Archive | November 2018

The Cairo Brief by Fiona Veitch Smith

Nov26

The Golden Age Of Sleuthing

The Cairo Brief by Fiona Veitch Smith is a marvelous good old fashioned historical super sleuthing at its best. It is the fourth book in the Poppy Denby Investigates series but can be read as a stand-alone.

The book opens in 1914 Egypt but is mainly set in 1921 London. The atmosphere of the age has been perfectly captured by Fiona Veitch Smith. The heat of Cairo is stifling, in contrast with the winter weather of London. The reader is in for a real cosmopolitan treat.

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Bible Sticks: An Unlikely Calling by Ron Vance

Nov24

Wow! Awesome

Bible Sticks: An Unlikely Calling by Ron Vance is an absolutely beautiful book. I was enthralled by it.

Author Ron Vance accidentally discovered a talent for carving Bible sticks in 1989. Since then he has carved many sticks to illustrate various aspects of the Bible. Each stick takes about a year to carve. Having seen the pictures, you can understand why.

The book has pictures of each stick as well as focusing in on the finer detail. To accompany each stick, Ron Vance describes what he did, what the carving represents and why he used certain colours.

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Learning In The School Of Christ by J.W. Jepson

Nov24

We Learned It From Jesus

Learning In The School Of Christ: Preparing For Your Destiny by J.W. Jepson is a powerful little book to help us draw closer to God as we learn the lessons from Jesus. It is perfect for the individual or for studying within a life group. It can be read as a whole or broken down into bitesize chunks.

Nothing surprizes God. At the creation of the world God knew about the fall. “God is not the ‘Supreme Guesser’.” He knew He would send Jesus. He knew about everything we would ever do – and still He created the world.

J.W Jepson urges us that our goal should be to become more like Jesus. “Every day is loaded with excellent opportunities to become more like Jesus.” We are to “remove everything that doesn’t look like Jesus.”

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Let Us Give Thanks by Robert Perkins

Nov24

Many Blessings

Let Us Give Thanks by Robert Perkins is a beautiful set of poems that gives thanks to God in all situations.

We need to thank God as we stand on the mountaintop and in the valley. Whatever we face in life, in God there are always blessings to be had.

Each poem follows a similar formula with line length and number of stanzas. The poems flow and just roll off the reader’s tongue.

Many topics are covered – from technology to family to Jesus. There is always something to be thankful for. I think however your day pans out, there will be a poem for you in this collection.

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