Dee Henderson . . . the one who wrote the O'Malley series. And I realize that time has a way of changing a person, but I don't really recognize the Dee Henderson I fell in love with.<br />
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The characters changed. The moods changed. The writing style has changed, and not in a good way. <br />
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I received this book free in exchange for an honest review.<br />
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3 starsDocmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-5025872282727759602019-08-14T07:58:00.002-07:002019-08-14T07:58:41.184-07:00COULD THE BOOK OF THE WARS BE THE BEGINNING OF THE END? Read Ronie Kendig's Latest Novel!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; text-transform: uppercase;">“From
thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the
wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the
border of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Moab</st1:country-region>, between <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moab</st1:place></st1:country-region> and the
Amorites. Wherefore it is said in </span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; text-transform: uppercase;">the book of the wars of the LORD</span></u></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; text-transform: uppercase;">, what he did in the Red sea, and
in the brooks of Arnon, and at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the
dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The Book has been found . . .
and the mysteries surrounding said book have military leaderships around the
globe scrambling to obtain </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; text-transform: uppercase;">the
book of the wars of the LORD.</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Navy Seal<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Leif
Metcalfe has been given command of his own team, and the opportunity to redeem
himself from his previous failure, despite a 6 – month period of time of which
he has no recollection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Bulgarian
operative Iskra “Virorica” Todorova is also seeking the book, for her own
personal desire . . . freedom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
a series of strange global storms, coupled with dire predictions of future
events, have forced Leif and Iskra into an uneasy alliance in order to thwart
impending disaster.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">In
the end, will Leif and Iskra find the freedom they are so desperately
seeking?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I normally devour Ronie
Kendig’s writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, I just
couldn’t get into this particular book, for several reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The book is large . . . not
just in terms of pages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s large in
that it covers large areas of planet earth, much of which I’m not familiar
with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It contains many sub-plots, and
those sub-plots develop over a large amount of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And this is just the first book in the
series, which means the requisite “cliff-hanger” ending for this particular
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">My biggest issue, however,
stems from a personal bias – a prejudice, if you will.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve never been a big fan of books that
resurrect some obscure passage of scripture, and then unleash poetic license in
megaton proportions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My wife is an
author, so I understand the imagination aspect of the craft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But for me, the practice of eisegesis
(reading something into the scriptures that may or may not actually be there)
is not good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God says what he means, and
means what he says . . . human conjecture is not really necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Ronie Kendig exhibits her
usual nail – biting, gut – wrenching tension in her action scenes, putting the
reader “into” the action as no one else can, and she develops the characters
and their relationships so real that you feel you could recognize them on the
street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are looking to “escape”
from reality, you could find no finer writer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I received this book free of
charge in exchange for my open and honest review.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;">STORM RISING<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Ronie Kendig<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">ISBN: 978-0-7642-3187-2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Suspense<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Bethany House<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">381 pages<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">$15.99 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> paperback</span></div>
<br />Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-59854579905075871182019-06-19T15:51:00.000-07:002019-06-19T15:51:36.674-07:00SOMETIMES LIFE IS A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW . . . JUST ASK DR. RICHARD L. MABRY, AUTHOR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">THE MOODS, THE METHODS, THE
MANIFESTATIONS OF THE HUMAN HEART ARE THE STUFF OF WHICH LEGENDS ARE MADE . . .
AND NIGHTMARES.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">IT WAS SOCRATES WHO DECLARED,
“TO KNOW THYSELF IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>TO TRULY UNDERTAKE SUCH AN EXERCISE REQUIRES MORE DISCIPLINE, MORE
TENACITY, AND MORE RAW COURAGE THAN MOST OF US CAN MUSTER.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>AND YET DR. RICHARD MABRY HAS MANAGED TO DO SO
NOT ONCE . .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.NOT TWICE . . . BUT THREE
TIMES IN 121 PAGES.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">IN <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>BITTER PILL</u></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u> </u></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ONE COMES FACE TO FACE WITH A RELIGIOUS
SHYSTER, AN EMPTY PASTOR, AND A STRUGGLING PHYSICIAN.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>EACH OF THEM CONTAIN THE SEEDS OF
GREATNESS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>EACH OF THEM IS DRINKING THE
DREGS OF DOUBT AND DESPAIR.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>AND AS THEY
CROSS PATHS, AND WANDER INTO EACH OTHER’S LIVES, THE READER DISCOVERS THAT HE
IS EXPERIENCING THE GREATEST THRILL KNOWN TO MAN.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">IT’S CALLED <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">LIVING.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">DR. MABRY CONFESSES IN HIS
PREFACE THAT THIS PARTICULAR STORY HAS BEEN SITTING ON THE BACK BURNER
INDEFINITELY, BECAUSE A FRIEND WHO KNEW HIM WELL SAID REPEATEDLY, “THIS ISN’T
THE TYPICAL RICHARD MABRY NOVEL.” AND HE'S RIGHT.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">IT’S MORE.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> IT’S DEEPER.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
IT’S BOTH SOBERING AND </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">EXHILARATING</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">IT’S SOMETHING I WISH I’D
READ EARLIER, AND SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO READ AGAIN.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">5 STARS FOR YOUR<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“NOT SO TYPICAL” RICHARD MABRY NOVEL<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I received this book free of
charge in exchange for my open and honest review.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;">BITTER PILL<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Dr. Richard Mabry<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">ISBN: B07QZXILV2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Medical Suspense<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Richard L. Mabry<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">121 pages<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-47978837179873649762018-12-27T00:18:00.000-08:002018-12-27T00:18:15.883-08:00THE BIGGEST WIN Is Not What You Think It Is . . . Just Ask THESE Guys!<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">THE BIGGEST WIN: PRO FOOTBALL PLAYERS TACKLE FAITH<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Joshua Cooley<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">ISBN:978-1-948130-02-8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Religion / Christian Life /
Inspirational<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">New Growth Press<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">160 pages<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Atheletes . . . especially
professional atheletes . . . and uniquely, professional <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">football </i></b>players. . .
they live in a world all their own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
you aren’t one . . . there’s no way that you can even begin to comprehend the
lifestyle, the persona, the unbelievable highs – and the inconceivable lows –
that are part and parcel of their everyday lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Joshua Cooley interviewed
professional football players Carson Wentz, Nick Foles, Zach Ertz, Trey Burton,
Jordan Hicks, and Chris Maragos for this book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a combined foreword to the book, these men declared, “The pinnacle of
life is not winning, it’s living for God through all of the big and small
moments of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hope that as you
read this book, you too will get to know Jesus and his love for you that stays
the same through all the seasons of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That would be the biggest win for you . . .”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Dealing with such issues as
fame, glory, courage, commitment, pride and humility, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THE BIGGEST WIN</u></b> lifts the curtain and allows those of us who
are not professional football players a glimpse of what it’s all about . . .
and what it’s not all about, as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Underneath
the image, the flash, the cash, and the uniform, these men want you to know
that there beats a heart that is just as prone to wander as every other
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sin gives no quarter, and Satan is
no respecter of persons, either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the
words of Christ are never more appropos:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">“For everyone to whom much is given,
from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him
they will ask the more.” <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Luke
12:48 (NKJV) <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Carson Wentz is currently
working under a 4-year contract worth over $26 million dollars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nick Foles, 2 years at $11 million.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zach Ertz, 4 years and $42.5 million.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jordan Hicks, 2 years at $2.9 million.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chris Maragos, 3 years and $6 million.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trey <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Burton</st1:city></st1:place>,
4 years at $32 million.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">A combined salary package
(excluding all the perks, endorsements, etc) of over $117 million dollars . . .
and these guys just want you to come to Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That, for them, is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>The Biggest
Win.</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I received this book free in
exchange for my honest review.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">5 stars for a transparent
revelation of faith inside the NFL<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Robin Caroll is a bestselling
author of Christian suspense, and has been a favorite author of mine for some
time.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Which makes this review very
difficult, because I’m still struggling to get into the book . . . and I’m
writing the review.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The premise is set around a
psychologist, Grayson Thibodeaux, who creates adventure games for businesses as
team-building exercises.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the middle of
one such game, his ex-wife, Anna Belle, dies from a severe allergic reaction,
even though her allergies were well-known and she had purchased a small arsenal
of Epi-pens to ward off such a possibility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Grayson, being the
ex-husband, is naturally the chief suspect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Especially since the divorce settlement was still being contested by
Anna Belle, who felt that Grayson was holding out on her in terms of
settlement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">While it’s an interesting
scenario, the book moves at an incredibly slow pace, shifts between past and
present times, and the number of red herrings being thrown at the reader
resemble a red tide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Combine that with
the fact that the on-again, off-again relationship between the two
investigating detectives receives as much attention as the investigation
itself, and it’s no surprise that this reader is still hopelessly confused.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">3 stars for a book that
doesn’t quite live up to its potential<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I received this book free of
charge in exchange for my open and honest review.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;">STRATAGEM<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Robin Caroll<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">ISBN: 978-1-68322-730-4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Fiction / Christian / Suspense<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Shiloh</span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Press<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">317 pages<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">$14.99 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> paperback<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-62134480992977240592018-11-16T09:32:00.000-08:002018-11-16T09:32:00.179-08:00GOD'S DESIGN (NOT MAN'S) FOR SEXUALITY IN A CHANGING CULTURE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">GOD’S DESIGN FOR SEXUALITY IN A CHANGING CULTURE<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">HARVEST <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">ISBN: 978-1-945270-95-6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">RELIGION / <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Christian</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Ministry</st1:placename></st1:place>
/ Counselling<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">New Growth Press<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">DVD Video Series<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">$124.99 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">“Let me tell ya 'bout the
birds and the bees<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And the flowers and the trees<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And the moon up above<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And a thing called 'Love'”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dean Martin - </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> The Birds And The Bees </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> Lyrics | MetroLyrics<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Ok, so maybe that’s not all
that’s in this video series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe, just
maybe, you won’t find <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">any </i></b>of the above in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">HARVEST</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s
video series, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GOD’S DESIGN FOR HUMAN
SEXUALITY IN A CHANGING CULTURE</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">That’s because <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">God’s
</i></b>design for sexuality, and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">man’s </i></b>design for sexuality, are
diametrically opposed one to the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And this series is about <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">God’s </i></b>design.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">A 15-session conference on human
sexuality is something that is unusual in today’s society.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">A 15-session conference on
human sexuality – from a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Biblical</i></b> perspective – well, that’s
just plain nuts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Or is it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">There’s an old proverb, “If
it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem is . . . the world don’t realize that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">it’s broke! </i></b>(pardon my
grammar.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And while this may appear to
be a (gasp!) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BIBLE </b>conference of
sorts, who better to sort out one of the most tangled messes than a preacher
speaking the truth of Scripture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">After all . . . sexuality
really <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">was </i></b>God’s idea in the first place, right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And as with every other aspect of His
creation . . . He wrote the manual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Covering a veritable
potpourri of topics, each one vital to the whole picture, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">HARVEST</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>
has produced a video series that manages to encapsulate in 15 sessions the
entire landscape of human sexuality from a biblical perspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And they do so in a clear, concise,
comprehensive manner which communicates truth and commands respect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The order of the videos is
somewhat puzzling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sessions 7 and 8
address what God says about human sexuality in the Old and New Testaments,
respectively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That, to me, seems to be foundational
and should be viewed first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, the
first 8 sessions are all “foundational,” so to speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next 7 sessions are more topical in
nature, although no series ever goes forward without a biblical foundation,
which I find important and refreshing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Another strength that I find
in this video series is the open-endedness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can take this series and organize a full-blown conference . . . or
you can address the specific issues individually, as time and concerns
allow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Either way, you will be getting
the truth . . . and the truth will set you free.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">5 stars for an outstanding
production on a sensitive subject<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I received this video series free
of charge in exchange for my open and honest review.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-13200286623978272162018-11-16T08:47:00.003-08:002018-11-16T08:50:15.616-08:00You Shall Know The Truth . . . And The Truth Shall Set You Free!<br />
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</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Fearful.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Shameful.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Intimidating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Any – or all – of these
adjectives are inextricably tied to the discussion of sexuality in Christian
circles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Primarily because the Christian
perspective and the current postmodern worldview have been, are, and will
continue to be – more than any other subject – at the very extreme opposite
ends of the spectrum.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">HARVEST</span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> is leading the charge for change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are calling everyone’s attention to the
elephant in the room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a balanced
approach – combining both wisdom and understanding – and firmly based on
Scriptural principles, the leaders in this movement carefully, creatively, and
confidently address the issue of sexuality and the subjects of pornography,
masturbation, transgenderism, abortion, and others head on, recognizing that
“All truth is God’s truth . . . wherever it be found.”<b>1</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Jesus himself promised, “And
you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(John 8:32 (NKJV).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">That is all that HARVEST, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region> is really
trying to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are not bashing
people, they are not trying to make sexuality the next subject for a “witch
hunt,” nor are they trying to “ruin everyone’s fun.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And they are most certainly not trying to
turn the evangelical community into a 21<sup>st</sup> century cloister, where
men are men . . . women are women . . . and nary the twain shall meet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Taking a BIBLICAL perspective
(emphasis mine), HARVEST, USA is promoting and teaching a BIBLICAL theology
(again, emphasis mine) of human sexuality, with the goal of setting people free
to enjoy one of the most intimate, and most pleasurable, activities under God’s
green earth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The volume I received for
review contained both the Student Guide and the Leader’s Guide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first three sessions should be covered in
order, as they are foundational to the program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>From that point on, the leader(s) is/are free to cover the material in
any order they see fit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows the
opportunity to address pressing issues, while setting some issues “on the back
burner,” so to speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also allows
the “guide” to be put in the pastor’s / counselor’s library as a concise “go-to”
resource for future reference.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Another attractive feature to
this guide is that scenarios are carefully written to address the topic at hand
with regard to differences between genders, and difficult or potentially
embarrassing terms are carefully and candidly defined and explained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">HARVEST</span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> isn’t promoting “taking the bull by the horns,” so
much as they are “taking the child by the hand.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I received this book free of
charge in exchange for my open and honest review.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">5 stars for a refreshingly
realistic, Biblical approach to human sexuality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ALIVE: Gospel Sexuality For Students<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">HARVEST <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">ISBN: 978-1-945270-91-8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">RELIGION / <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Christian</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Ministry</st1:placename></st1:place> / Youth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">New Growth Press<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">167 pages<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">$15.99 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> paperback<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>1</b> THE IDEA OF A CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, Arthur F. Holmes, Wm. B. Eerdman's, 1987Docmeister7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06257954868512468540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502633126789293287.post-89727977621947328162018-08-02T13:49:00.000-07:002018-08-02T13:49:17.919-07:00HEALING THE SCARS OF ADDICTION . . . IT'S POSSIBLE!<br />
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<a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51LTE%2B85fGL._SY346_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="224" height="400" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51LTE%2B85fGL._SY346_.jpg" width="258" /></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">This is a self-help
book.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">However, it’s not just another
self-help book.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Throughout the book, Dr.
Gregory L. Jantz, PhD, and co-author Ann McMurray, keep playing the one string
that they want you to remember:</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">hope.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Dealing with real-life
issues, sharing (in a transparent yet respectful manner) real-life stories,
celebrating real-life victories . . . and commisserating with real-life
set-backs . . . the authors of this book just keep reminding me of that
favorite Americanism:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Where there’s
life . . . there’s hope.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Regardless of your particular
addiction, the authors reveal that there is a “commonality” to the addiction
cycle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And they aren’t shy about the
truth . . . and they don’t pull any punches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you are looking for a “feel – good, let’s all sing Kum – Ba – Yah!" scenario . . . you’ve selected the wrong book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">However, if you are serious
about dealing with your addiction, or helping someone with theirs . . . and you
are willing to put in the work necessary . . . this book can be a great “first
step” in that process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The author’s are
quick to point out that there is no “quick fix,” and that this book is intended
to be a “conversation starter.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">But you know . . . that’s
where it all begins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">This isn't Dr. Jantz's first rodeo; he's a popular speaker and award-winning author of such books as <i>Healing The Scars Of Emotional Abuse, Healing The Scars Of Childhood Abuse, and Overcoming Anxiety, Worry, and Fear</i>. He is the founder of THE CENTER: A PLACE OF HOPE. in Washington State. Check his website at drgregoryjantz.com.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I received this book free in
exchange for my honest review.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">5 stars for a refreshing
voice dealing with a difficult subject!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;">HEALING THE SCARS OF ADDICTION<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Gregory L. Jantz, with Ann McMurray<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">ISBN 978-0-8007-2773-4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Self-Help / Addiction and Recovery<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Revell Books<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">196 pages<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">$13.99 softcover</span></div>
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