Monthly Archives: January 2018

Book Review: Can God Defeat Terrorism?

Can God Defeat Terrorism?, by Scott Solana [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by BookCrash.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] The obvious answer to the book’s titular question is yes.  What is more interesting about this … Continue reading

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The Seed And The Soil

One of the fascinating debates that I have the chance to hear from time to time is the debate over evangelism efforts and how we should judge them.  As someone who pays more than my fair share to questions of … Continue reading

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Game Review: Dialect

This game markets itself as a game about language and how it dies, and that is a subject that has always deeply interested me [1].  When I saw the way this game sought to capture groups of outsiders who had … Continue reading

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Game Review: Catan Universe

The board game for Settlers of Catan and various expansion sets is pretty familiar and popular, enough so that it was obvious that there would eventually be an online version of the game [1].  The elements of gameplay for Catan … Continue reading

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On Jesus Christ’s Recruitment Methods

As happens from time to time [1], it was my responsibility to teach Sabbath School today, and the lesson for today involved the recruitment and selection of the twelve disciples.  Since there happened to be a wide variety of ways … Continue reading

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Book Review: Experiencing God

Experiencing God:  Knowing And Doing The Will Of God, by Henry & Richard Blackaby & Claude King My roommate gave me this book because he somehow ended up with more than one copy of it, which happens from time to … Continue reading

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Book Review: A Christian Gift

A Christian Gift:  Uplifting Poetry For All Occasions, by Bowzena Zawisz, with illustrations by Fred Koury [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Author’s Den.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] In reviewing this short book of … Continue reading

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We’re All In This Together

Once upon a time, someone thought it necessary to improve my taste in movies by having me watch most of High School Musical before I had to fly back home to Central Florida, where I lived at the time.  The … Continue reading

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Book Review: Nobody’s Girl

Nobody’s Girl:  A Memoir Of Lost Innocence, Modern-Day Slavery And Transformation, by Barbara Amaya [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Net Gallery/Animal Media Group.] There was very little in this book that surprised me.  To be sure, … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Build

The Build:  Designing My Life Of Choppers, Family & Faith, by Paul Teutul Jr. with David Thomas [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Blogging For Books/Waterbrook Press.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] Normally when reading … Continue reading

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