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LOVE AMID THE ASHES by Mesu Andrews is an amazing,...

2012-04-12T11:08:16.032-04:00

LOVE AMID THE ASHES by Mesu Andrews is an amazing,inspirational biblical fiction about Job and Dinah. It is well written with details,scriptures,and depth. The characters are enduring,courageous,steadfast,suffer and romance. This story will bring the biblical story of Job,his suffering,his faith,his journey,loss,and weaves this story of the old testament to life. This story will weave beauty,steadfast faith,suffering and love amid the ashes together with vivid details.Job's tale is not only one of tragedy,but it is the story of his faith,and the beauty of Dinah.The author has threaded the story with explanations of Job's faithfulness to his God,reveals how suffering plays out in our life,and his interaction with Dinah.This story has a powerful plot with romance,passion,biblical truth,and will have you in tears. This is truly an epic love story with forgiveness,love, suffering,restoration and staying steadfast with your faith.If you enjoy seeing biblical characters of the bible come to life,than this definitely a story to read.While this is this author's debut novel,I can see others forthcoming.

I've been wanting to read this series, but hav...

2012-02-23T22:14:41.228-05:00

I've been wanting to read this series, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I'm a stickler for reading series in order though, so I think I would start with the first one, even if they don't necessarily have to be read in order.

Thanks for reviewing my book and I hope it helps y...

2012-01-31T23:46:34.273-05:00

Thanks for reviewing my book and I hope it helps your blog readers!

Author Kathryn Bechen

Hi Becky! Thanks so much for being a part of the b...

2012-01-31T19:39:05.640-05:00

Hi Becky! Thanks so much for being a part of the blog tour for "The Keeper." So glad you enjoyed the story. I smiled when I read the part about how you related to Julia--that was a nice touch. My husband and I just had our 30th anniversary, too! Blessings to you in 2012. Warmly, Suzanne

I hope I'll get a chance to read this one soon...

2012-01-30T19:48:33.608-05:00

I hope I'll get a chance to read this one soon. I LOVED The Swiss Courier and I'm expecting this one to be just as good (if not better)!

I have this one on my TBR list already, but I don&...

2012-01-29T18:00:42.971-05:00

I have this one on my TBR list already, but I don't know when I'll get to it.

I hope y'all are all well and enjoying the new year.

This sounds like one I need to put on my list. Ann...

2012-01-19T18:59:29.491-05:00

This sounds like one I need to put on my list.
Ann

Judy, great review. Posting it on The Vessel Proje...

2011-12-12T16:09:57.544-05:00

Judy, great review. Posting it on The Vessel Project.

k

This sounds like a good read - thanks for posting....

2011-11-23T14:38:12.485-05:00

This sounds like a good read - thanks for posting.
Ann

Judy, it thrills me to be here at your blog! Thank...

2011-10-12T07:16:02.463-04:00

Judy, it thrills me to be here at your blog! Thank you for featuring my work.

I love your recommended list and got some new ideas for that lonely nightstand :)

Blessings,
Patti

Thanks for reading, and for your kind recommendati...

2011-10-07T09:47:44.904-04:00

Thanks for reading, and for your kind recommendation, Judylynn!

Thank you so much for this insightful review of De...

2011-10-06T08:56:08.059-04:00

Thank you so much for this insightful review of Deliver Me From Evil. May believers everywhere band together to see this evil stopped and the captives set free!

Thank you for the moving review of Kathi's lat...

2011-10-06T08:43:40.661-04:00

Thank you for the moving review of Kathi's latest. I'm glad it touched you so. I hope your readers will check it out.

WW2 has always fascinated me and I thought Sarah d...

2011-08-27T12:35:50.181-04:00

WW2 has always fascinated me and I thought Sarah did a terrific job capturing it. This was a great end to the series and I, too, am disappointed to know that there are no more Novak brothers to write about!
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Judy - thank you for your lovely review! I'm s...

2011-08-26T13:22:14.730-04:00

Judy - thank you for your lovely review! I'm so glad you enjoyed the entire series!

Judy, thank you! I'm glad you could relate to ...

2011-08-24T11:24:09.405-04:00

Judy, thank you! I'm glad you could relate to the Rankin family and the sacrifices they made to help others.

If you or your readers would like to sample Wide River or the sequel, The Light Across the River, you can read the first two chapters of each here: http://bit.ly/rdRKvp

Thanks for sharing your readers with me!

Yes, Cecelia, I did read it. It was OK, just a lit...

2011-08-14T22:14:27.699-04:00

Yes, Cecelia, I did read it. It was OK, just a little too silly for me.

Looks like a good book. Curious, did you read the ...

2011-08-12T07:08:49.234-04:00

Looks like a good book. Curious, did you read the novel? Just wondering what you thought about it.

Sounds like a good book, thanks for sharing.

2011-08-05T11:51:46.805-04:00

Sounds like a good book, thanks for sharing.

This sounds like an amazing story! The book is def...

2011-07-30T13:20:27.713-04:00

This sounds like an amazing story! The book is definitely going on my TBR list.

Philosophy is dead. Is Logic dead also? ...

2011-07-21T05:48:44.738-04:00

Philosophy is dead. Is Logic dead also?

How did the scientists come to know that an entire universe could come out of nothing? Or, how did they come to know that anything at all could come out of nothing? Were they present at that moment when the universe was being born? As that was not the case at all, therefore they did not get that idea being present at the creation event. Rather they got this idea being present here on this very earth. They have created a vacuum artificially, and then they have observed that virtual particles (electron-positron pairs) are still appearing spontaneously out of that vacuum and then disappearing again. From that observation they have first speculated, and then ultimately theorized, that an entire universe could also come out of nothing. But here their entire logic is flawed. These scientists are all born and brought up within the Christian tradition. Maybe they have downright rejected the Christian world-view, but they cannot say that they are all ignorant of that world-view. According to that world-view God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. So as per Christian belief-system, and not only as per Christian belief-system, but as per other belief-systems also, God is everywhere. So when these scientists are saying that the void is a real void, God is already dead and non-existent for them. But these scientists know very well that non-existence of God will not be finally established until and unless it is shown that the origin of the universe can also be explained without invoking God. Creation event is the ultimate event where God will have to be made redundant, and if that can be done successfully then that will prove beyond any reasonable doubt that God does not exist. So how have they accomplished that job, the job of making God redundant in case of creation event? These were the steps:
1) God is non-existent, and so, the void is a real void. Without the pre-supposition that God does not exist, it cannot be concluded that the void is a real void.
2) As virtual particles can come out of the void, so also the entire universe. Our universe has actually originated from the void due to a quantum fluctuation in it.
3) This shows that God was not necessary to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going, as because there was no creation event.
4) This further shows that God does not exist.
So here what is to be proved has been proved based on the assumption that it has already been proved. Philosophy is already dead for these scientists. Is it that logic is also dead for them?

This sounds like an excellent addition to my colle...

2011-07-04T13:09:14.870-04:00

This sounds like an excellent addition to my collection of apologetics books! I have to admit I'm much more interested in apologetics based on philosophy than apologetics based on scientific argument, but this book interests me because it's a direct answer to an atheist book. I'll definitely be adding this one to my TBR list!

Thank you for the wonderful review of Leonora'...

2011-06-30T12:31:42.954-04:00

Thank you for the wonderful review of Leonora's latest. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I had a chance to provide an endorsement for it before I knew she was going on tour. I fell in love with these characters and never wanted to see this book end.

Thanks again for the lovely review.

Cheryl

I agree it sounds like too many coincidences, but ...

2011-06-27T14:48:54.581-04:00

I agree it sounds like too many coincidences, but after we had several local fireman die. One wife married a fireman friend of her deceased husband pretty quickly. The same thing happened a lot after 9/11. Good review - thanks.
Ann

Thank you for reviewing our book. I'm so glad ...

2011-06-25T20:53:00.736-04:00

Thank you for reviewing our book. I'm so glad you liked that scene with Grandpa. I tend to think it can be difficult for children to understand the full significance of the Gospel till they have done something that really hurts someone (which tends to be what helps us understand for real that we are sinners.) So that, even though this is already what Julien believes, Grandpa gently helps him toward the realization of all that it means in his life, now that he has realized his sin.

Sorry it was confusing sometimes. We had to shorten the book a lot because it was too long, and I'm afraid sometimes in shortening things we may have taken out a little too much!