by DRichardFerguson | Jul 18, 2019 | Book Reviews Nonfiction
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Very helpful scholarly work on perhaps the most difficult passage in the Gospel of Mark–Mark 11:22-24, where Jesus promises any prayer will be granted to anyone providing they believe it will be done. Dowd explains the cultural religious...
by DRichardFerguson | Jul 15, 2019 | Book Reviews Nonfiction
My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book has dramatically improved my life. I’m working fewer hours and getting much, much more done. Instead of always having over 100 emails in my inbox, now my inbox gets down to zero every day. Instead of having stacks of paper sitting...
by DRichardFerguson | Jul 15, 2019 | Book Reviews Counseling, Book Reviews Nonfiction
My rating: 4 of 5 stars When People are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man, Edward Welch Outstanding book on the fear of man. Thesis: Fear of man is, crippling, unloving and sinful; and the solution is fear of God. Welch...
by DRichardFerguson | Jul 12, 2019 | Book Reviews Nonfiction
My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is designed to be read over the course of 3 months. Each day there is a list of Scriptures that are placed into the second person so they address God. So, for example, Galatians 3:21 goes from “Are the promises opposed to God’s law?...
by DRichardFerguson | Jul 6, 2017 | Book Reviews Counseling, Book Reviews Nonfiction
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Helpful book on the topic of addictions. The focus in more on especially severe addictions, so if a person struggles with an enslaving sin that isn’t life-dominating, he may come away from this book failing to appreciate the seriousness of his...
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