Book: Dare to Dream by John Maxwell
Reviewed by: Courtney Christian
Although it is small in stature and thickness, Dare to Dream by John Maxwell houses a wealth of inspiration for any person desiring to accomplish more than mundane goals in their lifetime. Maxwell challenges readers to grasp the child-like tenacity they once had to dream [...]
Book: Stripped Clean by Jeff Storm
Reviewed by: Kara McCool
“Do you own your stuff or does your stuff own you?” This is one of the many painfully probing questions that this compelling book poses to its readers. If you aren’t ready to have every layer of your soul mercilessly shredded and intensely scrutinized then you aren’t [...]
Book: The Rest of God by Mark Buchanan
Reviewed by: Kara Christian
Today’s young people are living radically different lives than those of the generations before. It is no longer wake up, go to school, come home, do your homework, and get to bed nice and early. Our lives are bombarded with endless responsibilities and unavoidable demands [...]
Book: The One Minute Bible for Students by Doug Fields
Reviewer: Kara McCool
As a young person, the task of reading your Bible through can be so daunting that it is rarely attempted and even less successfully completed. The One Minute Bible is not an effort to replace the Bible or even to make reading it [...]
“Do Hard Things” by Alex and Brett Harris
Reviewed by Kara McCool
In our culture, the teenage years have become an excuse for mistakes, laziness, and low expectations. If a teenager manages to make it out alive without some sort of disaster like an unexpected pregnancy or a criminal record, parents count themselves worthy of a pat on [...]
Book: “Unchristian” by David Kinnaman
Reviewed by: Kara McCool
Have you ever wondered what the world around us really thinks about us and WHY they think what they do? As a Christian, we can attempt to discern the perspectives of non-Christians around us but are our opinions on target? These are the answers that David Kinnaman set out [...]
Thirtyoneanothers
by Russ Cripps
Reviewed by Kara McCool
How would someone measure his or her personal relationship with Jesus? How could you truly say that you know Him? The Bible doesn’t delineate the length of time that you as an individual should spend daily in prayer and Bible reading in order to classify yourself in that category. Therefore, [...]
Book: Teen People of the Bible: Celebrity Profiles of Real Faith and Tragic Failure
Author: Daniel Darling
Reviewed by: Kara Christian
The paparazzi offer distorted glimpses into the humanity of our society’s young celebrities, proclaiming the reality of their faults and failings to the entire world. Likewise, the Bible is filled with undeniably truer accounts of real celebrities. [...]
Why We’re Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be)
By: Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck
Reviewed by: Kara McCool
“You can be young, passionate about Jesus Christ, surrounded by diversity, engaged in a postmodern world, reared in evangelicalism, and not be an emergent Christian. In fact, I want to argue that it would be better if you [...]
By: Francis Chan
Reviewed by: Kara McCool
“…when you’re wildly in love with someone, it changes everything.” (Francis Chan)
Only a crazy, inexplicable love could drive Jesus Christ to endure the ultimate torture of Calvary’s cross just so He could spend eternity with sinful, messed up people like us! It doesn’t make rational sense. God is so holy, [...]
