Wonderful new book from Ken Ham

As you can see from the title "The New Answers Book 4" by Ken Ham is the newest in is Answers books series that answers questions about creation & evolution and the Bible.  This book this book is published by Master Books, a division of New Leaf Publishing Group. It answers such questions Dragons were they real, Should there really be a battle between Science and the Bible, and How big is the universe.  It does not just give pat answers to the questions it delves into the Bible, history, and science for the answers.It uses science and the bible to prove the answers to peoples questions.

Very very informative book.   It has a lovely amount of very detail information even schematics detailing the possible design of the ark.  One of my favorite questions that was answered was "Have people always been brilliant or were they originally dumb brutes?".  I will admit it was over whelming at times on the information but that is a good thing.  However it is still a wonderful book and I would recommend to anyone with question on Creation/Evolution.

I was given this book by Master Books Publishing Group for my honest review.

The Elegant Solution by Paul Robertson

Book Summary

The Elegant Solution by Paul Robertson is a Christian historical suspense novel.  It involves math, history, secrets of the Bernolli family and a suspicious death.  It is from the view point of math prodigy Leonhard Euler who is being mentored by Johann Bernolli whose brother dies under unknown circumstances.

My thoughts

I usually don't take this long to read a book but this one I had a very hard time trying to read it and I am big historical suspense fan usually.  This was a very detailed book and I really did enjoy that (especially with the math equations as I like math) but at times it was just over done.  I sometimes got lost in the story not sure what was going on but that may have not been the author's fault as I have a lot going on in my life right now.  It was a nice book that was finally not a Christian romance but was good clean and fun historical suspense story.  If you like a lot of detail and like math and cerebral type books then this book is for you.

Disclosure: I received this book free from Bethany House Publishing. I was not required to write a positive review. 

My Hope Is Found by Joanne Bischof

My Hope is Found is the 3rd in the book series The Cadencce of Grace by Joanne Bischof .  You can read the first chapter here.  It is about the relationship of Gideon O'Riley and his love Lonnie.  He married Lonnie in one of the previous books but has found out that he is still married to his first wife from his past.  Now she is looking to get past the hurt Gideon has brought onto her and he is wanting to annul his first marriage and get back with her.

I admit I just could not get into this book at all even to the point of I could only read it half and then read the ending just so I could know what happened at the end.  For me at least it was one of those books that you need to read the whole series and our library did not have them.  So, that made it very hard for me to get into this book I may have like it better if I had read the first 2 in the series.  Also it is a heavy romance story which I am not a fan of.  So for me this was not a good read.

Disclosure: I received this book free from WaterBrook Press. I was not required to write a positive review. 

"Real" by Jamie Snyder

Quick Summary

Real by Jamie Snyder is a good book about asking the question of are you Sunday only Christian or do you live the faith everyday.  It dwells in many different subjects around our faith in Jesus from our joy, generosity, our love for others and more.  At the end of each chapter is some questions that you can answer for discussion or more reflection and a prayer at the end of the chapter.

My thoughts

Now I have to admit at first I was not sure if I would enjoy this book but I really did.  Mr. Snyder really asks and makes you think about are a Sunday Christian in other words if someone seen you outside of church on Sunday would they know that you are a Christian.  I have to agree with the question cause sometimes it seems like our attitudes are lets hid up in our Churches and hide our faith the rest of the week.  That is wrong when there are Christians in other countries that are dying just cause they are Christian and I mean dying not just oh they called you name.  He wrote one thing that really stood out to me and I realized he so correct.  He said, "Why is it that some of the same people who once ran hard and fast toward Jesus in the Gospels are now running equally hard and fast away from Jesus' church?"  The prostitutes, the tax-collector, the people who society called low used to run to Jesus now if you say that you are a Christian they usually run from you as they figure they will be judged and not shown Jesus' love.  We need to remember as church to love others not just hole ourselves up with others who act just like us.  Will you show love to person not dressed like you, the homeless, the mentally ill, the smoker, who comes to your church or you see every day or will you ignore or look down on them?  This book really reminded me to show Christ love to everyone especially the ones that are hard to love or society says they are hard to love.  I recommend this book highly.

I received this book from BethanyHouse publishing for my honest review and was not required to give a positive review.

Christian Non-Salvation Issues

Warning I am not soft peddling my feelings on this subject of Christian non-salvation issues so if you are offended easily then stop reading. And I will not accept any nastiness in comments about non-salvation issues. Here is a light hearted spacer to enjoy if you don't want to read the rest of the post, the picture is of my shoes that my husband bought me, yep platform Converse.

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Still reading well then you have been warned

  Seriously people this time of year seems to bring out the nastiness in all sides on non-salvation issues.  I don't know why it does.  Here is some examples of non-salvation issues that I have seen lately that have had more debates on that need be. We should have an attitude on them of if thats your personal conviction fine as neither side is wrong.

Non-Salvation Issues (my belief after the example and if you feel opposite of me that's fine with me)
Home school or Public School (We do both, 1 home schooled and 1 public schooled)
Halloween or no Halloween (Nope not for us and we used to be big fans of it, except we do pass out candy with verses attached to them)
Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays (Doesn't matter to me on which one is used, I know shocker but its not a salvation issue.  Besides I get more mad about Christ being removed from some so called Christian churches than a holiday that is not in scripture.)
Vegan or meat eater (I am a meat eater I physically get sick without meat products in my diet regularly)
TV or No TV (we don't own a TV but watch some shows on-line)
Republican or Democrat (I am neither, I am an independent.  I have seen some of the underbelly of the Government personally in DC when I was 17 and it cemented me as an independent.)
Dresses only or non dresses (I personally am skirts/dresses only and I don't believe every woman should be like me) 10/30/15 Update now I wear pants as my hip used to pop out a lot now it doesn't as much thanks to wearing pants.


Why do we allow these non-salvation issues to divide us as Christians?  Or why do we get annoyed or snippy or nasty or uppity with others who believe differently on these non-salvation issues.  I am sick of seeing followers of the Lord Jesus Christ arguing over non salvation issues while their Lord and Savior is being ignored or even replaced by other things by churches and people that say they are Christians.  We are to be spreading the gospel and not fighting/arguing over non-salvation issues.  I am just sick of seeing these things taking our eyes off of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 

When did us Christians get such a thin skin about non-salvation issues and not get upset about salvation issues?
Rant over

Take Time to Be Holy 365 Devotional from the writings of Samuel Logan Brengle

Take Time To Be Holy by Samuel Logan Brengle is a 365 daily inspirations that are meant to help bring you closer to God.  Samuel Logan Brengle was a preacher and Salvation Army officer in the 1800's and early 1900's.  It has a scripture verse on each page and then an excerpt from some of Mr. Brengle's writings below as the devotional.

This is a good devotional from what I have already read as I just received it a couple of days ago.It has already helped me think of my relationship with God. Another feature I like about this devotional is that it is a small book that I could easily fit into a purse if I wanted to take it with me.  However there is one feature of it that did rub me the wrong way knowing the time frame that Mr. Brengle wrote his writings  in the verses in my opinion should have been quoted from a Kings James Bible not any newer version.  As he wrote using that version of the Bible and not any of the newer ones.  To me that dropped it to a 3 star rating out of a 5 star rating for me.  So if the use of modern Bible versions with Mr. Brengle's writing does not bother you then this would be a good devotional.

Tyndale House Publishers sent me a free copy of this book for my honest review.

Excellent Book Return To Me by Lynn Austin

Return To Me by Lynn Austin is her take on events that surround the books of Ezra and Nehemiah from the viewpoints of the exile Iddo, his grandson Zechariah, and a young girl named Yael. We start off in first with Daniel translating the message that God wrote on the wall of the party that King Belshazzar had.  After that the story continues in Babylon then goes to some of the Jewish people deciding if they are going to leave Babylon to go back to Jerusalem.  We see how different families that are around Iddo's decide if they are going to go back or stay in Babylon.  We also see how the pagan religions of Babylon have affected peoples beliefs.

This was a very good book even with a side store that I knew from the start where it was going. Usually that ruins a book for me but not this time.  I really enjoyed that she wrote about how being in Babylon did effect the Jewish people and how it influenced a lot of the people on their beliefs.  Plus it showed he people will compromise once they get away from God's truth.  I like how she also does not make the people look like superheroes and that they have their own faults.  The scripture never shows people as superheros and this book didn't either.  But remember this one author's view of events around biblical events do not take it as scripture.  A very good book I highly recommend it, I even plan on down the road buying the not digital copy.

I was given this by via e-book for free from via NetGalley from Bethany House Publishing and was not required to submit a positive review.