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Came Outta Nowhere, Didn't It? Author: Laurel Hightower Addy is determined to make it on her own, but the echoing condemnation of her ex-husband continues ringing through her head as she fights a snowstorm, driving alone through West Virginia toward her friends and a horror convention. She’s trying out independence, but her doubts and the worsening road conditions, plus bizarre electrical flickers throughout her car, make her unreasonably grateful for the help of a friendly trucker who gives her his CB and talks to her through the long drive. When he screams and she sees his semi go off the road [...]

Frances Carden2024-11-24T20:55:14-07:00November 24th, 2024|Tags: book review, horror, Laurel Hightower, read, reading, supernatural, weird|

Jesus I Never Knew, The

An Intimate Look at a Subversive Savior Author: Philip Yancey In The Jesus I Never Knew author Philip Yancey invites his readers to step away from our presumptions, from the images on our Hallmark cards and the half-remembered stories of Sunday school, and see Jesus as He was to his followers: revolutionary (but not in the militaristic way they wanted or expected,) offensive, original, confusing, and dangerous. It’s far from the saccharine assumptions we often claim. It’s a refreshing although not unexpected approach. Yancey doesn’t bring anything new to the table that serious Christian’s didn’t already know, but he paints a [...]

Frances Carden2024-11-24T12:17:58-07:00November 24th, 2024|Tags: apologetics, book review, Christian, Jesus, read, reading|

Telling a Better Story

Engaging Others with Christ Author: Joshua D. Chatraw In the western world today, the old-time apologetics just don’t fit anymore. Society does not share the same baseline assumptions, and so a rote repetition (or “dump truck” load) of facts, names, dates, places, and historical evidence leave most secular audiences glazed over, their questions unanswered and their imaginations unengaged. Winning souls is not about following a tract or 12 step program. It’s about engaging the imagination, listening, and understanding the underlying questions of our time. It’s about conversation. It’s about a story. In Telling A Better Story: How to Talk About God [...]

Frances Carden2024-11-23T15:40:13-07:00November 23rd, 2024|Tags: apologetics, book review, Christian, read, reading|