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This month the Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy blog tour is featuring Tuck by Stephen R. Lawhead, the third book in the King Raven trilogy. Like all book threes, it struggles to arise to the challenge of standing alone, and compared to it’s own race, does fairly well, though it slides dangerously close to that zone where new readers still feel like latecomers who’ve missed most of the story (because they have) and existing fans are going, “yawn, I know this already,” though I’d say most of the recap was necessary. Lawhead’s craft is a tad old fashioned for my tastes, and some readers mayRead More →

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On My Own Now: Straight Talk from the Proverbs for Young Christian Women who Want to Remain Pure, Debt-free and Regret-free by Donna Lee Schillinger(2009, the Quildriver) is a quirky, short volume for young single women leaving the nest. It can be somewhat silly at times in an effort to be seen as hip and relevant by the target audience,  a demographic that, statistically, very few of are firmly grounded in a biblical world view. This book can’t do much about that, but it will certainly help. The book has two basic goals: to make the book of proverbs assessible to a largely-biblically illiterate generation of women, andRead More →

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It’s You Call (Victory Publishing-November 2008) by Lawrence Powell, pastor of Agape Family Worship Center in New Jersey, promises to give readers the tools they need to bring their lives into purposeful focus by helping them discover their own God-given assignment and how to follow God’s compass to success. The seven chapters seek to teach readers how to: Perceive, accept, and pursue the call of God Overcome the prison of the past Lose the weight. That is, to separate from the Old Boy’s network-the folks used to the old you who don’t like the You 2.0 that Jesus wants to upgrade to and seek toRead More →

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Patricia writes: > After praying that a soul tie be severed, when does the freedom from > that soul tie begin?  When does the shame stop? Dear Patricia, Every journey to healing is different, Patricia. It’s much like when we first get saved. Some pray to receive Jesus and literally feel the weight of their sins lifted off them and never feel a serious temptation to go back to the old strongholds. Others struggle for years before getting the victory. Either way, when we repent, God forgives instantly. Sometimes, though we still have to struggle with the consequences, such as a soul tie–which is simplyRead More →

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This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Daisy Chain from Zondervan (March 1, 2009) by Mary DeMuth ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mary E. DeMuth teaches Christian parents to navigate our changing culture when their families left no good faith examples to follow. Her parenting books include Authentic Parenting in a Postmodern Culture (Harvest House, 2007), Building the Christian Family You Never Had (WaterBrook, 2006), and Ordinary Mom, Extraordinary God (Harvest House, 2005). Mary also inspires people to face their trials through her novels, Watching The Tree Limbs (nominated for a Christy Award) and Wishing On Dandelions (NavPress, 2006). Mary has spoken at Mount HermonRead More →