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December 4, 2006

Dream Big, The Henrietta Mears Story

By Earl O. Roe, Ed. An interesting and inspiring biography of a very influential Christian woman, whose work for the gospel continues today through those she taught.

Mad Mary, A Bad Girl from Magdala, Transformed at His Appearing

By Liz Curtis Higgs. With her trademark humor and down to earth observations about things spiritual, Higgs blows away the myths surrounding Mary Magdalene and offers wonderful insights about our own spiritual understanding. A great book, especially poignant to read before Easter.

Really Bad Girls of the Bible, More Lessons from Less-Than-Perfect Women

By Liz Curtis Higgs. If you read the first one, you’ll love the second one. Higgs highlights some of the lesser known women of the Bible, inspiring and encouraging as always.

Queenmaker

By India Edghill. This novel about Michal tries to round out the sketchy information in Scripture about David’s first wife and queen. At first I thought it was going to be very good, but the more I read, the more disappointed I became. It’s not completely true to the Biblical account. It also paints David [...]

A Lineage of Grace series

By Francine Rivers. This series includes five novellas about “unlikely women who changed eternity.” Rivers has beautifully filled out (in fiction form) the stories of Tamar, Rahab, Ruth Bathsheba and Mary, the mother of Jesus. I loved these books (and so did my 13-year-old daughter) for the way the lives of these ancestors of Jesus [...]