2018: Book #40 I just finished, “Irresistible: Reclaiming the New that Jesus Unleashed for the World,” by Andy Stanley. I must say that I was deeply disappointed by this book. These are a few of the more disturbing statements… “If you grew up attending a...
2018: Book #39 “Genius makers tend to be givers: they use their intelligence to amplify the smarts and capabilities of other people.” Wow…now that’s a powerful statement from Adam Grant’s book, “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success.” Grant divides all...
2018: Book #38 “I have been too familiar with disappointment to be very much chagrinned.” Those words were spoken by Lincoln in response to his loss in a local election. It shows his ability to roll with the punches and keep going. The quote comes from Douglas...
2018: Book #37 “…that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.” I love Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address—the quote seen above is my favorite...
2018: Book #36 “His powerful arm is also His arm of tender care.” I love that sentence. It’s from a favorite book that I just completed again: “Trusting God” by Jerry Bridges. Here are some more powerful statements from the book… “God controls both the good and...
2018: Book #35 “We learn from Jonah that understanding God’s grace – and being changed by it – always requires a long journey with successive stages. It cannot happen in a single cathartic or catastrophic experience (like being swallowed by a fish!).”...
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