Daily Archives: January 30th, 2012

Chasing Mona Lisa

About the book: It is August 1944 and Paris is on the cusp of liberation. As the soldiers of the Third Reich flee the Allied advance, they ravage the country, stealing countless pieces of art. Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring will stop at nothing to claim the most valuable one of all, the Mona Lisa, as a post-war bargaining [...]

Review of Chasing Mona Lisa by Tricia Goyer and Mike Yorkey

  Set in occupied France during World War 2, Chasing Mona Lisa is replete with intrigue, adventure, action and excitement. Bombs explode, tension thickens, the pace quickens as events quickly unfold, tumbling one upon another, and the reader is drawn into the plot longing to know what happens next…and why. If that were enough to make a book fantastic, [...]

Review of Shadows on the Sand: A Seaside Mystery (Seaside Mysteries) by Gayle Roper

Gayle Roper has given us a story that explores the depths to which evil men can fall while also pointing out the redemption that is available through Christ alone. Through the pages of one of the very best novels I have ever read, Gayle points her readers to a great and mighty God as she [...]

Personal intimacy with the Lord Jesus by J. C. Ryle (via Grace Gems)

(J.C. Ryle, “Growth in Grace” 1879) Regular and habitual communion with the Lord Jesus, is absolutely essential to growth in grace! I mean that daily habit of communion between the believer and his Savior, which can only be carried on by faith, prayer and meditation. It is a habit, I fear, of which many believers know [...]

To Help Abuse Victims, WE Must First Know and Abide in Christ - by Jeff Crippen

Reblogged from A Cry For Justice: John 15:1-5 ESV (1)  “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. (2)  Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. (3)  Already you are clean because [...]