 According to a recent (March 2008) online Harris poll, America’s top book of 2008 turns out to be the Bible. The survey was done among 2500 US adults with ages ranging from the Echo Boomers Group (ages 18-31) to the Matures (ages 63 and older). The poll showed that preferences varied depending not only on age, but on gender, US regions, educational levels, and race.
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 Passion and Purity
Author: Elisabeth Elliot
A thoughtful and honest book, Passion and Purity traces back to Elisabeth Elliot’s relationship under God’s provision. Elliot shares her love story with readers so candidly, it’s difficult to put the book down. With biblical relevance to what God wants in our passionate relationships is extremely radical from a worldly perspective. However, Elliot’s combination of her personal accounts and God’s will in our lives illustrate a pure love we long for.
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Pride
goes
before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. (Proverbs 16:18)
 In the parable of the sower, Jesus commended those whose
faith was rooted firmly in soil. In The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara
Kingsolver reveals a potential flaw in those whose faith are firmly rooted-
arrogance and the inability to accept others. Due to the predominant effects of
stubborn pride in the novel, all characters eventually abandon Christianity, a
reflection of Kingsolver's personal beliefs. However, embedded in her message,
which, at first glances seems like a attack on Christianity, is a message of
acceptance for everyone to learn.
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 Alex & Brett in our green room
Has anyone told you that you can’t do something? Maybe society has convinced
you that you aren’t capable. Maybe you’ve even questioned your own
abilities to do challenging things in your life. Well, according to a couple
of home schooled 19 year old twins from Oregon, you CAN do something. Better
yet, you can do hard things.
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