Making Jesus Unforgettable
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by tpmondy
3y ago
When I was asked to review this book, the author, Dr. Joseph F. Smith, introduced himself and the conceptual design of this book. He sent me a copy of it for review purposes. The review wasn’t required to be positive, and the thoughts below are my own. This book takes a rather unique approach to helping the reader draw closer to Jesus Christ through a reading and internalizing of the Gospels. There are 49 “Landmarks”, which are the portion of the book which help the reader draw mental pictures. The mental pictures in turn, help the reader internalize the message of the Gospels and remember the ..read more
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Eco Bible – Volume 1
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by tpmondy
3y ago
Recently I was contacted about reviewing a work called “Eco Bible: Volume 1, An Ecological Commentary on Genesis and Exodus”. I agreed to give it a look and a copy was sent to me for review purposes. As I have been reading in it, I have mixed thoughts about it. Firstly, I find this an intriguing approach to the find insight and inspiration in the Jewish Scriptures. The authors; Rabbi Yonatan Neril and Rabbi Leo Dee, as denoted by their titles, are Jewish rabbis. Thus, the basis for much of the insights included come from the Midrash. As I am not Jewish, I am far from understanding the Midrash ..read more
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Cotton Candy Killer
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by tpmondy
3y ago
This is a novel written by Mary Holt. She provided me with a digital copy for purposes of my reviewing the book for her. As this is a second novel in a series, I feel the author did a good job of allowing the reader to be introduced to the material in this novel independent of the first novel. I have not read the first novel, but did not have a problem in understanding the pretext of the previous novel and how this one flows from that one. This work is a mystery and I don’t want to give any of the plot lines away in the review, so I won’t go into a lot of specifics. My comments are on the writ ..read more
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A Violent Hope
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by tpmondy
3y ago
The author of this book, Ericka Clay, reached out to me to see if I would review her book for her. I agreed to review it, so she sent me a digital copy of it for review purposes. As I began reading the book, I was a bit puzzled by the author’s writing style. It seemed rather choppy and overall seemed a bit confusing as it jumped from first to third person, back and forth. It took me a while to get into the flow of reading it. The more I read, the more I understood my initial confusion. This book is not about a single person, and it is not a linear storyline. It includes the storylines of multi ..read more
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Who’s Got Your Back
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by tpmondy
4y ago
This is a book which is to help reshape the idea of biblical manhood. The typical stereotype of the macho, self-sufficient man is not the image portrayed in the Bible, and as such it has caused many men to struggle throughout their lifetime. Honestly, I do not see a large number of men I know being willing to sit and read this book. Most of the men I know read very little. This book, while it contains much valuable insight and helps attract attention to the issues with which men contend, has been a challenge even for me to read. It is not a difficult read, containing valuable insights and info ..read more
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Random God Sightings
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by tpmondy
5y ago
I was recently asked to review this book, and when I read the description about it, I found it an intriguing concept so I am reading it now. The author, Kelly Hanes, has compiled 26 short stories of incidents where she describes the event and her interpretation of how she experienced the presence of God through each encounter. The book is designed to be read one story per day, to help the reader begin to sense God’s presence around them in the mundane situations of life. Some stories are more profoundly moving than others, but the goal of each story is to help the reader see God’s presence whe ..read more
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A Spiral into Marvelous Light
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by tpmondy
5y ago
This is a novel I was asked to review. A brief synopsis of the work needs to be shared before I go further. A famous conservative, evangelist and political activist dies and a liberal newspaper report is tasked with writing an article encompassing the life and death of the evangelist. I was a teenager in the 1980’s, so much of the material in this novel really seems to be more biographical than fictional. At many points, I felt as if I was remembering vague memories of what I saw happen throughout the 80’s and 90’s. When I reached the end of the book, I read the author’s endnote regarding his ..read more
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Devotions from the Beach
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by tpmondy
5y ago
This is a very pretty devotional book. It is full of wonderful color pictures from areas near beaches and related images from a variety of locations. There are 100 devotions which draw inspiration from the images, and a verse of Scripture. This is one volume from a series of devotionals published by Thomas Nelson. Each volume focuses on a different location, and the devotions are all in the same vein. Aside from the differences in pictures, these volumes are pretty similar. The type of devotions are consistent, and while they are not offensive or unsound, they are pretty light as far as they g ..read more
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NIV Starting Place Study Bible
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by tpmondy
5y ago
Study Bibles have a great advantage over other types of Bibles in that they have a broad base of information available to the reader rather than a narrow or specialized focus. A devotional Bible frequently does not give a lot of cultural context or historical data. A reference Bible does not have a lot of study material typically, it has a system of interconnecting verses throughout the Bible. A study Bible on the other hand can contain any number of features, depending on the goal of the publisher. The Starting Place Study Bible is an amalgamation of five other study Bibles and the Essential ..read more
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Maxwell Study Bible, Hardcover
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by tpmondy
5y ago
It is always interesting when multiple versions of a Bible are released. As I do not have the previous versions, I cannot speak as to what the differences might be, thus my review will be of the content of this version alone. That being said, there are quite a few extra helps included in this version. Biographical profiles of leadership, book introductions, and notes on mentoring and influence are all included within the NIV text found in this Bible. John Maxwell is a widely know author and speaker on the topic of leadership. Throughout this Bible, the writing of Maxwell are interwoven with th ..read more
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