The Wright Brothers,Wilbur and Orville Wright, the story behind the story about brothers who taught the world to fly. After a successful winter day in 1903 in the Outer Banks, it would take the world time to believe that the age of flight had come, with the first powered machine carrying a pilot.
Orville and Wilbur had exceptional courage and determination with far flung interests and ceaseless curiosity. Wilbur was a genius and Orville was gifted with mechanical ingenuity. They only had a high school education and little money but that never stopped them from taking to the air, facing the reality that they could be killed every time they took a flight..
This book by McCullough is a fast paced story of 2 Ohio boys from a remarkable family. The history is drawn from extensive Wright family papers. Their sister Katherine also played an important role. Without her things would have gone a lot differently.
This book is essential reading of timeless importance, recounting the most amazing feat mankind has ever achieved. It is a great read! What impressed me the most about the Wright brothers was how well the family worked together with no ego trips. They were a calm, easy going family that got things done and were gracious in all their successes. The account is fantastic and the brothers and sister were such a force together that might never exist ever again! They are the ideal role models for us and future generations!
Read this book, It is an A++. A lot of great photos of the machines and the brothers!.. David McCullough is at his best as he makes history come alive.
Wow! I just finished this book! My friends Dolores and Dan gave me this one. They have introduced me to a number of new authors to me and this is another!
The title is a great description of this novel. It seems like there was a murder every 50 pages. Lincoln Rhyme is the criminologist who works as a consultant for the NYPD. He has a close knit team that helps him solve the most puzzling and dramatic cases. The Kill Room is the name of the case that Rhymes gets from the assistant DA involving a government agency putting a hit on an out spoken critic of the United States. The case take Rhyme to the Bahamas where he and his local police contact meet their match.
But that is just the beginning of the killing during the investigations that Rhyme and his team follow.
I really enjoyed this book. I couldn’t put it down. I rate this book an A+++.
I can’t wait to read my next Lincoln Rhyme book!
By the way, have you been watching the Lincoln Rhyme, Bone Collector TV show on NBC? The series just concluded with the season finale. It was the most exciting 2 hour show I have ever watched! I am sure you can watch it on demand . Wow! Watch it!
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham
This book was the best book of 2019 for Time and the New York Times and NPR. It is a finalist for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence.
Journalist Adam Higginbotham wrote a years in the making account of the disaster and a powerful examination of how propaganda, secrecy and myth have obscured the true story of the 20th century’s greatest disaster.
Early in the morning of April 26,1986 the Chernobyl reactor exploded causing history’s worst nuclear disaster. In the 30 years since, the disaster has been lodged in nightmares, it is the shorthand for the horrors of radiation poisoning. It was dangerous technology slipping it leash. It was an example of what could happen when a dishonest , careless state endangers their citizens and the world.
Higginbotham spent 1,000’s of hours interviewing survivors for over 10 years to get their first hand accounts of the disaster. The result is a masterful non-fiction thriller, a definitive account of the event that changed history. A story more complex and horrifying than the Soviet myth. It is a great portrait of a lesson in resilience, ingenuity and lessons learned when mankind seeks to bend the rules of the natural world. Lessons in view of climate change, remain vital and necessary.
I was really fascinated by this book,it combines history, politics,science and human interest in a great non-fiction book. He covered the science and explained to the reader how nuclear power works and pointed out the problems that the Soviets had that they would never admit they had. The book also had a lot of pictures of the site and the people involved. This is a great book!
I rate it an A+++. I think you will be fascinated as well!!!
Linda and I attended the Sunday afternoon performance by the Greensburg Salem High School students. Wow ! What a fantastic performance ! Linda and I and other people we talked to all made the remark that if you didn’t know you were at a high school, you would have thought you were at a professional performance!
Alex Podolinski ( remember that name) , a Senior, had the role of the Phantom. He was fantastic, his vocal range and his acting skills are outstanding!! The vocal power that is required for that role is demanding but Alex did an excellent job.
Sarah Kobuck played Christine is also an excellent singer, had a great range and is a Senior. Madison Wood , a Senior, who played Carlotta had an unbelievable stage presence and voice to match. Other students of note were Ian Bortz and Elijah McBride.
This is the second time we saw this group perform. Sarah for her Senior project held a benefit performance of Sinatra and Christmas carols . The funds raised went to help put on the Phantom. All the students did a great job.
Sue Glowa was Director/ Producer, a teacher at the High school. You could see great evidence of her skills in the performance of these young people.
The School District and the whole community got behind this production. Our community should be proud ! We should continue to support music and the arts in our Schools.
Congratulations to all the students and parents involved in all aspects of the production! It takes a lot of time and practice to pull off a great show.
Great job!
Support your School Music, Drama and Art programs!
Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic
This great book deals with the human drama of the worst sea disaster in US Naval history. On July 30, 1945 the Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine. The crew spent 5 nights and 4 days on the ocean over 300 miles from land. Only 316 crew survived.
This book is the complete story of the ship and crew and its final mission to save one of their own. It features grievous mistakes, extraordinary courage, unimaginable horror and a cover up. This ship had just completed delivery of the core of the atomic bomb that was used against Hiroshima. The survivors fought 50 years to get justice for their Captain Charles Mc Vay who was wrongly court marshalled.
The book is a groundbreaking story of naval history and brings the story to life. The court martial involved the Japanese captain, who in the end helped clear Mc Vay’s name. The book highllights the efforts of a 13 year boy who got the Senate to hold hearings.
You will really love this book. I highly recommend it. I rate it an A++.
Memory Man -David Baldacci
This is another in the Amos Decker- Memory Man series. This is the second one of the 5 book series. It is a #1 Bestseller by the NY Times in 2017.
Decker and the FBI enter into an uneasy alliance with the Defense Intelligence agency to prevent an international incident. Decker witnesses a murder outside the FBI HQ. A man shoots a woman execution style and then shoots himself. Even with Decker’s powers of deduction and observation the killing is baffling with no connection between the two people, a successful businessman and a school teacher with no apparent motive.
Harper Brown of the DIA orders Decker and his team off the case because of an ongoing investigation so classified that Decker and his team aren’t cleared for it. Solving the murder becomes a matter of national security, and information has been leaked to a hostile government.
Decker not one to follow the rules and he remains focused on only one goal, solve the case before it is too late.
It’s a great story of espionage, family loyalty, deceit and international intrigue. This book has so many twists and turns…. It’s a Roller Coaster of a story!
Decker is the hard working, not going for glory, no flash detective who is easy to relate to!
I rate this book an A. Read it and read the whole series!!! The books are hard to put down!
The Pioneers by David McCullough
This is his latest released in May 2019 and it was a Father’s Day gift from Erin. It is an instant classic from McCullough about the settlers who opened up the northwest territory, land north of the Ohio River, land obtained from England in the Paris Treaty after the Revolutionary War.
Manasseh Cutler, a Massachusetts minister proposed opening the new territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families. The Northwest Ordinance established 3 required conditions: 1, freedom of religion, 2, free universal education and 3, the prohibition of slavery.
In 1785, General Rufus Putnam settled in now what is Marietta on the banks of the Ohio River. The book tells the real story thru 5 major characters, Manasseh Cutler, Rufus Putnam, Ephraim Cutler, son of Manasseh, Joseph Barker, a carpenter turned architect, and Samuel Hildreth, physician and scientist. These pioneers created a town in a primeval wilderness conquering trees of unimaginable size, floods, fires, wolves, bears and earthquakes. The book is drawn from little know collections of diaries, letters by key people. It is a real American story. Since Pittsburgh was the last frontier and take off spot for the Ohio River, it plays a key role in the story. There is a lot about Arthur St Clair who was the first governor of the territory who was from Ligonier.
The book ties in well with other events going on in the young country. A lot of people involved in the story I had never heard of but a few others that I didn’t know had a part in the events that took place in the history of the Northwest Territory.
It is an excellent read, easy to read and doesn’t seem like a history book because of McCullough’s style, but still is very scholarly. It includes photos and maps that really bring it together for me. If you only read one history, read this one! It really opened my eyes to the Ohio River area. Now I want to visit the Marietta area which isn’t that far away.
I rate this book an A+++. Get It! Read It!!
Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly
This book was a NPR best book of 2017 and Times Critics, best book of 2017. This Harry Bosch novel, follows Harry when he is exiled from the LAPD and is working cold cases for the San Fernando P.D. In this small town in the shadow of LA, Harry is called out to assist with a murder investigation of a double murder in a pharmacy. In the course of the investigation it leads the police into big business and drug abuse. Harry goes undercover to the world of organized pill mills.
Meanwhile and old case of Harry’s resurfaces when a long term convicted murderer claims Harry framed him and has new evidence. Bosch left LAPD on bad terms and follow colleagues aren’t interested in protecting his reputation. He must fend for himself to clear his name and keep the killer in prison.
The two cases wind around each other. Along the way Harry discovers two kinds of truth, one that sets you free and another that leaves you buried in darkness.
This is a tense, fast paced story fueled by the legendary detective’s unrelenting sense of mission. His dedication, drive, insight, experience and his constant fight against the system and others who write him off, make this a compelling novel.
This is my third Connelly that I read this month. My friends Dan and Dolores gave me my first two Connelly books and now I am hooked on these classic cop stories written by the best in the business.
This book rates an A++. I can see why it was #1 in 2017. Can’t wait to read another Bosch novel by Michael Connelly.
Simon and Schuster
I get an email newsletter from Simon and Schuster publishing. It’s a good way to keep up with what is new, what books have just been released etc. They publish my favorite, Stephen King, so it’s my way to keep up with Mr. King.
Here is the web address: newsletter@news.simonschuster.com
The newsletter features the latest releases. The newsletter today features gift ideas for Fathers Day. Last week they had books for Memorial Day. I find a lot of my reading material by reviewing the newsletter. Today it talked about a new book by David McCullough, The Pioneers. I like McCullough so I went to the Westmoreland Library network and checked if it is available. I found that 9 people had already put a hold on “The Pioneers.” I’ll get it in about 22 weeks, sometime in October! LOL.
As a service to my followers here is a list of new books that you might like:
- Comes Again by Howard Stern
- Mueller Report by the Washington Post
- Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books, an effort by Christopher Columbus’s son to create the world’s greatest Library by Edward Wilson-Lee
- Frederick Douglas by Jared Cohen
- The Storm on our Shores by Mark Obmascik. A story of 2 WW II soldiers.
- Indianapolis, the story of the worst sea disaster in American Naval History by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic
Check these books out if they interest you! Simon and Schuster will be glad to sell them to you! Or you can try your local Library like I did!!
Harry Potter and the cursed child, Part one and two by JK Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne
This is the original play script of the West End production. I haven’t read a play for a while going back to when I read all of Shakespeare’s plays. I am a Harry Potter fan and can’t get enough of him so I tried this play.
All the characters have grown up, it’s about 20 years later arry Potter and the cursed child. Harry is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic with 3 kids. His youngest son Albus struggles with the weight of the family legacy that he never wanted. Harry is struggling to deal with him. Albus hooks up with an unlikely friend complicating his relationship with his Dad. Albus goes on a quest to make something right his Dad did years ago. The play goes back and forth between 2 worlds.
I have read all the books and have really enjoyed them, not so much the movies! You’ll be lost if you haven’t read the books or seen the movies.
The play is fast moving and is different than reading a novel. Give it a try! I rate it an A
Apollo 8 by Martin W. Sandler
The Mission That Changed Everything features Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, came at a time when the nation was in need of hope, the most powerful rocket Saturn V and these 3 Apollo astronauts.
In 1957 the Russians launched the space race with Sputnik 1 and the USA was behind. President Kennedy challenged our country to land on the moon by the end of the decade.
1968 was a bad year with the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy and riots across the country.
The CIA found out that the Russians were making plans to land on the moon and our lunar landing module was behind schedule so NASA changed the mission of Apollo 8 to go to moon and orbit the moon and return.
The mission was a huge success with the photos they took and the live in flight interviews. The photo Earth Rise” changed the world, our first glimpse at our planet. The live TV broadcast on Christmas Eve and the Genesis message was memorable. The Save the Planet movement really exploded after Apollo 8.
The book highlights the decline in interest in space after Apollo 8. Less people watched Apollo 11- 17. I guess the space program was a victim of its own success. That was very true as I remember.
This book is very good and refreshed my memory of the times. The book did a good job of tying everything together. I reads this book in one day it was so interesting. Lots of great photographs in this book and it compares the Earth Rise photos to other classic US photographs from the Civil War and the Great Depression.
I highly recommend it. It ranks an A.
Destiny of the Republic-by Candice Millard
A tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president- James A. Garfield. Garfield was born in poverty, became a janitor and carpenter to pay for his schooling. He was a wunderkind scholar, Civil war hero a renowned and admired Congressman. He was nominated to be a candidate for President against his will as he went to the convention to nominate someone else.
After he was elected President he engaged in a battle with corrupt political establishment, was stalked for four months by a deranged office seeker, tracked and shot in the back. The shooting shattered the fragile National mood. This is a story of the behind the scenes struggle for his administration and the Nation’s future and his medical care with shockingly bad treatment. The story also involves Alexander Graham Bell scurrying to invent a new device to help treat the President.
The book traces the assassin Charles Guiteau and his very weird personality and what he thought the treatment he would get after assassinating Garfield. The author dives into the life of First Lady Lucretia Garfield, Garfield’s very young secretary, Joseph Stanley Brown, and Vic President Chester Arthur. There is a great story about Robert Todd Lincoln, President Lincoln’s son.
Garfield was a warm, expansive person and was accepted by both Blacks and leaders of the South. He could have been a great President given more time.
This book at once is exciting, scary and horrifying and very well done. There are a number of great photographs that help. This book was excellent, a history that was not overdone, helped me understand the times and made we glad we live in the age we do today.
I rate this book an A+. Get this book and read it. I read it through eBooks and the Westmoreland Library system.
Wish you Well by David Baldacci
This was Baldacci’s seventh book written in 2000. It is a work of fiction but he got the ideas from interviewing his mother. His mother was born in Southwestern Virginia the scene of this book. His mother was one of 10 children who grew up there.
The story revolves around Louisa Mae Cardinal “Lou” and her brother Oz. They lived in New York City in 1940 when tragedy strikes their family. They go with their invalid mother to live with their Great grandmother in the Virginia Mountains.
It is a story about coming to age in a new area. Their future lives are determined by greed and justice in a small town courtroom. The trial determines the lives of 2 children, the town and the mountain they love.
The story takes you back in time to life in the mountains in the 40’s. It shows what it takes to be happy for those people. It shows the prejudices of the south and the toll of lumber, coal and gas on the land and its toll on the people.
Baldacci develops wonderful characters that you’ll love, that show abundance of the human historical novels spirit, in this story. I really enjoyed this book as it as a change from the histories, biographies and I have been reading.
Baldacci learned a lesson. He was searching all over for ideas on the story theme but he found the ideas right in front of him through his mother. I have searching for my story and have found it in my family. What is your family’s story?
I rate this book and A+. I recommend you find it and read it!
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
This book by Chernow was the inspiration for the Broadway musical, “Hamilton”. Hamilton galvanized, inspired, scandalized and shape, the new nation. And our heritage as Americans
The book is a riveting history of an individual who overcame all odds to become a key player in the Revolution and the founding of our Country. Joseph Ellis said of this book, “the best ever written of the most brilliant, charismatic and dangerous founder of them all.”
Very few figures in American History were hotly debated and misunderstood than Hamilton. Chernow gives Hamilton his due and sets the record straight. According to Chernow the political and economic greatness of the Unite States is the result of Hamilton’s sacrifices to champion ideas that were widely disputed.
At a young age Hamilton launched his career as an aide de camp to George Washington, contributed to the Federalist papers, founded the Bank of New York, chaired the Federalist Party and became the first secretary of the Treasury.
The book is not just about Hamilton but the birth of America through central figures, Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Adams and many others. It covers the Revolutionary War and the rafting of the Constitution. It reminds of the purpose of our institutions and our heritage as Americans.
The book is over 1,000 pages long, reminds me of college texts I read. It is very good. I rate the book an A+. I have not seen the musical but if it tells the same story anything like the book, it should be fantastic!
This book covers the events after the Battle of Gettysburg and the final 2 years of the Civil War. It highlights the escalation of the conflict and the confrontations between Lee and Grant. They are both very complicated, heroic, troubled soldiers.
For Lee, Gettysburg was a disaster, but he will fight to the bitter end. Grant was a hardnosed, decisive leader that the Union needed to turn the tide of the Civil War.
The story traces these two soldiers through the costly Battle of the Wilderness, to the siege of Petersburg to surrender at the Appomattox Court House through the minds and hearts of those who gave their Last Full Measure.
Reading this book you live in the horror of the tremendous bloodshed and loss of life that is hard to imagine today. It makes you think of what we owe to those men to work to constantly preserve that union that they fought for, even today.
In addition to Lee and Grant the book highlights another great soldier, Lawrence Chamberlain of Maine a college professor turned hero. President Lincoln and his relationship with Grant is another great part of the book.
I highly recommend this book and all books of Jeff Shaara. I rate it an A.
The First Conspiracy-Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
This is the previously untold story of a Conspiracy involving George Washington during the Revolutionary War. This story reveals George Washington’s character as its effects his role as commander of the Revolutionary Army.
The book starts when he was growing up in Fredericksburg, Virginia. His half -Brother Lawrence was a big influence after Washington lost his father. George felt it was important that a man have honor, integrity and character. He develop these traits and as a young man had hand written a list of 110 Rules of Civility that he got from a book of Rules of Civility, that was written by French Jesuits in 1595. It was very popular in George’s time. He had a quiet modesty and a good reputation and these traits served him well as he took a position with General Braddock, having no other experience other than being a surveyor.
The book describes Washington’s participation as a delegate to the Continental Congress. He showed up in a military uniform. When he was nominated to command the Continental Army, he left the room, not wanting to appear like he was coveting the position. His expression of modesty and civility.
He is appointed and immediately he goes to Boston to take command after the Battle of Bunker Hill and build the Continental Army. The book goes in to the challenges he faced that were many. He created a group of Elite Body guards called the Life guards.
After the British left Boston Washington went to New Washington went to New York City. There he was challenged by the Loyalists, including William Tryon, Governor and David Matthews, Mayor.
Everything Washington did was new and a lot of his efforts led to the development of the CIA and the birth of counterintelligence.
The book has a lot exciting twists and turns as the Revolutionary War develops and goes on. It is very exciting and a great read. It tells about a lot of history that I was unaware of. I really enjoyed this book. If you like history and intrigue you will love this book.
I rate it an A.
The Fallen by David Baldacci
Amos Decker, the Memory Man, and the closer he gets to solve this case the deadlier it becomes. This Baldacci book is about something sinister happening in Baronville, a Western Pa. town. There were 4 murders in a week with weird clues, odd symbols and bible verses written on walls. Baronville is a bleak mill and mining town with high unemployment, crumbling economy and out of control opioid addiction.
Decker and his partner Alex Jamison of the FBI are on vacation visiting her sister in Baronville when Decker stumbles on a murder scene in the house next door. The murders are just one piece of a larger scheme.
Decker’s memory might not be a perfect and detailed after a crime scene ambush leaves him with a concussion and large gash on his head.
This story is frighteningly close to everyday reality in America today. This could be a true story!
This is a great murder mystery thriller. I rate it a B+.
Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara
This was Jeff Shaara’s first book written in 1996. I have read 6 of his books, one about the Korean War and the others are about the Civil War.
I really like his style of writing and how he treats the history. He uses the historical facts from journals, histories and put them in to conversations and feelings that the characters express so it’s just not history but more like the characters living it out. You get their emotions and see the battles through their eyes.
In Gods and Generals the story is around Robert E. Lee, Thomas Stonewall Jackson, Joshua Chamberlain and Winfield Scott Hancock from before the Civil War began and up to Just before the Battle of Gettysburg, From 1858 to June 1863.
- It starts with Harper’s Ferry and John Brown, Lee’s first involvement as an officer in the US Army. Lee never thought that the Civil War would really happen.
- Stonewall Jackson from the Virginia military institute, very religious and a by the book Soldier
- Hancock was stationed in California as a quartermaster and became one of the finest officers and soldiers.
- Chamberlain was a college professor in Maine , he became of the most heroic soldier of the Civil War
The story tells of their lives, their passions and their careers. It is a vivid portrait of the tumultuous times, the soldiers and the battlefields. The sacrifices that these men made for their country, their state that shaped our future.
It is a very long book but very interesting appealing. You can’t help but be moved to great emotions throughout the book.
Read this book and all of Jeff Shaara’s books you will really enjoy them .
Faith- A journey for all, by Jimmy Carter
This book published in 2018 won a Grammy award for an audio book. That is how I came to hear about and read this book.
Faith according to Carter arises in every aspect of human existence. Its meaning has far reaching effects on our lives to our past present and future.
A religious faith guided, sustained and challenged Carter to seek a closer and better relationship with God. The question all should ask themselves, Am I a person of Faith? Christians by faith are to plunge into the world and set an example.
Another aspect of faith was the Faith he had in his parents growing up. They were dominant and were obeyed without question but he knew he could count on them. Should we not teach faith in this way to our children?
A big challenge in today’s society is how to deal with the separation of Church and State. The Constitution absolutely prohibits any government control over our religious freedoms. In my opinion the separation of church and state doesn’t mean we have to hide our faith (religion) and its symbols. Carter says that for a religious person, there is nothing wrong with mixing religion and politics. You can’t separate the two, use your faith when trying to do a job in public service. I heartily agree.
Another great point he makes is that our country’s political problems such as peace, freedom, racism and terrorism are moral problems that violate the precepts of God.
In the world according to Carter a country has influence and authority because of the moral factors. As a rule our people want to serve others in the world, not dominate them. But if we don’t have morality we will lose our influence in the world. Our goals as a people and a country should be, have peace be humble, examine our faults and work for human rights. Translate love in to justice. Amen!!
Carter feels that the Universal Declaration of Human rights adopted by a majority of the world’s countries except the United States, has not been realized along with the United Nations goal of sustained peace in the world are examples of a steady reduction in the number of things in which we can have faith.
His conclusion is that through religion i.e.: The Ten commandments, The Koran and the teachings of Jesus Christ we can meet the challenges of the future with peaceful coexistence based on faith in each other.
This book is fantastic and I would highly recommend that you read it. I read it one day! Faith needs to be an integral part of our society and political views should be put aside! I think Carter gives us a great lesson in this book.
Deep State by Jason Chaffetz
I read this book this past month. The title grabbed me, I have heard the term Deep State, but I was really kind of confused by what it meant.
Jason Chaffetz is a former U>S. Representative from the 3rd Congressional District in Utah. He served from 2008 till 2017. During his term he served as Chairman of the House Oversight Committee. His experiences on the committee form the premise for the book.
The Deep State is the Federal employees of the Executive Branch, meaning the Cabinet level Departments and all the bureaucracy that make these departments.
Chaffetz highlights a number of the investigations he conducted in his role as Chair of the Oversight Committee. His most harrowing experience was went he went to Benghazi, Libya to investigate the attack on the embassy there. He went face to face with the Deep State, representatives of the Federal government who did not want him there asking questions that they felt he had no business asking and didn’t have the Security Clearances. Chaffetz says this is the trump card the Deep State uses all the time. He had all the clearances he need as a member of Congress.
The following are chapters from the book that encompass Chaffetz’s main points of the book:
- Deep State Fights Back
- War on Whistle Blowers
- Contempt of Congress
- Lying to Congress
- Can’t Handle the Truth
- Flouting Subpoenas
- The Wall- the Deep State doesn’t want it built.
Chaffetz asks that we the citizens ask the following of our Representatives and Senators and the people seeking these offices:
- Restore Checks and Balances
- Assert the Will of the People, not the Bureaucrats
- Impeach Executive Branch officials
- Civil Service Reform
- What is inherent contempt of power? Will they reclaim the power?
- We need 3 fully functional branches of government…..The Deep State cannot override us.
This book is fantastic and I agree with all the points he makes in this book.
IF YOU CARE ABOUT OUR COUNTRY READ THIS BOOK!
YOU’LL BE A BELIEVER!!!!!
Book Review- All that Jesus Asks by Stan Guthrie
All that Jesus Asks….How his Questions can teach us and transform us. This book takes the questions that Jesus asked from the New Testament. It covers nearly 300 questions recorded in the New Testament under 26 separate themes. It uncovers who Jesus is by examining what was important to him and what he wants us to believe.
Wow! What a great way to look at Jesus and our Faith. In five sections it covers, Who is Jesus?, How do you follow him? Where is your thinking? Why is character so Vital? And what are some Critical Doctrines?
The author writes this book like us…. A sinner! He doesn’t preach. Guthrie was former editor from Christianity Today. It was written in 2010.
Any Christian from any Faith tradition can read this book and find their faith strengthened, awakened and challenged by All that Jesus Asks.
I recommend that you read this book!! I read it in 2 days, it keeps your interest!