Non-Fiction
Orphaned Believers – Sara Billups
I’ve met a lot of orphaned believers in the past ten years. People who grew up in the church, usually the evangelical church, and now as adults find that they can no longer be associated […]
Publisher: Baker Books
Non-Fiction
Exit the Cave: Embracing a Life of Courage, Creativity, and Radical Imagination – Blaine Hogan
This moving memoir shows how one man left behind patterns of abuse and dysfunction to find life and healing on the other side. Although I had never heard of the author, this book caught my […]
Non-Fiction
Now I Am Known: How a Street Kid Turned Foster Dad Found Acceptance and True Worth – Peter Mutabazi
This powerful true story is hard to put down. Peter Mutabazi shares about his childhood suffering from his father’s abuse, his years living on the street in his home country of Uganda, and the powerful […]
Non-Fiction
The Road Away from God – Jonathan Martin
The past half-decade, and probably longer, has seen an increasing number of people raised in the church pack their bags and leave. The reasons are multifaceted but the result is the same. Many are leaving […]
Non-Fiction
Stand Up, Stand Strong – Sara Barratt
I had some amount of hope for Stand Up, Stand Strong before reading it. A call to bold faith? Needed. The way of Christ is countercultural? Absolutely. Engage culture with the redemptive story of the […]
Non-Fiction
Love Me Anyway: How God’s Perfect Love Fills Our Deepest Longing – Jared C. Wilson
Throughout Love Me Anyway, Jared C. Wilson writes in an engaging, personal style, sharing stories from his life to help illustrate his messages about love, our struggles to feel or express love, and the perfect […]
Non-Fiction
This Beautiful Truth: How God’s Goodness Breaks into Our Darkness – Sarah Clarkson
When I first learned about this book, I thought it sounded interesting, but then I learned that the specific mental illness that Sarah Clarkson struggles with is OCD. My interest immediately increased a hundredfold, because […]
Academic
An Illustrated Guide to the Apostle Paul – Alan S. Bandy
One of the most important lessons that seminary taught me was how critical it is to read Scripture in its appropriate context. Because of the didactic nature of Paul’s letters, they can often be read […]
Non-Fiction
Freedom Starts Today – John Elmore
Ask any addict: recovery is difficult. It requires vigilance. It requires retraining your mind, your body, your habits. It’s not just an acute problem, resolved by one decision to quit or go to rehab or […]
Non-Fiction
Set Apart: Stop Comparing, Own Your Giftedness, and Rest in Jesus – Denisse Copeland
Denisse Copeland bases this book on the story of Mary and Martha from Luke 10:38-42. She writes that even though this story can seem discouraging to driven, Type-A women, its true message doesn’t focus on […]