Reviews of Notable Nonfiction Books


John 3:16 The Numbers of Hope

Synopsis:

John 3:16 is an alphabet of grace, a table of contents to the Christian hope, each word a safe-deposit box of jewels. Read it again, slowly and aloud, and note the word that snatches your attention. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” Read more »

The Atonement Child

Synopsis:

Dynah Carey knew where her future was headed. She was engaged to a wonderful man, the daughter of doting parents, and a faithful child of God.

Then, in one horrific, terrifying moment, the unthinkable, unpardonable happens. Dynah’s perfect life is shattered by rape, her future irrevocably altered by an unwanted pregnancy, her family torn apart. A few weeks following the attack, she faces an agonizing decision that pushes her faith to its limits and threatens to tear her family apart. Read more »

The Red Tent

Synopsis:

Her name is Dinah. In the Bible, her life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters about her father, Jacob, and his dozen sons in the Book of Genesis. Read more »

All She Ever Wanted

Synopsis:

Thirty-five years ago Kathleen fled her home, desperate to cast off weights of poverty and shame. But an unexpected invitation from her sister unwittingly draws her back to that sleepy New York town, her own daughter in tow. Read more »

Eve’s Daughters

Synopsis:

Yearning for love and dignity, four generations of women must come to grips with the choices they’ve made – and those their mothers made before them. But breaking the cycle that has ensnared them over the decades will prove more difficult than they had ever imagined. Read more »