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God’s Big Promises – Carl Laferton

Ideal for younger children, this book takes 92 stories from the Bible and presents them in an enjoyable, fun way, easily understandable, sensitively presented…

The Dead Don’t Dance – Charles Martin

I only got halfway through this novel before I placed an order for the sequel. Charles Martin writes so well and I knew it…

The Artist’s Page – Debra Rufini

For all creatives, whether artists, writers or performers, it is so encouraging to have others adore our works. It may not be the reason…

The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs Kip – Sara Brunsvold

Facing death can present Christians with difficulties. It is an inevitability, as it is for everyone, accompanied by grief, pain and loss. But if…

Nourishing Narratives – Jennifer L. Holberg

This is a well-written collection of thoughts on why words, language and stories are so central to our own narrative. I believe that creativity…

Eye Can Write – Jonathan Bryan

Every so often a book comes along that is truly astonishing. This is one of them. The introduction, written by Jonathan’s mum, shows the…

Nobody’s Child – John Robinson

This is a truly amazing and inspirational story. John’s childhood experiences of deep rejection, that framed his early years and led him down a…

The First Phone Call from Heaven – Mitch Albom

What a fascinating concept … this story is of a few residents of a small, uninspiring and unsuspecting town, begin to receive regular brief…

Wake up to Wonder – Karen Wright Marsh

An unusual devotional, taking an aspect of influence from significant people of faith through history, theologians and thinkers, and applying modern day examples of…

The Persistent Road – Tim Bishop

Through a series of life changing circumstances and loss, Doug, our main protagonist in this novel, is led to a point where he needs…

Faith Like a Child – Lacy Finn Borgo

Firstly, it is clear that this book just oozes love, which makes it a pleasure to read. It is written from a place of…

Dawn – Mark Miller

This is a detailed, hour by hour account, of all that happened from Jesus’s death on the cross to his Resurrection, taking its cues…

A Greater Glory – Gavin Peacock

There was no way I was not going to enjoy this book, as it combines three of my favourite things… Christian faith, football and…

I, Julian – Claire Gilbert

This is a cleverly written fictional autobiography of Julian of Norwich, focusing on her relationship with God as it develops through her life. Julian…

Say The Right Thing – Carolyn Lacey

Subtitled “How Your Words Can Glorify God and Encourage Others”, this title grabbed me. I think I am an encourager by nature, so coupled…

Friend of God – Rachel Yarworth

In a good autobiography, an honest one, the reader can glean insights and wisdoms from the writer’s life story. And this is an honest…

Daughter of Eden – Jill Eileen Smith

Closely following the course of the Biblical text, the early part of the narrative creatively expands and explains the story of creation, the Fall…

Untaken – C O Wyler

Untaken is a bit quirky, written as an internal monologue which in fact really offers a deep insight into the characters emotions, thoughts and…

The Prison Letters – Matt McChlery

This is a devotional for Lent, taking inspiration from the letters of the Apostle Paul that were written from his prison. Matt has carefully…

Touch The Earth – Drew Jackson

This is a truly powerful collection of poems, thought provoking, poignant and hard hitting. There is an honesty in the writing that cuts through…

Long Way Gone – Charles Martin

This novel is engaging from the offset as we begin a journey of discovering the main character’s fascinating back story. It is a loose…

Truly, Truly, I Say to You – Adam Ramsey

This is a devotional going through the book of John, in 42 parts making it ideal for Lent. As well as the usual format…

Unjoy – Len Lantz

In the US there are apparently 7 million Christians with depression, so no doubt there are proportionally similarly large numbers across other countries. Depression…

Generation Care – Peter Coates

Kindness seems to have been a topic of conversation over recent years, but in my view there is still not enough evidence that the…

Sixteen Years in Care – David Meader

All too often we have heard stories about the care system detailing horrendous abuse, by individuals and by institutions. It is probably rarely shared…

Five Minute Devotions for Teens – Laura L Smith

Reading through this devotional, specifically written for young adults, it is clear that the author has an understanding of teens, the issues and challenges…

The Wanderer Reborn – Natasha Woodcraft

The first book in this series, The Wanderer Scorned, expands on what the life of Cain may have been like, immediately post the Fall,…

The Wonders of Creation – Kristen Page

The Wonders of Creation is a set of three essays exploring our attitudes to creation through the consideration of imagined worlds, namely those created…

Do Dogs Go To Heaven? – Nev Green and Mark Stibbe

Losing a dog, an ever-faithful friend who has offered so much unconditional love, is a trauma I fear having to face. Bruno, our 10…

The First Skyrider – H R Hess

This is becoming a great series for younger readers, set in the wonderfully imagined land with strong descriptions and engaging characters that help you…

Jesus Listens – Sarah Young

This devotional is a great book to encourage children into prayer, to spend time with Jesus, build a relationship with Him and learn how…

The Blessed – Diane Bostick

An interesting, quirky, tale for younger readers, telling the tale of a reunion for some of the animals that were present at the birth…

Jesus, Coffee and Foster Kids – Lisa Baptist

As a foster carer and a Christian, you can understand why this book grabbed my attention ! Fostering can be hard. To open up…

A Call to the Life of the Kingdom – Mark D Hampton

This one is a really interesting idea for a devotional, taking all 111 verses of the Sermon on the Mount and creating a daily…

The Ultimate Christmas Wishlist – Rico Tice

This is just a short book presenting the gospel, the greatest story ever told, in which Jesus is the bringer of hope, peace, purpose…

The Christmas Surprise – Steph Williams

This is such a lovely book for young children, telling the Christmas story in a clear and fun way. It has lots of humour…

God Isn’t Finished With You Yet – Catherine Campbell

If you read my book reviews you will know that I do like a book that that I can learn something from, especially stories,…

Turning Points – Mark A Noll, David Komline, Han-Luen Kantzer Komline

This 4th edition is a really fascinating history of Christianity and the Church, reworked and updated 20 years or so on from the original….

The Unhiding of Elijah Campbell – Kelly Flanagan

Right from the start, in the intriguing Prologue, the reader is pulled in to this story, leaving you desperate to know how it will…

The Continued Times of Isabella M Smugge – Ruth Leigh

This is the third book in Isabella M Smugge series and the storyline remains as engaging as ever. Although on the surface Isabella is…

Keeping Christmas (Volume One) – Various Authors

Keeping Christmas is a collection of six short novellas each loosely written around the theme of castles at Christmas time. In some ways short…

Truth For Life – Alistair Begg

Truth For Life is a 365 day devotional, taking a Bible verse each day, followed by some thoughts from the author, whose wise words…

A Psalm For Every Season – Arnold R Fleagle

Psalms can be a conduit into a place of worship, in our hearts and minds, and this 30 day devotional highlights a selection of…

The Environment – Dave Gobbett

As a part of the Talking Points series from The Good Book Company, this is a quick, short delve into the topic. It is…

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

Following on from his well-known classic, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom continues the format following one of the key characters…

Dawn – Cees Dekker, Corien Oranje, Gijsbert van den Brink

Dawn, or “Dawn: A Proton’s Tale of All That Came to Be” to give it the full title, is such an intriguing, quirky concept…

The Baggage Handler – David Rawlings

Traveling is certainly one of life’s pressure points, especially navigating airports, so it is a great setting for exposing the needs of people who…

A Changed Mindset – Dr Althea Phillips

A Changed Mindset is written with the objective to help the reader deepen and grow in their relationship with God, so that they can…

Dream Small – Seth Lewis

In all walks of life there is an underlying attitude that ordinary is dull, second best or worthless. Glory is given to those who…

Draw Near – Sophie Killingley

This is just the sort of support I need. Forming healthy Bible study habits has always been something I have found difficult, and with…

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  • Releasing Janet – Alex Banwell
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Author of Beneath the Tamarisk Tree, a fictional take on the miraculous story of the Penitent Thief. Christian book reviews.

BOOK REVIEW - Tell Them I'm Real by Arnold V Page BOOK REVIEW - Tell Them I'm Real by Arnold V Page

This is a delightful account of how God walks side by side with us through the ups and downs, through the every-day and the exceptional times during our lifetime.

With a life that takes Arnold and his family from the hills of northern England to the snow-capped mountains of southern Chile, by way of a series of divine visions which called him and his family. In obedience they uprooted their lives and headed to South America on missional work.

Arnold recollects some lovely anecdotes ...

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BOOK REVIEW - Untaken For Now by C O Wyler This f BOOK REVIEW - Untaken For Now by C O Wyler

This fourth and final instalment in the “Untaken” series covers the 12 months after the Rapture.

The now well-known characters endure the first year after the Rapture, the start of the seven-year Tribulation. The organisation known as the “One World League”, headed up by an anti-Christ figure, tries to hunt them down, whilst they put plans in place to become untraceable and to survive.

The book starts cleverly, offering enough background for the reader if you were jumping straight in to this fourth episode, but also refreshing information for those coming back to the characters and plotlines, with additional background that fills in a few gaps.

Increasingly the story has more Christian content, primarily as the characters are starting to ponder what is happening to the world, and why. At first some are blaming God, a response we often see, asking why He doesn't give the answers ... without realising that He gave the answer over 2000 years ago through Jesus, plus the explanations that can be found in His written word.

The story continues through the first year after the Rapture, with perspective given from three protagonists... 

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BOOK REVIEW - The Gospel Gallery by Benjamin Steph BOOK REVIEW - The Gospel Gallery by Benjamin Stephan

The Gospel Gallery explores the divine narrative of redemption that is woven throughout the Old Testament, from Genesis to Malachi. Through this collection of biblically inspired poems, it highlights the prophetic glimpses and symbols that point to the coming Messiah.

The poems reflect on the lives of patriarchs, prophets, and kings whose stories foreshadow Christ’s ultimate fulfilment of Scripture, offering a deeper understanding of God’s unchanging plan of salvation. Whether new to the faith or longtime believers, the collection deepens the reader's connection to God’s eternal love and promises.

Each poem is insightful, reaching into the heart of each book of the Old Testament, using well crafted language. It is revealing how each poem points to Christ, through every book of the Old Testament, showing that the Old Testament, at its heart, tells of the very nature of God. It’s prophesies show the coming of His kingdom, through the life and death of Jesus.

If I had to pick a favourite, it might be …

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BOOK REVIEW - Releasing Janet by Alex Banwell On BOOK REVIEW - Releasing Janet by Alex Banwell

On the surface this may look like an ordinary, unremarkable family. But this story highlights that nobody is ordinary. Everyone has a rich and fascinating history that has formed them to be the people they are.

Benny has his unusual medical issues, but a massive open heart that welcomes the vulnerable and mirrors the love of Jesus. Janet has a broken heart, but has poured herself out completely to care for her son. The others are equally different, damaged, precious and valuable...

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BOOK REVIEW - The Little Liar by @mitchalbom Thi BOOK REVIEW - The Little Liar by @mitchalbom 

This is an exceptional book. It deals with the difficult topic of the holocaust, not holding back on the horrors. Not in any graphic way, but rightly upsetting. It should disturb us.

The story is fictional, starting when the Nazis invade Salonika, Greece, and a German officer offers an eleven-year-old boy, known to be always truthful, a chance to save his family. His role is to tell his fellow Jewish residents to board trains to a place where he is told safety and protection prevail. But when he sees his family being herded into a boxcar on the final train, he realises he has in fact helped send them to their demise at Auschwitz. Truth becomes a stranger to him from that moment on, as his story intertwines with the stories of his family, friends and that Nazi officer.

Using the mechanism of having the book narrated by "Truth" personified, allows the reader to ponder their own relationship with Truth...

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BOOK REVIEW - I Choose Joy by @chip_ingram This BOOK REVIEW - I Choose Joy by @chip_ingram 

This book is centred around a lovely quote from C.S. Lewis, that I had not come across before, but one that certainly deserves some deep thought. He said, "Joy is the serious business of heaven."

Taking much of the teaching from the book of Philippians and the example of Paul, the essence of the teaching is about being intentional. Despite our circumstances and situations, if we want to, we can choose joy, we can choose to be wholly positive. Paul modelled the attitude and we can follow.

Chip Ingram teaches directly from the scriptures, encouraging us to refocus and choose joy, even if we are in the midst of difficulties and it is counter to our instincts. He asks us to take a Godly perspective, rather than our own.

There are some great real-life examples through the book to highlight the teaching, helping to show how it can be achieved.

It could also be used as a teaching series, perhaps in a home group situation, with some questions for discussion included at the end of each chapter.

A good book that sets our thinking and attitudes back on track.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher, but was under no pressure to provide a favourable review.

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BOOK REVIEW - Pets for Legion by @shawn.brink2 W BOOK REVIEW - Pets for Legion by @shawn.brink2 

We have possibly all read the Gospel passages and asked questions like : what happened to the legion of demons when the pigs leaped into a lake and drowned? Did the demons die too? If not, then where did they go? There were perhaps thousands of them, especially as the Gospels says there were about two thousand pigs.

Clearly Shawn has had similar questioning that has inspired him to come up with a story that follows that train of thought. Over the years legion may have had all sorts of influences and possessions throughout the world. This iteration is set in modern-day USA, in a small town where the deception, lies and violence can be obscured.

This story is of a local school teacher who rescues a child from a mysterious attacker and unknowingly becomes the next target of this supernatural enemy. With a couple of other characters who get wrapped up in the events, they all have to search deep within themselves physically, emotionally and spiritually to overcome the evil powers at work.

The book is set at a rapid pace...

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I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author, but was under no pressure to provide a favourable review.

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BOOK REVIEW - Untaken Three by C O Wyler This con BOOK REVIEW - Untaken Three by C O Wyler

This concept continues to fascinate me, offering a view of what the world would look like after the Rapture. With all believers gone, all children gone, no one left who would know or think that what had happened was from God.

In this third instalment of life after the 'disappearances', pitched as the time “12 weeks following the Rapture”, we continue to follow the story of the main protagonists, but this time through the eyes of a new character. A young man, an IT expert, who is following their progress online, as their lives are broadcast globally via a new AI system.

Seventeen year-old Jack (appropriately nicknamed ‘Hack’) lives on a rural ranch, spending his time away from farm chores hacking computer programs. He stumbles across the others when accessing the back-end of the AI implant system, slowly unravelling this emerging new world order of ever-present surveillance. It has some interesting shared themes with George Orwell’s classic 1984.

We see the prophesied natural disasters begin to happen around the world, politically there is an emerging single world order, whilst civil unrest and violence increases. Society is in meltdown. Kindness has been sucked out of the world and in it’s absence society is wholly exposed to evil influence. It is the glue that holds things together.

And then the anti-Christ emerges and begins to takes charge, in the form of the charismatic leader of a corporate conglomerate that is taking control, using the power of AI to manipulate and control everything.

A number of end times pointers are dropped in, like …

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