Book Review – First Things First: Rules Of Being A Warner

Cover via Amazon Being an Arizona Cardinals fan and watching the amazing Kurt Warner lead them to the promised land of Super Bowl XLIII, I jumped at the chance to review Kurt and Brenda Warner’s book “First Things First: The Rules of Being a Warner“.  Just about everyone knows the ups and downs of Kurt’s professional career.  Odds are you’ve also seen the email that’s...

Book Review: The Twelfth Imam

The latest offering from Tyndale House is Joel Rosenberg’s “The Twelfth Imam”.  The story takes place in the not too distant future and centers around the purported arrival of the Mahdi, the Islamic messiah known as the Twelfth Imam, an impending nuclear war started by Iran, and a young CIA agent named David Shirazi, who is sent to prevent the unthinkable from happening. The Good: All of it. ...

Book Review: The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven

If there’s one philosophy I try to abide by in doing media reviews, it’s that, if possible, 99% of the time I will chose something that is outside of my normal reading genre.  I do this in order to stretch myself, not only as a person, but as a writer.  When I chose “The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven” from Tyndale House, it was primarily because I’m naturally skeptical about...

Book Review: Imaginary Jesus – Matt Mikalatos

Two hundred twenty five pages in about two and a half hours.  Now, I generally read fast anyway, but it’s rare that I come across a book that I have to force myself to put down. Imaginary Jesus is one of those books. Matt’s writing style is engaging, powerfully descriptive, and so honest and real you sometimes forget you’re reading about someone else instead of your own story. I can honestly...

Book Review: Storm Warning – Billy Graham

In Storm Warning, Billy Graham takes us through Revelation 6, focusing on the Four Horsemen, and how today’s news could indicate that the end of times will soon be upon us.  While this book held promise, even for those not interested in eschatology, it never seems to catch its stride.  To be sure, there are more hits than misses in this book, but too often it seems to be a nearly 300 page sermon that...