A Quick Review of Dane Ortlund’s Gentle and Lowly: One of my favorite reads of the last few years. Ortlund makes Puritan writers accessible, and he focuses on the merciful heart of Christ toward all of us sinners and sufferers in a way that’s greatly refreshing to those of us burdened by legalism and/or guilt. I recommend Gentle and Lowly…
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Mini Book Review #6: Alone with God: Rediscovering the Power and Passion of Prayer, by John MacArthur. THIS IS THE SHORT-AND-SWEET 6th EPISODE OF THE RESTFUL HOME’S NEW SERIES OF MINI BOOK REVIEWS. Check back each week for a new installment of short book summaries and favorite quotes! Alone with God is one of my new favorite, accessible books on…
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Mini Book Review #5: Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells THIS IS THE SHORT-AND-SWEET FIFTH EPISODE OF THE RESTFUL HOME’S NEW SERIES OF MINI BOOK REVIEWS. The first half of this book I found very well-written and well-compiled. Michelle Duster is Ida B. Wells’ great-granddaughter, and she has written a beautiful tribute to…
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Mini Book Review #4: Wilson’s A Different Shade of Green: A Biblical Approach to Environmentalism and the Dominion Mandate. I hope you’ve enjoyed the mini book review series so far! Each week you’ll see a short-but-sweet summary of a book to help you make your own reading choices! What does Christian environmentalism look like? A Different Shade of Green is…
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Mini Book Review #3: Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich. The third book in this short-but-sweet summary series is a novel by a great Russian author, Leo Tolstoy. “Ivan Ilyich’s life had been most simple and most ordinary, and therefore most terrible,” Tolstoy writes as he introduces his protagonist. Ivan Ilyich spends his life in correctness and propriety according to…
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