Shop Talk: Book Reviews

Power to Change - Becoming like God’s Son, Keswick Book 2016 (Book Review)

The Keswick movement continues to grow and develop. This book contains many of the messages from the three weeks of the event. It reads well and there are some excellent speakers contributing to its pages. If you have not been to Keswick, then picking up this book is a great place to start!

Serving God in a Migrant Crisis - Ministry to People on the Move Patrick Johnstone and Dean Merrell (Book Review)

Patrick Johnstone’s question is for the Church. What are we to do with so many people, often Christians, coming into Europe to find a new life for themselves? This is a huge concern, and one that will continue to haunt us for some years to come.

I’d Like You More If You Were More Like Me, John Ortberg (Book Review)

This book is about connections. And yes, it has a very ‘l-o-n-g’ title! It’s all about intimacy and vulnerability. It’s quite humorous, but it does get into the real issues of how we can attain closeness with other people - and with God.

Fire Road by Kim Phuc (Book Review)

The story of Kim Phuc, the Vietnamese girl in the photo that defined the Vietnam War - a book detailing so much pain but also how she focuses on Jesus and His healing.

Loving Luther – A Novel, by Allison Pittman (Book Review)

‘Loving Luther’ is a work of historical fiction. However, it is founded very much on the relationship of Katharina von Bora to Church reformer, Martin Luther. Their marriage comes just 8 years after Luther’s astonishing start in taking the Protestant Reformation out of the Catholic Church.

Life Hurts – A Doctor’s Personal Journey through Anorexia by Dr Elizabeth McNaught - Book Review

‘Life Hurts’ is a significant book and one I would commend to anyone involved with, or interested in, the subject of anorexia nervosa. It is clear, very moving and extremely helpful for people who are concerned about this disease.