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Book Review by Allan Verreynne PORNDEMIC: HOW THE PORNOGRAPHY PLAGUE AFFECTS YOU AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT by TARYN HODGSON Published by Christian Liberty Books, 2013 My ethical eyes have been opened by this book! The author, Taryn Hodgson, has a comprehensive and compelling counter to pornography in this book. […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen MOTHER OF MALAWI by AL GIBSON I had the great privilege of meeting Annie Chikwaza before reading this book, so my enjoyment of it had an extra dimension. But even if this had not been the case, I am sure I would still list this […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen HEART OF THE COUNTRY by RENE GUTTERIDGE & JOHN WARD Heart of the Country is the story of two prodigals. Luke is from a wealthy background; Faith has come to the big city from the country, running from her father and sister on the death […]
Book Review by World Watch Monitor THE GLOBAL WAR ON CHRISTIANS: DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES OF ANTI-CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION by JOHN L. ALLEN JR It has been an astonishing last 12 months for books on the persecution of Christians when there has been such silence on the issue for so […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen THE DANIEL PLAN: 40 DAYS TO A HEALTHIER LIFE by RICK WARREN, DANIEL AMEN, MARK HYMAN When I first heard of The Daniel Plan I imagined a radical vegetable and water detox regime. On seeing the subtitle of this book – 40 Days to a […]
Book Review by Angela Verreynne NIV ADVENTURE BIBLE — Zondervan Publishers, 2013 By the age of 10, our children are ready to dig into other meaty parts of the scripture that are not normally covered in the Bible story books they have been reading. The Adventure Bible is a wonderfully […]
Book Review by Allan VerryneNIV LEADERSHIP BIBLE — Zondervan Publishers 2013 I have been in active ministry for some 40 years now, and consequently I have had the privilege of owning various formats of the Bible. It is my handbook in every sense of the word. I cannot live without God […]
Book review by Lawrie Wilmot WHAT ON EARTH AM I HERE FOR? by RICK WARREN This book is an electronic-media-friendly version of and identical to his first book, ” The Purpose Driven Life”. I can add no comment; after all, how does anyone comment critically on a book which sold […]
Book Review by Lawrie Wilmot GODS AT WAR: DEFEATING THE IDOLS THAT BATTLE FOR YOUR HEART by Kyle Idleman I will divide this review into three parts: the theological, the descriptive, and the remedial. Theological. With respect to the author, he has not defined idolatry correctly, as in the true Biblical […]
Book review by Val Viljoen VANISHED by Irene HannonGenre: Christian thriller This suspense novel gets off to a good start in the opening scene. Moira is lost on back roads in the rain on the way home from a work assignment. Suddenly she is confronted in her headlights by a […]