Inspiring Books

In case you didn't realize it already (grin) I love to read. This section is where I write about books that I've read and tell you what I liked and didn't like about them. The titles that are linked go to a more detailed review of th book.

Biographies

Author	Title	Rating	Subject
Olson, Bruce	Bruchko		19 year old boy leaves home with a vision of becoming a Missionary in South America and has an amazing impact for the Kingdom on an unreached Indian Tribe.
Shewood Elliot Wirt	For the Love of Mike		Biography of Mike Macintosh, the pastor of Horizon Christian Fellowship. Tells about his wild "too far from God" life and how his life was radically changed.
Warren, Rita	Mom, They Won't Let Us Pray		Inspiring story about an uneducated immigrant housewife who was inspired to get involved politically to get prayer back in her local public schools. The stories about the roots of her faith from her childhood in Italy during the war are encouraging too.

Evangelism

Author	Title	Rating	Subject
Coleman, Robert	The Master Plan of Evangelism		Evangelism from the perspective of how Jesus conducted his ministry.
Lehman, Danny	Beautiful Feet		Living a lifestyle of evangelism
Comfort, Ray	Hell's Best Kept Secret		How to use the OT law to convict people of their need for salvation.

Christian Living

Author	Title	Rating	Subject
Blackaby, Henry	Experiencing God		A lot of the basics we need to know about how we know who God is, how we can experience God, and how God speaks to us.
Buchanan	Holy Wild		God's Character. You can't make God into who you want him to be, he's God, a wild and untamed creature that loves you.
Eldredge, John	Wild At Heart
	Waking The Dead
	Captivating		What does it mean to be a woman of God? The "woman's" counterpart to Wild At Heart.
Ethridge & Arterburn	Every Young Woman's Battle		Fighting the battle for purity
Macintosh, Mike	Falling in Love With Prayer
Macintosh, Mike	Falling in Love With The Bible
Peterson, Lorriane	If God Loves Me, Why Can't I Get My Locker Open?		Teen Devotional that was really good
Shelley, Marshall	Well Intentioned Dragons		Some people may mean well but are like dragons, accidentally breathing fire on your ministry. Do you know what to look for?
Swindoll, Charles R.	Start Where You Are
Warren	Purpose Driven Life
Feinberg, Margaret	Twentysomething		The choices we make determine our life. Gives some good perspective on what we choose and how it affects us.

Christian Relationships

Author	Title	Rating	Subject
Cloud & Townsend	Boundaries		Cloud takes a look at drawing boundaries in our life, where we struggle and why we need them.
Cloud & Townsend	Boundaries in Dating		Cloud feels Dating is acceptable if done within proper boundaries. He explains what those boundaries are.
Harris, Joshua	I Kissed Dating Goodbye		A book suggesting that dating as our culture does it is not biblical.
	Boy Meets Girl		If you "kiss dating goodbye" how then do you get from single to married? Joshua shares his story.
	Not Even A Hint		How to beat Lust.
Ingram, Chip	Love, Sex, & Lasting Relationships		Hollywood's Formula that we find the right person and fall in love doesn't work. Chip proposes his own more biblical formula and how to prevent making some bad choices in dating/marriage relationships.