How to Handle Adversity by Charles Stanley
How to Handle Adversity
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You Can Have Victory in ChristCharles Stanley Charles Stanley is known as “America’s pastor” and pastors a Baptist Church along with running a television ministry called, “In Touch.” I wanted to read this book because I am currently going through a time of adversity in my life and wanted to…

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Forgive Why Should I and How Timothy Keller Timothy Keller is a pastor who has a gift for covering a topic in depth and applying it to your life. This book fills a need in the Church in ways I have not seen another book address on the topic of forgiveness that are more helpful. Keller begins the book by describing the culture in which we live where many people see the lack of justice for those who forgive. They feel it excuses the person for the harm they have done. For some, the forgiveness culture is an old school approach. He unpacked the longest teaching of Jesus unforgiveness, a parable of the unforgiving servant. He says unforgiveness puts us in our own prison. It does not hurt the person who has offended us. He addresses and examines three approaches to forgiveness in our culture. He comes to the conclusion that we lack a culture of biblical forgiveness. Keller walks through the Old and New Testaments pointing out everywhere forgiveness appears in the Bible even if the word “forgive” is not used. I found it surprising how much the Bible talks about forgiveness. He explores the Cross as the ultimate demonstration of God's justice and forgiveness. He describes the basics of forgiveness. The world’s solutions for self guilt fall short. This is where Christianity shines. He also talks about forgiving others learn how to extend. He gives the importance of living a life of forgiveness. We must learn to forgive others as God has forgiven us. He describes all the ways we can keep ourselves from forgiving others. None of these will help us to learn how to forgive completely. Forgiveness must be genuine. Keller reminds us that Christians are obligated to forgive others. He walks through Romans 12 and gives five ways on how to overcome evil with good. He ends with a play in which a person receives forgiveness from God and others and has peace with God. Forgiveness is the goal in broken relationships. The book includes appendixes at the end that are very helpful. I enjoyed Timothy Keller’s teaching on forgiveness because he is comprehensive and goes deep into Scripture and culture. He gives fresh insight to this biblical topic and gives plenty of Life application. I recommend this book to anyone who needs to forgive someone, be forgiven by someone, and understand what God can do in our lives through forgiveness.
Forgive
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Why Should I and HowTimothy Keller Timothy Keller is a pastor who has a gift for covering a topic in depth and applying it to your life. This book fills a need in the Church in ways I have not seen another book address on the topic of forgiveness that…

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Easter by Rick when a
Easter
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The Rest of the StoryRick Renner I enjoy Rick Renner's books because they are full of detail. He expounds on the text of Scripture, exploring the meanings of the words and giving you a fuller sense of the meaning of the Bible. I read this book because I wanted a…

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Your Best Year Ever by Michael Hyatt
Your Best Year Ever
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A 5 Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important GoalsMichael Hyatt Michael Hyatt is a productivity expert. He has a lot of products that focus on productivity end discipline. I was interested to read this book at the beginning of my year to see what lessons I can learn from…

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The Common Golden Age by David Jeremiah
The Coming Golden Age
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31 Ways to Be Kingdom ReadyDavid Jeremiah Dr. David Jeremiah is a solid researcher of God’s Word and presents matters of prophecy biblically. I enjoy his writing. It is clear and helps his readers to understand exactly what the Bible points to and is saying. I couldn’t wait to read…

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Nonfiction Alchemy by Jordan Ring
Nonfiction Alchemy
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Your Guide to Finishing Your Book and Finally Becoming an AuthorJordan Ring Jordan Ring writes a book pacifically for nonfiction authors and writers that strikes a positive tone while being honest about the journey of writing a book. I really enjoyed reading his book and got a lot of actionable…

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Contagious by Jonah Berger
Contagious
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Why Things Catch OnJonah Berger Jonah Berger is a professor at Wharton business school. I read this book because I wanted to find out how to make my writing stand out. I thought it would help with marketing books and trying to find a way for people to find my…

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Biblical Wisdom by J. Carl Laney
Biblical Wisdom
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Your Key to SuccessJ. Carl Laney I wanted to read this book because I am teaching on biblical wisdom from the books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and chains. I was interested to see what this book would describe and how it could help me grow in wisdom as well as those…

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How to Be an Authortunist by Angela Yuriko Smith
How to Be an Authortunist
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Angela Yuriko Smith I heard about this book through an interview on a virtual summit for writers that I was a part of this year. I really liked her talk and how she was very knowledgeable about writing and funding opportunities to put your work out there and In front…

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