Best Books
Say Yes
Best Books What’s Your Answer? Sometimes we’re struck with inspiring ideas but shy away from saying yes to God. What He is asking us to do looks dangerous. It looks difficult. People will think we’re crazy. It will cost us. We could fail. God often asks us to do the impossible because, for Him, all …
Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas
Best Books This year has been a rough one for most people. Politics and a pandemic have disrupted our society, and Christmas will not feel the same for many of us. Perhaps that is why Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas (Zondervan) resonated with me. Many of our most loved Christmas carols were written in …
A Bundle of Inspiration from Iron Stream Media
12 Gifts of Christmas As you prepare to wrap up 2020 and welcome 2021, do you want to strengthen your faith? Iron Stream Media has books that will help you! As part of Birmingham Christian Family’s 12 Days of Christmas Reader Giveaways, you could win five great books including The Name of the Stars by …
The Epic Bible
Best Books When I was a child, I understood things as a child. That means, of course, that I spent much of my formative years reading comic books. The aforementioned literary category suffers from an obvious misnomer, for the genre is rarely comedic. The exploits of Conan the Barbarian, Sgt. Rock, and Spiderman often deal …
Technology- The Tool to Introduce the World to Christ
Best Books Most of us love technology. Social media keeps us connected. New apps and technological advancements provide more opportunities for personal and business use. But did you ever stop to think about how technology may be the modern-day equivalent of the Roman roads during the early church growth? In the timely and ministry-boosting book, …
A Woman God Can Bless
Best Books It’s interesting to read the Biblical accounts of some of the people God called to do things and to see how there was no hesitation in them. For example, there’s Noah. God employed Noah in the huge task of building an ark strong enough to withstand a 40-day rainstorm, sturdy enough to endure …
The Value of a Good Rivalry
Best Books Recently I launched two books that are based on an intense rivalry. Over the years, I have either played, covered, or watched rivalries in the sports world. I remember the battles between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. There were the competitive encounters between the Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers back in the …
Everywhere You Look: Discovering the Church Right Where You Are
Best Books A few years ago, I sat in a pastor’s living room and he asked me a question. “Darrel, how are we going to fix our churches?” He was referring, of course, to the national decline in church attendance. Since then, disinterest in church has not slowed – it has accelerated. It doesn’t matter …
