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Advantages: Great for people who are trying to improve themselves or their lives
Disadvantages: Bit difficult to get into at the start of the book

...says that when your not in the right job or the right relationship etc., you're "In The Meantime". So she goes through the different stages you could be in, how you're likely to behave in that stage and what tools you need to progress. I have recently been feeling really down about my last relationship and I've been looking at how I could have done things differently. The book really helped me put things in perspective and I found myself thinking ... Read review

Advantages: Useful in structure and examples
Disadvantages: For a narrow audience range

Ronald J. Allen is the senior professor of preaching at my seminary, Christian Theological Seminary. Allen is also one of the most prolific writers on faculty at this (or any) seminary. I have a shelf full of books by Allen, and the volumes on the shelf seem to keep multiplying. I have reviewed several of Allen's works here, and will be adding further reviews of his work in the future. This particular book is a fairly recent text, growing out of ...
...congregational and other settings for many years. The book is divided into the following sections: - Thoughts and Issues for Beginning Preachers - Three Contexts for Preaching Today - Preaching as Theological Interpretation - Establishing and Developing a Direction for the Sermon - Putting the Sermon Together - From the Study to the Pulpit and Back - Case Studies of Sample Sermons Thus, one can see that most of the topics that are of concern to beginning ... Read review

Advantages: just a fantastic, emotional and though provoking read
Disadvantages: can't really think of any ...

Having had this book recommended to me by a few friends, I was interested but not chomping at the bit to pick it up. It didn't take me long before I was drawn into one of the most incredibel stories I have ever read or been privalidged enough to discover. One thing a female friend said to me about this book is that every woman should read this - I disagree, every man & woman should read this. Personal experience and emotions aside, it is actually ...
...religious, geographical and polital facts that I doubt many really know the half of. Hirsi Ali is no doubt a courageous and educated woman of her own making which in itself should be commended and praised. But the courage just to write her life story down and risk the controversy and more seriously threats on her life for highlighting such widespread opression & cruelty is nothing short of heroism. Please read this book, with an open mind and a ... Read review

Advantages: Helps you set your life goals and follow it!
Disadvantages: It may bore you if you aren't focused

...psychologycal ideas and philosophic content. The ancestor of the bestseller - "The Secret" You attract what you think and more emotions you put into, quicker the result will appear. A great weapon for the pesimistic ones and those who've lost their beliefs. This book rearrange you on the right path. It's in onorable place in my library :) Abraham and Esther had made awesome works. Each and every component that makes up your life experience is drawn ...
...the thoughts you think and the story you tell about your life. Your money and fnancial assets; your body's state of wellness, clarity, fexibility, size, and shape; your work environment, how you are treated, work satisfaction, and rewards-indeed, the very happiness of your life experience in general- is all happening because of the story that you tell. If you will let your dominant intention be to revise and improve the content of the story you ... Read review

Advantages: Extremely well written, Counteracts Dawkins arguments concisely, Small book
Disadvantages: Some chapters extremely short, though this is not neceserilly a weakness.

The body of the text in this book talks about extremely complicated philosphical and theological concerning both the existence and nature of God that Richard Dawkins so casually and powerfully attempts to devalue. It is written to form the counter argument to Richard Dawkin's controversial book "The God Delusion" and does just that. Where some authors would be tempted to pile in every argument under the sun to do this, Cornwell is extremely particular, ...
...It is not written as an angry God attempting to shout down a non-believer either. In fact, the peace that is present in the volume of this book is extremely humbling and reminds Dawkins what the Christian doctrine of God and Angels are. Peace, Love, Goodwill. Not Anger, Hate, Suffering. ... Read review