Shop Talk: Book Reviews

Illustrated Bible Stories by Marion Thomas and Daniele Fabbri (Book Review)

This is an excellent hardback children’s book. The graphics inside the book are superb and I love each of the two-page stories. It brings children up to date with the Bible, which is such a good place to start. It’s an impressive book!

40 Stories of Hope - How Faith Has Changed Prisoners’ Lives by Catherine Butcher (Book review)

If you want to know about how God is moving within the prison community, then this is a good book for you. It’s very clear that Christianity and faith are significant to so many people within prisons in the UK.

Power to Change - Becoming like God’s Son, Keswick Book 2016 (Book Review)

The Keswick movement continues to grow and develop. This book contains many of the messages from the three weeks of the event. It reads well and there are some excellent speakers contributing to its pages. If you have not been to Keswick, then picking up this book is a great place to start!

Serving God in a Migrant Crisis - Ministry to People on the Move Patrick Johnstone and Dean Merrell (Book Review)

Patrick Johnstone’s question is for the Church. What are we to do with so many people, often Christians, coming into Europe to find a new life for themselves? This is a huge concern, and one that will continue to haunt us for some years to come.

I’d Like You More If You Were More Like Me, John Ortberg (Book Review)

This book is about connections. And yes, it has a very ‘l-o-n-g’ title! It’s all about intimacy and vulnerability. It’s quite humorous, but it does get into the real issues of how we can attain closeness with other people - and with God.

Fire Road by Kim Phuc (Book Review)

The story of Kim Phuc, the Vietnamese girl in the photo that defined the Vietnam War - a book detailing so much pain but also how she focuses on Jesus and His healing.