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A Praying Life by Paul E. Miller is all about why we pray (and sometimes why we don’t pray) rather than how to pray. Although he does offer practical applications toward the end of the book, most of the book focuses on the heart behind prayer.Broken down in 5 parts, the first three parts of the book focus on "Learning to Pray like a Child", "Learning to Trust Again", and "Learning to Ask your Father." He spends a lot of time looking at the things that hold us back from praying and how to move past them.I love how he...

Social Sanity in and Insta World was a timely read for me. I had been struggling with feeling discontent for a few months when I read this book. A lot of things played into it, but this book helped me realize that social media was definitely contributing to it more than I was giving it credit for.  This book compiles chapters from multiple authors that cover different things to consider as we look at how social media affects us. It covers topics including identity, emotions, discernment, relationships, and so on. Each topic is looked at through the lens of scripture to see...

I had never read a missionary biography before. I'm kind of a wimp and I've always thought that they might be too sad or too graphic for me to handle. But I have seen this book spoken so highly of by so many people that I could no longer resist!  Becoming Elisabeth Elliot is a biography of Elliot's early years and missions work. It chronicles how she came to be a missionary, her courtship and marriage to Jim Elliot, and her extensive experiences on the mission field. I had a little trouble getting into the book at first because it is written in such a detailed way....

Title and Author: Another Gospel? by Alisa Childers Length: 267 Pages Overview: Are you familiar with progressive Christianity? Could you spot it if you heard it? Do you know why it's dangerous and contrary to Scripture? Progressive Christianity is everywhere these days. In general it holds a very low view of Scripture and a high view of self. It usually throws the gospel out altogether and teaches a "gospel" that doesn't save. Alisa explains the marks and errors of progressive Christianity in Another Gospel? The book is written more like a memoir of her experiences in a progressive church, how she struggled with questions and doubts,...

Title and Author: Fault Lines by Voddie Baucham Length: 251 Pages Overview: As we study Romans 12:2 this month, we are talking about not conforming to the patterns of the world. One of the patterns of the world that is hard to navigate right now is the Christian response to racism, antiracism, BLM and critical race theory. In Fault Lines, Baucham address this topic head on. He covers the background of the social justice movement and how we got to our current moment. Baucham describes in detail many of the high profile racism cases in the United States over the past few years....