May 31, 2020

  • book reviews

    Here are brief reviews of 3 books I read recently. For more, see http://tim223.xanga.com/category/book-reviews/

    Captive in Iran, by Maryam Rostampour and Marzieyeh Amirizadeh
    This book tells their story of how these Iranian women came to believe in Jesus and then were imprisoned for about eight months in Iran for sharing about Jesus. It is well written. Most of the book is about their time and experiences in prison. Much of it is about the other women they met there, and those other women's life stories (lots of injustice). Maryam and Marzieyeh were able to hold on to their faith in Jesus despite pressure to recant, and they were able to hold on to their hope and joy in Christ. I recommend that every Christian read this book because of the encouragement of how God sustained them. Even if we face similar things in our future, Jesus will sustain us too as we believe in Him. Highly recommended book.

    7 Myths about singleness, by Sam Allberry
    Allberry addresses seven myths: Singleness is too hard, Singleness requires a special calling, Singleness means no intimacy, Singleness means no family, Singleness hinders ministry, Singleness wastes your sexuality, and Singleness is easy. He makes great points. We all ought to root our contentment, meaning, and satisfaction in Jesus Christ, not in a spouse. Helpful book to read for both singles and married people, heterosexually-attracted and homosexually-attracted people. The appendix at the end is also great, "Four ways to avoid sexual sin". Excellent and recommended book.

    Joni & Ken, by Ken and Joni Earekson Tada
    This book tells about the years after Joni's accident (covered by the book "Joni"), and about how she and Ken met and fell in love. It talks about the years of psychological marriage struggles they had, especially related to her disability (she is mostly paralyzed), and how it affected their relationship. It talks about how they eventually were able to come to a more peaceful place in their relationship, by God's help. The writing pace is sometimes slow and stilted but the story is important.

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