Guide Me, Savior
edited by Erik Rottmann
Concordia Publishing House
3358 S. Jefferson Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63118
©2006 365pp Soft Cover
Guide Me, Savior is a compilation of 365 testimonies intended for the believer, prospective believer, or backsliding Christian who claims they have no time in their lives for spiritual devotion or even light reading. Each testimony is less than a page in length and offers hope to those who either do not want, or do not think they need hope in this fast paced modern world that all but compels us to ignore our devotions to God, family, friends and even our own spirituality as we desperately struggle to make work deadlines. Every page starts with a day and month listing at the top. This means that someone can start this book on January 1st follow the days on the pages and not get confused until a leap year comes.
The rear cover states the editor’s intention that the book is, “Appropriate for a few minutes at the beginning of the day or a short time at the close of the evening.” This format allows the book to be used and appreciated by those who do not read very often.
While the old saying goes that one should not judge a book by its cover, in this case it is irrelevant. The book is about spiritual guidance. The cover has a picture of a lighthouse on it. The symbolism should be obvious to both those who are familiar with the tale of the apostle Paul’s shipwreck adventures and those who are not.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Just Enough Light for the Step I'm On
Just Enough Light for the Step I’m On
by Stormie Omartian
Harvest House Publishers
PO Box 1266
Weaton, IL 60189
©2002 125pp Soft Cover
Somewhere in the United States of America there lives a blonde woman. This woman is Mrs. Omartian; she wants you to pray to God. God likes His prayers you know. So to help you with this, Mrs. Omartian has written a prayer book called Just Enough Light for the Step I’m On. This is a small, easy to carry book to be used for daily devotional prayer.
In the introduction Mrs. Omartian says she has added 21 new prayers for this book. Well, that is 21 more things to say to God, and that is good. A neat feature in this book is that it actually leaves room for the readers to write what they are thinking about. This means that you can make up your own prayers! Will the subversiveness of the Protestant movement never stop?!
This book is probably best suited for women. Omartian tends to write with women in mind. Heck, if it gets millions of copies of her books sold why not? After all your prayers are targeted at God so why should not Omartian’s pray books be targeted at that redhead you have been dating? I should mention that this book is also good for blondes, brunettes, and black-haired girls who most definitely do not count as brunettes. So if there’s a girl in your life who needs help remembering to pray, get her this book. If not get the girls first then buy them this book.
by Stormie Omartian
Harvest House Publishers
PO Box 1266
Weaton, IL 60189
©2002 125pp Soft Cover
Somewhere in the United States of America there lives a blonde woman. This woman is Mrs. Omartian; she wants you to pray to God. God likes His prayers you know. So to help you with this, Mrs. Omartian has written a prayer book called Just Enough Light for the Step I’m On. This is a small, easy to carry book to be used for daily devotional prayer.
In the introduction Mrs. Omartian says she has added 21 new prayers for this book. Well, that is 21 more things to say to God, and that is good. A neat feature in this book is that it actually leaves room for the readers to write what they are thinking about. This means that you can make up your own prayers! Will the subversiveness of the Protestant movement never stop?!
This book is probably best suited for women. Omartian tends to write with women in mind. Heck, if it gets millions of copies of her books sold why not? After all your prayers are targeted at God so why should not Omartian’s pray books be targeted at that redhead you have been dating? I should mention that this book is also good for blondes, brunettes, and black-haired girls who most definitely do not count as brunettes. So if there’s a girl in your life who needs help remembering to pray, get her this book. If not get the girls first then buy them this book.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
101 Most Puzzling Bible Verses
101 Most Puzzling Bible Verses: Insight into Frequently Misunderstood Scriptures
by Tim Demy & Gary Stewart
Harvest House Publishing
PO Box 1266
Weaton, IL 60189
©2006 217pp Soft Cover
The Bible is confusing. Really it is. I am not kidding, you can spend your whole life trying to figure it out and still be confused. Some verses are weirder than others. For this reason many atheists, scalawags, nerdowells, politicians, friends at school, teachers, pimps, district managers, and all manner of problem people have been allowed for years to misquote and abuse believers by “using scripture” against them. For this reason Demy and Stewart have come together to unleash a holy crusade against these il-informed villains, vagrants, yuppies, and puppets of Satan. Demy & Stewart have written a book called 101 Most Puzzling Bible Verses. In this marvelous tome they proceed to take mistranslated and misunderstood Bible verses and mistranslate, and misunderstand them in new and exciting ways!
Buy this book and get a fresh look at some of scripture’s most confounding moments. In Matthew it is stated to not judge lest ye be judged. Many twerps will use this as an excuse to key your car, shoot your sister, and then claim they cannot be touched. Read this book and find out what that phrase actually means! Or read the Bible and break the nose of the guy who just keyed you car. Either way you will go forward into the future a better person filled with the true light of God in your heart and the scriptures as your companion.
by Tim Demy & Gary Stewart
Harvest House Publishing
PO Box 1266
Weaton, IL 60189
©2006 217pp Soft Cover
The Bible is confusing. Really it is. I am not kidding, you can spend your whole life trying to figure it out and still be confused. Some verses are weirder than others. For this reason many atheists, scalawags, nerdowells, politicians, friends at school, teachers, pimps, district managers, and all manner of problem people have been allowed for years to misquote and abuse believers by “using scripture” against them. For this reason Demy and Stewart have come together to unleash a holy crusade against these il-informed villains, vagrants, yuppies, and puppets of Satan. Demy & Stewart have written a book called 101 Most Puzzling Bible Verses. In this marvelous tome they proceed to take mistranslated and misunderstood Bible verses and mistranslate, and misunderstand them in new and exciting ways!
Buy this book and get a fresh look at some of scripture’s most confounding moments. In Matthew it is stated to not judge lest ye be judged. Many twerps will use this as an excuse to key your car, shoot your sister, and then claim they cannot be touched. Read this book and find out what that phrase actually means! Or read the Bible and break the nose of the guy who just keyed you car. Either way you will go forward into the future a better person filled with the true light of God in your heart and the scriptures as your companion.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
77 Talks For Bored-Again Teenagers
77 Talks for Bored-Again Teenagers
by Steve Maltz
Kregel Publishing
PO Box 2607
Grand Rapids, MI 49501
©2003 349pp Soft Cover
Have you tried talking to teenagers recently? It did not make much sense now did it, especially if you are a teenager. Well trying to talk to them about Christianity is even more difficult. For that reason Steve Maltz wrote a book all about getting the little punks to begin to understand Christianity. He called it 77 Talks for Bored-Again Christians.
77 Talks is divided into 7 sections. Each section has ideas in it for what to talk to a teenager about and how. It begins with the red section, for talking with non-believing teenagers, and goes until the violet section, for talking with teenagers who believe but are sick to death of the same endless Sunday school lessons. In all of these sections you are given a topic, typical responses and ways to make those responses look really phony. I assure you nothing makes teenagers madder than honestly telling them that they are phonies.
The problem is that teenagers are unlikely to listen to reason because they tend to be overconfident and bored, hence the title. In truth the only time that teenagers were ever smart or open-minded was when you were one. So get this book and do what you can for the confused adolescents in your life. After all, you probably would not be talking with teenagers if you were not responsible for their being here.
by Steve Maltz
Kregel Publishing
PO Box 2607
Grand Rapids, MI 49501
©2003 349pp Soft Cover
Have you tried talking to teenagers recently? It did not make much sense now did it, especially if you are a teenager. Well trying to talk to them about Christianity is even more difficult. For that reason Steve Maltz wrote a book all about getting the little punks to begin to understand Christianity. He called it 77 Talks for Bored-Again Christians.
77 Talks is divided into 7 sections. Each section has ideas in it for what to talk to a teenager about and how. It begins with the red section, for talking with non-believing teenagers, and goes until the violet section, for talking with teenagers who believe but are sick to death of the same endless Sunday school lessons. In all of these sections you are given a topic, typical responses and ways to make those responses look really phony. I assure you nothing makes teenagers madder than honestly telling them that they are phonies.
The problem is that teenagers are unlikely to listen to reason because they tend to be overconfident and bored, hence the title. In truth the only time that teenagers were ever smart or open-minded was when you were one. So get this book and do what you can for the confused adolescents in your life. After all, you probably would not be talking with teenagers if you were not responsible for their being here.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Romans and Galatians: An Ironside Expository Commentary
Romans and Galatians: An Ironside Expository Commentary
by H.A. Ironside
Kregel Publications
PO Box 2607
Grand Rapids, MI 49501
©1920, 2006 239pp Hard Cover
For the more serious student of Christianity modern writings can be boring. They serve a useful purpose as far as religious study is concerned but are predominantly designed to introduce outsiders to the religion. To those who are already children of God this can get tedious. However, many of the older works on Christian subjects were written before the television could distract people with nonsensical, postmodern, randomness. As such, they tend to be a bit deeper and more what the solid Christian is looking for.
Ironside wrote a series of commentaries on books of the Bible. Romans and Galatians, for some obscure reason, actually deals with Paul’s Epistles to the people of Rome, and Galatia. The first half of the book concerns the much overanalyzed book of Romans. It is divided into three parts each part containing a series of lectures on the subjects presented in the book of Romans. The three parts contain guidance on how to use the information in Romans for Doctrinal, Dispensational, and Practical purposes. The Second half of the book is about Galatians and is formatted in almost exactly the same way. The biggest difference is that the three sections are about Personal, Doctrinal, and Practical ways to use the information.
Romans and Galatians is exactly what it looks like; a text book. It should be read not for the joy of reading, but by men and women who want a greater understanding of the biblical letters it covers and the Dispensational theology of Ironside’s day.
by H.A. Ironside
Kregel Publications
PO Box 2607
Grand Rapids, MI 49501
©1920, 2006 239pp Hard Cover
For the more serious student of Christianity modern writings can be boring. They serve a useful purpose as far as religious study is concerned but are predominantly designed to introduce outsiders to the religion. To those who are already children of God this can get tedious. However, many of the older works on Christian subjects were written before the television could distract people with nonsensical, postmodern, randomness. As such, they tend to be a bit deeper and more what the solid Christian is looking for.
Ironside wrote a series of commentaries on books of the Bible. Romans and Galatians, for some obscure reason, actually deals with Paul’s Epistles to the people of Rome, and Galatia. The first half of the book concerns the much overanalyzed book of Romans. It is divided into three parts each part containing a series of lectures on the subjects presented in the book of Romans. The three parts contain guidance on how to use the information in Romans for Doctrinal, Dispensational, and Practical purposes. The Second half of the book is about Galatians and is formatted in almost exactly the same way. The biggest difference is that the three sections are about Personal, Doctrinal, and Practical ways to use the information.
Romans and Galatians is exactly what it looks like; a text book. It should be read not for the joy of reading, but by men and women who want a greater understanding of the biblical letters it covers and the Dispensational theology of Ironside’s day.
Proverbs and Song of Solomon: An Ironside Expository Commentary
Proverbs and Song of Solomon: An Ironside Expository Commentary
by H.A. Ironside
Kregel Publications
PO BOX 2607
Grand Rapids, MI 49501
©1920, 2006 358pp Hard Cover
For those who thought that Ironside only wrote about the New Testament, you were wrong. For those of you who thought it was an old T.V. show, you are confused. H.A. Ironsides commentary series continues with a collection of lectures on Proverbs and the Song of Solomon. That’s right, Ironside covered two of the books of the Bible you never read, or at least never understood. Proverbs was too nonstandard, and Song of Solomon was too poetic and you got frightened when you analyzed the poetry.
Well worry no more, because Ironside’s commentary is here to help explain these two puzzling writings so that you can learn from it. Ironside divides the book into two parts, one for each Bible book. Each part is then subdivided into a series of lectures on the subject. There are 31 lectures for Proverbs. There are 8 for Song of Solomon.
Ironside’s ministry began when he was very young and spanned more than 50 years. Ironside was also a professor, which is where his lectures came from. These lectures have been compiled into books for easy understanding. After all if a lecturer cannot be understood he could not have done the job for so long now could he?
For readers already familiar with Ironside’s commentaries this will be more of the same. For readers who are not familiar with them it will be a new voyage of discovery that will probably leave you feeling enlightened and embarrassed. Then again it might not.
by H.A. Ironside
Kregel Publications
PO BOX 2607
Grand Rapids, MI 49501
©1920, 2006 358pp Hard Cover
For those who thought that Ironside only wrote about the New Testament, you were wrong. For those of you who thought it was an old T.V. show, you are confused. H.A. Ironsides commentary series continues with a collection of lectures on Proverbs and the Song of Solomon. That’s right, Ironside covered two of the books of the Bible you never read, or at least never understood. Proverbs was too nonstandard, and Song of Solomon was too poetic and you got frightened when you analyzed the poetry.
Well worry no more, because Ironside’s commentary is here to help explain these two puzzling writings so that you can learn from it. Ironside divides the book into two parts, one for each Bible book. Each part is then subdivided into a series of lectures on the subject. There are 31 lectures for Proverbs. There are 8 for Song of Solomon.
Ironside’s ministry began when he was very young and spanned more than 50 years. Ironside was also a professor, which is where his lectures came from. These lectures have been compiled into books for easy understanding. After all if a lecturer cannot be understood he could not have done the job for so long now could he?
For readers already familiar with Ironside’s commentaries this will be more of the same. For readers who are not familiar with them it will be a new voyage of discovery that will probably leave you feeling enlightened and embarrassed. Then again it might not.
Ephesians: An Ironside Expository Commentary
Ephesians: An Ironside Expository Commentary
H. A. Ironside
Kregel Publications
PO BOX 2607
Grand Rapids, MI 49501
© 1920, 2007 191pp Hard Cover
Another in Ironside’s series of commentaries on books of the Bible, Ephesians serves to enlighten serious Christian readers on some of the aspects of that particular letter which they might have missed.
Like his book Romans and Galatians Ironside publishes his lectures on the subjects so that even those who did not attend his classes, or were not even born yet, could understand and appreciate his analysis of Paul’s epistle to the Ephesians.
Unlike his book Romans and Galatians Ironside does not subdivide Ephesians. This time there are 26 lectures laid out in order to help the reader understand Ephesians, or at least to understand what Ironside thought of Ephesians. It must always be remembered that commentaries are not the word of God but they do discuss it and help readers to attain a greater understanding of it. Without being able to understand the Bible the full use of its teachings would be unattainable. In other words without commentaries such as Ironside’s the Bible would be relegated to the world of academic nonsense even more than it already is. Remember your college courses and shudder at the implications.
The back cover of the book reveals some information about the author. Ironside began teaching Sunday school at age 11 and quickly realized that being a believer would help his teaching. Ironside actually converted to Christianity at age 13 and spent over 50 years as a minister, professor, and author.
H. A. Ironside
Kregel Publications
PO BOX 2607
Grand Rapids, MI 49501
© 1920, 2007 191pp Hard Cover
Another in Ironside’s series of commentaries on books of the Bible, Ephesians serves to enlighten serious Christian readers on some of the aspects of that particular letter which they might have missed.
Like his book Romans and Galatians Ironside publishes his lectures on the subjects so that even those who did not attend his classes, or were not even born yet, could understand and appreciate his analysis of Paul’s epistle to the Ephesians.
Unlike his book Romans and Galatians Ironside does not subdivide Ephesians. This time there are 26 lectures laid out in order to help the reader understand Ephesians, or at least to understand what Ironside thought of Ephesians. It must always be remembered that commentaries are not the word of God but they do discuss it and help readers to attain a greater understanding of it. Without being able to understand the Bible the full use of its teachings would be unattainable. In other words without commentaries such as Ironside’s the Bible would be relegated to the world of academic nonsense even more than it already is. Remember your college courses and shudder at the implications.
The back cover of the book reveals some information about the author. Ironside began teaching Sunday school at age 11 and quickly realized that being a believer would help his teaching. Ironside actually converted to Christianity at age 13 and spent over 50 years as a minister, professor, and author.
1 and 2 Corintians: An Ironside Expository Commentary
1 and 2 Corinthians: An Ironside Expository Commentary
by H.A. Ironside
Kregel Publications
PO Box 2607
Grand Rapids, MI 49501
©1938, 2006 470pp Hard Cover
Mr. Ironside has done it again. Or at least he did 70 years ago. The book 1 and 2 Corinthians is a commentary on… 1 and 2 Corinthians. Unlike the other commentaries that Ironside wrote, this one does not hold anything back. How could Ironside, when he wrote 39 lectures on 1 Corinthians, and another 22 on 2 Corinthians? That means 61 chapters of commentary on two Bible books that you never even new existed. Do not lie to yourself. You know all the MVPs in professional hockey and their stats, but opening the Bible is to hard. It is ok. You are not alone. If you were not then why would Ironside have written, let alone published, lectures on the subject?
The letters to the Corinthians were written by Paul two millennia ago. This does not mean that the books are outdated. It means that for two thousand years people have thought they were awesome. People have only grudgingly accepted that hockey is a sport for a few decades, and not everyone at that. So put down your nerd stick from the Canadian flash in the pan and read a few books. Or at the very least play the game and stop memorizing stuff about it so that you can pretend that you have played hockey. I mean that is just silly.
by H.A. Ironside
Kregel Publications
PO Box 2607
Grand Rapids, MI 49501
©1938, 2006 470pp Hard Cover
Mr. Ironside has done it again. Or at least he did 70 years ago. The book 1 and 2 Corinthians is a commentary on… 1 and 2 Corinthians. Unlike the other commentaries that Ironside wrote, this one does not hold anything back. How could Ironside, when he wrote 39 lectures on 1 Corinthians, and another 22 on 2 Corinthians? That means 61 chapters of commentary on two Bible books that you never even new existed. Do not lie to yourself. You know all the MVPs in professional hockey and their stats, but opening the Bible is to hard. It is ok. You are not alone. If you were not then why would Ironside have written, let alone published, lectures on the subject?
The letters to the Corinthians were written by Paul two millennia ago. This does not mean that the books are outdated. It means that for two thousand years people have thought they were awesome. People have only grudgingly accepted that hockey is a sport for a few decades, and not everyone at that. So put down your nerd stick from the Canadian flash in the pan and read a few books. Or at the very least play the game and stop memorizing stuff about it so that you can pretend that you have played hockey. I mean that is just silly.
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