The Promises She Keeps by Erin Healy

Hi there again! Just recently, I’ve received another new book from BookSneeze- “The Promises She Keeps”. (Just as a reminder- due to some long law thing, I’m under no obligation to give this a positive review, so whatever I saw is whatever I really feel about the book, okay? OkayJ Now let’s move on, shall we?) Now, I’m not going to spoil too much of the plot lines or anything, but I’m just going to tell you that it’s a really good book. From the first page, the wonderful imagery and mysterious prose draws you in. Precise discriptions give us a glimpse into the minds of the characters almost immediately, and this is extremely cool. A mystery is set up for us to figure out from the first page, and to draw spiritual parallels into this is truly amazing- at list in my own humble opinion. I’ve always loved Erin Healy’s works, and this is no exception. She truly has a way with words that just about blows my mind every time. In no uncertain terms, I give this a solid 5 out of 5 stars, and I would most definitely recommend this book to anyone who would ask me. I hope that you all have a great rest of the day! Good bye! J

Seeds of Turmoil by Bryant Wright

I recently read another book from BookSneeze (as a disclaimer, according to some law thing, I’m under no obligation to give a positive review. So when I’m talking about these books, I’m talking how I legitly feel about them, okay? Okay. J) It was called “Seeds of Turmoil”. Seeds of Turmoil is a book that, on paper, is a good idea. But in writing, it is very hard to get into. The feeling through the book is a very charismatic feeling, very showy and flashy. It’s a good book, however, in that it delves into history and gives good discriptions. It attempts to explain the conflict in the Middle East using a Biblical perspective, which is both admirable and interesting. I honestly did enjoy the book once I got into it. But that’s where the issues lie- it took me a long, long time to actually get into the book. Bryant Wright opens with, “As a pastor, I’m always asked, ‘Bryant, why can’t these people get along?’” I’m paraphrasing, but it was like that- and it felt kind of, I don’t know. I didn’t enjoy the opening and if based only on that one sentence, I wouldn’t recommend it. But if you add up all the parts of the whole, it is an intriguing book and if you are someone who enjoys history and stuff like that, you will enjoy this book. I think that I will give it 3 out of 5 stars. Anyway, I gotta go! Thanks! Bye! J

Start! Bible for New Believers

I’ve recently signed up for this thing called Booksneeze, where the Thomas Nelson publisher sends you free books so you can review them. My first book that I got was the Start Bible for new believers. I gotta say, I really like it. The Start! Bible for new believers NKJV version is a very easy, comfortable Bible to read, and it doesn’t really throw around long, obscure theological names or phrases- thank goodness! I’m no Bible scholar myself and usually I hard time trying to figure out what things like ‘The Doctrine of Pantheomilliminiusts’ is (I don’t think that’s an actual thing, but you get the idea J) So it’s just really easy to understand, and even though I’ve been a Christian for about two and a half years so far, I’m finding this Bible very relevant and it answers important questions in a good, understandable way. Another plus is that it’s a New King James Version, so it’s almost like you get the beauty and eloquency of the King James Version, but you don’t have to work all around all the ‘thees’ and ‘thous’ and whatnot. I just simply LOVE it- I’m gonna use it pretty much all the time, I think. So, pretty much, giving this about a four and a half out of five. Well, I got to go now- busy day today- with all the 'kerusso' and whatnot x3. Anyway, thanks for reading!! Bye :D Have a fantastic day!

Hmmm... :)

Okay, just as a heads up, right now I'm going to be talking about one of the most controversial topics in America today. One that thousands, if not millions of people have found themselves involved in. One that help rewrite today's society and culture. Twilight. No, not the time of day when the sun sinks below the horizon. The "Twilight" that I'm talking about is the book series that got author Stephanie Meyer instant fame, the one that helped launch this new era of vampire fascination, as well as, to some extent, interest in werewolves and other creatures. The books, which have been on bestseller lists everywhere, is one of the big things for this generation, like facebook and texting. I myself am not a huge fan of the Twilight books. I don't care for vampires at all, much less sparkly ones. But I can understand why they're such a hit. They provide dozens upon dozens of people, girls and women primarily, with a certain fulfillment. They wish for someone to love them as fully and completely as Edward allegedly does. But Edward is but a man- a very very old sparkly blood-thirsty "man"-fantastical supernatural being- but a man just the same. And man messes up.
Man disappoints.
Man fails.
Man is not perfect.
So why do people insist on putting hopes and trust in men, fictional or not? I think it might be because it's what we're used to. We're used to depending on the tangible, the hands on stuff. But sometimes we forget, if we can hold it, it can break. The only thing that we can truly rely on is that which we can not physically touch. If you can't hold it, you can't break it. God, Jesus, He's the only One who can truly love you, truly fulfill you, truly sustain you. He can fill every void you have in your life, I promise. It's time to make sure that everyone knows it. There's too much pain to let them keep hurting. To many broken hearts for them to keep getting disappointed. Jesus is the only one who can heal the hurting and mend the broken for good. Let them know. :)

Well, hey there :)

Okay, I guess that since I made this about 10 minutes ago, no one will know about this, what I'm about to write. So I might as well go ahead. I got my name for this- kerusso- from a t-shirt company. I sincerely hope they don't mind, but seeing as it's really a Greek word, I don't think that there will be any copyright infringement or anything silly like that. :) I know that this sounds crazy, but I think that kerusso is my new favorite word. I mean, it's really fun to say for starters. Go ahead. Say it. Keh-roo-soh. And it makes me feel exotic. No one I know knows what 'kerusso' is. But I think it's my favorite word because of what it means. It's a Greek word, a verb, that means "To cry or proclaim as a herald", "announcement", as well as "preaching; to preach." (The New Testament in the Bible actually uses a different word, kerygma for preaching, but kerusso sounds cooler.(: ) That's pretty much our job as Christians. To tell people about the good news, the love that Jesus offers them. When Jesus was reading from the book of Isaiah (look up Luke 4), He read from Isaiah 61:1-2a:

"The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor."

He then told everyone that He was the one that was annointed, the one to preach, the one to bind the broken, to free the captives, and release the prisoners. He did. Now, it's our turn to tell everyone about Him, how they can be healed, freed, released. We need to "cry, proclaim as a herald". We need to brings an "announcement." We need "to preach". We need to, well, kerusso.