I feel the lack of examples and verses about how Christ overcame our sin leaves the believer in a pond of muck, namely our sin, with Christ sitting there with us. When, in fact what Christ’s heart led him to do was to pull us from the pond and establish us as his own.

This little devotional is full of valuable teachings and lessons for anyone.

A challenge to traditional theology.

As an introductory text, the book gives a decent overview if the church that chooses to use it agrees with these teachings.

For anyone who is looking for more details on the connections between the Old and New Testaments, this is an excellent resource.

This book would make my recommendation list for all Christians, and for most church curriculum as well. It helps empower us as Christians and helps us have healthy relationships with fellow Christians.

Emotionally Healthy Discipleship by Peter Scazzero is written mainly for churches and church leaders who are looking to address discipleship and move their members to maturity in Christ.

Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist takes a meaningful look at what living out God’s calling in our lives looks like, the balance that is required to fulfill all the various callings, in the author’s case that’s author, speaker, mom, wife, friend.

In Ruthless Trust, Brennan Manning undertakes to believe in all that he has studied of God through the years. He tells of the glory of God, the love of God.

Life without Lack has a lot of thoughts that challenge traditional thinking and push us beyond mere faith into a trusting relationship with God and therefore a life of security in knowing God’s all-sufficiency. 4/5 stars

The way Levine presents the parables, they challenged me to look at myself and my attitudes and beliefs and to ask if I was doing as Jesus illustrated.

From storms, times of lack, struggles with illness, wrestling with doubts, standing in the gap, waiting for an answer, Lucado offers the hope of Christ in us and with us who loves us, cares for us, and responds in power to our needs.

The posthumously published Wholehearted Faith is a stunning collection of thoughts about how difficult this life that we have chosen can be, yet how rewarding it is to know our Lord and walk that chosen life. It describes the struggle of believing whole-heartedly as we are called.

With offers readers an opportunity to consider their relationship with God, presenting five ‘postures’ we Christians may take with God.