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The Christian Book Revue: An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
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The Christian Book Revue. The Christian Book Revue provides revues of various books from a broadly evangelical viewpoint. Saturday, June 25, 2011. An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness. New York: Vintage Books, 1996. Who might this book interest? 7 out of 10. She rightly identifies the most common problem for those with this illness: the refusal of patients to consistently take their medicine. Why is this problem such an issue? In reading An Unquiet Mind,...
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The Christian Book Revue: Healing Emotional Wounds by David G. Benner
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The Christian Book Revue. The Christian Book Revue provides revues of various books from a broadly evangelical viewpoint. Friday, February 11, 2011. Healing Emotional Wounds by David G. Benner. David G. Benner. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1990. Rating: 7 out of 10. This is a difficult book for me to evaluate. It is clearly based upon Benner’s work in clinical psychology as well as his attempt to incorporate a scriptural understanding of various aspects of healing. First. My primary concern is this.
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The Christian Book Revue: The Sacred Journey by Frederick Buechner
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The Christian Book Revue. The Christian Book Revue provides revues of various books from a broadly evangelical viewpoint. Tuesday, November 1, 2011. The Sacred Journey by Frederick Buechner. Who might this book interest? 8 out of 10. Frederick Buechner is a well-known author and preacher. One of his most well-known works, Godric. Was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. The Sacred Journey. The Sacred Journey contains three chapters: Once Below a Time, Once Upon a Time, and Beyond Time (9). Which met with both...
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The Christian Book Revue: Counseling and Confession by Walter J. Koehler
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The Christian Book Revue. The Christian Book Revue provides revues of various books from a broadly evangelical viewpoint. Saturday, November 12, 2011. Counseling and Confession by Walter J. Koehler. Who might this book interest? 8 out of 10. As Maars points out,. At best, it can only describe the practice at that time with limited significance today. Confession focuses on sin, brings sin and guilt to the surface, articulates personal feelings, admits the seriousness of sin, recognizes the reality of God,...
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The Christian Book Revue: Living with the Lectionary by Eugene L. Lowry
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The Christian Book Revue. The Christian Book Revue provides revues of various books from a broadly evangelical viewpoint. Friday, April 15, 2011. Living with the Lectionary by Eugene L. Lowry. Living with the Lectionary: Preaching through the Revised Common Lectionary. Eugene L. Lowry. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992. 7 out of 10. This short book provides many helpful suggestions from a seasoned scholar and preacher in utilizing the Revised Common Lectionary. In my previous review ( The Homiletical Plot.
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The Christian Book Revue: The Spirituality of the Cross by Gene Edward Veith, Jr.
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The Christian Book Revue. The Christian Book Revue provides revues of various books from a broadly evangelical viewpoint. Friday, March 25, 2011. The Spirituality of the Cross by Gene Edward Veith, Jr. The Spirituality of the Cross: The Way of the First Evangelicals (Revised Edition). Gene Edward Veith, Jr. St Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2010. My Rating: 9 out of 10. Gene Edward Veith Jr. This interesting, well-written introduction to Lutheran spirituality kept my attention. In terms of criticism,...
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The Christian Book Revue: Jesus of Nazareth - Part 2 by Pope Benedict XVI
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The Christian Book Revue. The Christian Book Revue provides revues of various books from a broadly evangelical viewpoint. Tuesday, June 14, 2011. Jesus of Nazareth - Part 2 by Pope Benedict XVI. Jesus of Nazareth: Part 2. Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection. Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2011. Who might this book interest? 9 out of 10. Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and eventually, as the Roman Pontiff. There are several obser...
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The Christian Book Revue: The Homiletical Plot by Eugene Lowry
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The Christian Book Revue. The Christian Book Revue provides revues of various books from a broadly evangelical viewpoint. Thursday, April 7, 2011. The Homiletical Plot by Eugene Lowry. The Homiletical Plot: the Sermon as Narrative Art Form (Expanded Edition). Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. My Rating: 8 out of 10. Is an ordained United Methodist minister and retired professor of preaching. Having taught at Saint Paul School of Theology. When I was first forced to read The Homiletical Plot.
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The Christian Book Revue: Books that I've been reading, but not revueing...
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The Christian Book Revue. The Christian Book Revue provides revues of various books from a broadly evangelical viewpoint. Monday, August 1, 2011. Books that I've been reading, but not revueing. While I have not been taking reading, taking notes, and writing about it, I have been reading some interesting books in July. First, I have been reading two books on contemplative or centering prayer as well as attempting to practice it! By Basil Pennington and Contemplative Prayer. Yes, I have already revued thes...
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The Christian Book Revue: Sacred Companions by David G. Benner
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The Christian Book Revue. The Christian Book Revue provides revues of various books from a broadly evangelical viewpoint. Thursday, February 24, 2011. Sacred Companions by David G. Benner. Sacred Companions: The Gift of Spiritual Friendship and Direction. David G. Benner. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2002. Rating: 8 out of 10. And this work lay the foundation for his brief, popular Christian spirituality books which follow this work. I hope to revue some of these later…. Scripture does speak of...