084 - Fruit of the Spirit - Love

If you're looking for a great in-depth study look no further.  This study was excellent and dives into the depths of Love.  Miller does an excellent job of helping his readers understand love in a deeper way and offers them insights they might not have thought of before.  I highly recommend this book for small groups and for personal study.  I got the Kindle edition though and would probably recommend the physical copy instead.

083 - 31 Days of Drawing Near to God

Devotionals are quite often a dime a dozen.  You can find a mediocre devotional just about anywhere.  Unfortunately, Ruth Myers' book 31 Days of Drawing Near to God is just another devotional.  A book that perhaps would be excellent if the reader already loved Ruth Myers, but nothing to make the reader fall in love with her writing.  It offers that same ordinary insights into the Christian life that has been written by hundreds of authors and printed thousands of times.  It might not get me many stars on Multnomah's website, but regardless the honest evaluation of this book, is save your money.  There are much better devotionals out there (some have been reviewed on this blog).

I'm also supposed to let you know I received this book from Waterbrook / Multnomah in exchange for a fair and honest review.

082 - The Quotable Chesterton

Have you ever been working on a lesson or a paper and tried to find a good quote for the introduction or ending?  I know I have on several occasions.  I've always loved quotes.  Good ones normally get written out and stuck on my wall somewhere, great ones get blog posts.  The Quotable Chesterton compiled by Kevin Belmonte is an extremely useful resource to have around for those who like me enjoy good quotes.  Belmonte offers quotes from G. K. Chesterton on a variety of topics.  He even includes endnotes so that it's easy and convenient to cite the original source in a paper.  This book wouldn't be successful if it weren't for Chesterton who said and wrote many inspiring things in his life.  Chesterton's work is broken down and allows the reader to easily locate the subject of their choice and see what Chesterton had to say about it.  I highly recommend this book.

I'm also supposed to let you know I received this book from Thomas Nelson in exchange for a fair and honest review.

081 - In Constant Prayer

By now we've reviewed almost the whole Ancient Practices Series.  Here's one of the last remaining ones we haven't gone over yet.  In Constant Prayer by Robert Benson was an excellent read.  He challenges his readers to... get ready for this... pray.  It seems like something so simple, but it's such a beautiful concept.  Something that we all know we should be doing, but at the same time so often forget to do.  How can we make prayer an integrated part of our lives where it becomes engrained in us?  What can we do to "pray without ceasing"?  Benson tackles those questions and more.

I'm supposed to let you know I received this book from Thomas Nelson in exchange for a fair and honest review.

080 - Defiant Joy

I've always loved G. K. Chesterton.  This book does an excellent job of portraying the man who has influenced so many Christian thinkers.  Belmonte does a super job of showing us the real Chesterton, not just the writer.  We get to see his character through his written word.  The book is excellently written and one of the best biographies I've read in a while.  Highly recommended to anyone who loves G.K. or even for those who have never heard of him.  You'll not just get to see Chesterton's character, but also read about some of his works and his various accomplishments.  I though Belmonte did an excellent job of writing this book.

I'm also supposed to let you know I received this book from Thomas Nelson in exchange for a fair and honest review.