Archive for the ‘Book Reviews’ Category
Ashamed No More: A Pastor’s Journey Through Sex Addiction (Review)
A pastor and sex addiction. Sounds reprehensible doesn’t it? But author Tom Ryan is a real person, with a real background of family challenges. He was raised in a mainline Presbyterian church and brought to Christ through an evangelical church. … Continue reading
Porn Free: Finding Renewal through Truth and Community (Book Review)
Porn addicts are, unfortunately, a dime a dozen these days. And in the Christian “recovery” community, there is no shortage of would-be therapists and theologians. Brian Gardner, author of Porn Free: Finding Renewal through Truth and Community, stands heads-and-shoulders above … Continue reading
Unlikely Heroes: What to do about cyberbullying (that might actually work)
One of the weaknesses with much of the writing on cyberbullying is that it generally focuses on the adult side: Do parents know what their kids are doing to each other? What can parents do? Why aren’t schools doing more? … Continue reading
Beyond Ordinary: When a Good Marriage Just Isn’t Good Enough (Review)
Marriages don’t have to be ordinary. God can help couples find oneness and intimacy, or recapture it. The authors share from their marriage godly beginnings, deterioration, building resentment, the consequences of an extramarital affair, restoration, and healing. I love when … Continue reading
Moral Revolution (Book Review)
Good purity books don’t magically write themselves. They are forged out of the author’s own experience as a sexual struggler, as a minister working with sexual strugglers, or both. Moral Revolution: The Naked Truth About Sexual Purity is a little … Continue reading