Reviews by Joseph Yates
Take Action Bible, NKJV
On 4/12 Joseph Yates wrote: Thomas Nelson’s The Take Action Bible is intended as a starter to ministry and social justice. It is the entire Bible in the New King James Version, with words of Christ in red, multiple pages of real-life stories of action, 52 social ideas, and standard Bible contents such as a concordance and maps. ... Book Review - The Take Action Bible
Finding Our Way Again
On 4/6 Joseph Yates wrote: Brian McLaren’s Finding Our Way Again: The Return of The Ancient Practices is the introductory book in a series of books related to ancient religious practices. Notice the word religious instead of Christian. Although a pastor, supposedly evangelical, McLaren is known for his faulty biblical hermeneutics ... Book Review - Finding Our Way Again
The Portable Patriot
On 2/20 Joseph Yates wrote: The Portable Patriot edited by Joel Miller and Kristen Parrish is a book containing documents, speeches, and so forth from America’s founding fathers and others in their time period. Here is a list of many things it contains: Mayflower Compact Declaration of Rights from the Stamp Act Congress The ... The Portable Patriot
How Should a Christian Live?
On 5/25 Joseph Yates wrote: This devotional book, How Should a Christian Live?, has good content but seems a little cliche at times. I hate to say it, but it’s true. There are so many different devotional books out there today. Some are for men, some for fathers, some for mothers, some for boys, some for girls, some for firefighters, ... How Should A Christian Live? devotional
Rick and Bubba’s Big Honkin’ Book of Grub
On 3/23 Joseph Yates wrote: Rick & Bubba’s Big Honkin’ Book of Grub looked like a good book to request from Thomas Nelson for their book review program. I love food. I think all Baptists do. So, I got this book. It came in the mail, and I was excited to read some really good recipes. Unfortunately, most of the ... Rick & Bubba’s Big Honkin’ Book of Grub
Why You Say It
On 3/11 Joseph Yates wrote: Why You Say It is an interesting work detailing the origins and original meanings of many figures of speech and phrases. Coming in at 348 pages, this book remains a light read for the reason that the entire book works like this: HEDGE Throughout much of northern Europe, early farmers planted bushes and shrubs to serve as ... Why You Say It by Webb Garrison
The Map
On 3/2 Joseph Yates wrote: The Map by David Murrow is a spiritual growth book written, for the most part, as a novel. In the story, David is approached by someone that tells him that their is an ancient document called “The Map” or “The Three Journeys of Jesus.” So David and his companion set out to discover it. Along ... The Map by David Murrow
The Voice of Psalms
On 2/12 Joseph Yates wrote: The Voice translation is an interesting concept; being such, I couldn’t help but request it from BookSneeze. To check out this translation, I compared it with the English Standard Version, one of the most accurate translations around. Sadly, The Voice suffers from unnecessary additions in the text. ... The Voice of Psalms
Mom's Bible: God's Wisdom for Mothers
On 2/4 Joseph Yates wrote: Mom’s Bible: God’s Wisdom for Mothers is a novel idea, one that filled a spot that was empty. There are many speciality Bibles, such as Every Man’s Bible, Teen Study Bible, and so on. Now, we have one for mothers. I am happy to say, this delivers on the premise. The notes in the Bible ... Mom’s Bible (notes by Bobbie Wolgemuth)
The Selfless Gene
On 1/23 Joseph Yates wrote: I was raised as a Young Earth Creationist. I have always been Young Earth until fairly recently, when I became convinced that Day-Age Creation was right. So lately I’ve been loving books having to do with Creation and Evolution. When I saw The Selfless Gene: Living with God and Darwin on the BookSneeze review list, ... The Selfless Gene by Charles Foster
NKJV Greatest Stories of the Bible
On 12/9 Joseph Yates wrote: For a while now I have been a book reviewer for Thomas Nelson Publishers. So far, I’ve written reviews on fiction, theology, and even a children’s book. Now this. Greatest Stories of the Bible is not your traditional book. In fact, it isn’t even a book. Thomas Nelson’s description A ... NKJV Greatest Stories of the Bible
Green
On 11/18 Joseph Yates wrote: Green, by Ted Dekker, is a Christian fiction book that is very allegorical. Thomas Hunter, a man from the present time in Denver, Colorado, somehow traveled to the future to an alternate future of sorts. At least thats what I understand. Note that I have not read any of the other three books in this ... Green by Ted Dekker
Called to Worship
On 9/21 Joseph Yates wrote: Called to Worship is a book by Vernon M. Whaley on “our response to God’s call.” Whaley, the Director of the Center for Worship at Liberty University, writes about the topic of worship. Throughout the book, Whaley is constantly providing Scriptures for everything. I love that. Too many ... Called to Worship
The Expanded Bible
On 8/21 Joseph Yates wrote: The Expanded Bible New Testament, by Thomas Nelson Publishers, is an interesting spin on the Bible. The Expanded Bible takes the translation and adds extra shades of meaning of the Hebrew and Greek words. These extra meanings will be in brackets like this: [pizza]. This is similar in style to the Amplified Bible, but while ... The [expanded] Bible (New Testament)
Real Church
On 7/28 Joseph Yates wrote: Real Church, by Larry Crabb, raises the question “What is real church?”. The author brings into question people’s motivesfor going to church. From the get go,after seeing how this guy writes, I knew this book was going to be strange. First off, let me say that I do not agree with practically anything this guy ... Real Church by Larry Crabb
God's Little Princess Devotional Bible
On 6/19 Joseph Yates wrote: God’s Little Princess Devotional Bible is a Bible story book, with princess-themed extra material. This book uses the International Children’s Bible (ICB) version for its Scripture passages. This does not contain the entire Bible, just parts of it. It has princess plays, activities, songs, ... God’s Little Princess Devotional Bible by Sheila Walsh