Book Review Heaven is for Real for Kids By Todd & Sonja Burpo

Heaven is for real, and you are going to like it!

Colton Burpo came back from his trip to heaven with a very important message: Jesus really, really loves children. In effort to reach even more families with this eternally significant story, this runaway bestseller is now told from Colton—kid to kids! Children will receive the same comfort and assurance that so many adults have received from the trade book.

After reading Heaven is For Real, I was really excited to read and review Heaven Is For Real for Kids.  I was not disappointed.  Not only is the writing wonderful and easy to understand for children, but the illustrations are gorgeous.  The paintings are inspirational and make it easy to imagine what heaven is like.
I give this book 5 stars.  

Book Review-When God Whispers Your Name By Max Lucado

Do you find it hard to believe that the One who made everything keeps your name on His heart and on His lips? Did you realize that your name is written on the hand of God (Is. 49:16)? Perhaps you've never seen your name honored. And you can't remember when you heard it spoken with kindness. In this book, Lucado offers the inspiration to believe that God has already bought the ticket-with your name on it.

When God Whispers Your Name is a beautiful book full of inspirational messages and wonderful stories to illustrate God's love and purpose for us.  Something that stood out to me was the simple and easy to understand writing.  This was not fancy theology but real truth.  

Lucado reaches his audience with kindness and some doable challenges that are encouraging and not condemning. 

Well Done.

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Book Review Our Last Great Hope-By Ronnie Floyd

Join pastor Ronnie Floyd as he challenges readers to face reality and begin a global movement to reach the lost. He says, "God is calling us to an awakening regarding his most urgent command found in Matthew 28:19 to go and make disciples of all nations. This Great Commission is the compelling charge given to us with divine authority by our Commander in Chief, Jesus Christ."

Perhaps I missed something in this book but with subtitle like Awakening the Great Commission I  expected to be inspired.  I had hoped for something more practical than pay tithing and plant churches.  I did not even find any wonderful stories of God's work through others in this book.  


As for Our Last Great Hope creating any sense of urgency in my to head out and evangelize the world, I must say it failed in this aspect as well.  I really did not catch the share the gospel bug from this book.  Quite a disappointment.

Book Review- Rumors of God By Darren Whitehead and Jon Tyson

In Rumors of God, authors Darren Whitehead and Jon Tyson call us to reject what is plausible, and to cry out for God to bring what is possible in our lives and in the church. It will resonate with Christians seeking a vision of the life God is calling them to, one that transcends the shallowness of our culture.


I must admit that this book was not what I expected it to be.  In fact I had hoped for something deeper and more "spiritual" to seek out God and really be fed.  
Rumors of God is a very practical book about changing your life so that others will see God in how you live daily.  So while my perception of what I thought this book would be were shattered, it was not bad.  
The most profound chapter for me was Chapter 9 "The Greenroom".  It has caused me to try and discover my privilege and use it to help others.  I have been praying to see the privileges I have and how God intends them to be used.
Rumors of God is full of real stories in which ordinary people (like you and me) have stepped out in faith to change their own lives and the lives of those around them to reflect the love of God.