The Magnificent Promise: The Unifying Power of Prayer. Helen Smith Shoemaker. Abingdon Press, 128pp. There is a great proliferation of books on the subject of prayer; this is understandable. Helen Smith Shoemaker, the author of The Magnificent Promise, points out in her introduction “When you pray” Jesus says, not “if you pray.”
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Review: Called to Die, Steve Estes
Called to Die. Steve Estes. Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 198pp. Called to Die is the biography of American linguist Chester Allen Bitterman III who was slain by terrorists in Bogota, Colombia in 1981. Chet Bitterman was an enthusiastic man of 28, married and father of two little girls when seven armed terrorists broke into … Read more
Women Under Stress, Randy and Nanci Alcorn
By Shirley Charleson. While much research on the subject of stress has been done on men, it is most often women who are crying out for help. … Read more
Words That Hurt, Words That Heal, Carole Mayhall
By Shirley Charleson. Although we may have known God for ten or twenty or more years, we blissfully continue in gossip, in slander, in reckless, careless idle speech that is revolting to God. … Read more