Book review by Ellenor Lotter PRAYING CIRCLES AROUND YOUR CHILDREN by MARK BATTERSON Today I greet you, wearing a different hat than the one I usually wear. After worshipping my Jesus, another love that I pursue fervently, is a love for good sound literature and by the grace of God, […]
Books & Book Reviews
East London man’s miraculous recovery shared in double book
[notice]Dylan Martin is a walking miracle. His story of making an amazing comeback from a car accident that left him with traumatic brain injury and in a coma for two weeks is told in a double book written by himself (Highway To Hell) and his mother (It’s All About Eternity). […]
Dreams expert publishes journal and dictionary
Port Elizabeth dream ministry specialist Vincent Wienand has published a dream journal and dream dictionary to help Christians record and understand what God is saying to them through dreams. The purpose-designed journal which makes for easy recording of relevant dream data, and the 3 500 symbol dictionary, work together to […]
Crash The Chatterbox by Steven Furtick: Book review
Book Review by Val Viljoen CRASH THE CHATTERBOX: HEARING GOD’S VOICE ABOVE ALL OTHERS by STEVEN FURTICK One of the reasons that I enjoyed this book is the author’s transparency regarding his own struggles in the area of negative thought patterns. It is so easy to fall into a downward spiral […]
Author, poet, Maya Angelou dies at 86
Originally published in Gospel Herald Notable poet and essayist Maya Angelou died on Wednesday (May 28, 2014) at the age of 86 at her home in Winston-Salem, USA. Aneglou is perhaps one of the most influential black authors to come out of the 20th century. While she is best known […]
Flying Free: Book review
Book Review by Val Viljoen FLYING FREE: HOW TO REACH YOUR FULL POTENTIAL by HELEN PHILLIPS This is Helen Phillips’ third book. In her first book Fly with Me she relates the remarkable story of her diagnosis as a multiple sclerosis sufferer, how God gave her faith that he would […]
God in the ICU — One man’s search for intimacy and meaning: Book Review
Book Review by Val Viljoen GOD IN THE ICU: ONE MAN’S SEARCH FOR INTIMACY AND MEANING by DAVE WALKER This book is well written, interesting and inspiring and I enjoyed it immensely. Dave Walker practised as an anaesthetist for 22 years in South Africa and for a further. six years […]
Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: Book review
Book Review by Val Viljoen SEEKING ALLAH, FINDING JESUS — A DEVOUT MUSLIM’S JOURNEY TO CHRIST by NABEEL QURESHI In this book, Nabeel Qureshi tells first of his Islamic heritage. He is the son of Pakistani born parents who came as adults to America. They passed on their great love […]
‘The Cloth’ book to be launched at KMMC
The new Mighty Men Tartan book which is called THE CLOTH! will be launched at Karoo 2014. The book tells the amazing story of how the Mighty Men Tartan cloth came into being and the journey that it has taken right up to the present day. The book is especially […]
Distortion by Terri Blackstock: Review
Book Review by Val Viljoen DISTORTION by TERRI BLACKSTOCK Genre: Suspense thriller Juliet Cole and her doctor husband Bob are returning a hired trailer in a sleazy part of town late at night when suddenly someone drives into the car park. There is a blast, then squealing of breaks as the […]