Cure for the Common Life By Max Lucado Published by Thomas Nelson Loved it. Another quick reading book with major impact from author Max Lucado. Easy to comprehend style. Witty and entertaining while conveying basic Biblical truths with common sense. In Cure For The Common Life Lucado discusses how each person can find the unique talents God placed within them when He created them, and then use these unique talents throughout life to ultimately bring glory to God alone. Lucado calls this “finding your sweet spot.” Using the letters of the word story, Lucado presents five questions to answer in helping a person find their sweet spot. Calling this the…
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It’s Not About Me
It’s Not About Me Rescue From the Life We Thought Would Make Us Happy By Max Lucado Published by Thomas Nelson Loved it. Quick reading book. Easy to comprehend style. Witty and entertaining while conveying basic Biblical truths with common sense. In It’s Not About Me Lucado discusses how our current culture is saturated with, and caters to, a self-centered, “it’s all about me” mentality. Shifting this mentality to a God-centered one is necessary in approaching life with a Biblical worldview. Lucado uses Biblical examples to illustrate how God intended us to function God-centered. He explains how this idea is not just a self-centered attitude on God’s part, but that…
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The Book That Made Your World
The Book That Made Your World How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization By Vishal Mangalwadi Pub by Thomas Nelson Exhaustive evaluation of the Bible’s contribution to societies political and cultural development throughout history. Mangalwadi’s cultural Indian background sheds a unique light on this topic. Though The Book That Made Your World is a long read, it is comprehensive in nature, dealing with the Bible’s influence in specific cultural areas such as technology, languages, literature, education, science,morality, family, liberty and missions. Mangalwadi begins with an analysis of the reasons behind the suicidal death of legendary rock star Kurt Cobain. He sites Cobain’s lyrics, pointing to a nihilism which in…