reviews

Childhood Dreams and the Romance of Adulthood Author: L.M. Montgomery The fourth Anne book in the ongoing series of the fiery red-head who captured millions of hearts as she explored Green Gables is my personal favorite in the eight book Anne Shirely series. Here, we have a blend between the wildness and irrepressible imagination of Anne and a more adult sentiment that tempers her interactions with thought and compassion. As Anne, newly engaged to Gilbert, waits for him to finish medical school, she goes to teach school in the enchanting town of Summerside where she boards at Windy Poplars with two widows, Aunt Chatty and Aunt Kate, and their intimidating cook/maid, [...]

52 Powerful Essays Mixing Faith, Apologetics, and Devotion Author: Ravi Zacharias In The Logic of God Ravi Zacharias provides 52 three to four page essays, each focused on a particular question by combining devotion, theology, and apologetics. This swift book works as the center of Ravi’s faith and draws together his arguments into a succinct form (probably best read, as he advises, one essay a week) that triggers deep introspection and love of God while prompting readers to further investigate their questions and attitudes. The book has no central theme, other than (obviously) God and Christianity, and although it has some interesting introductory [...]

An American Serial Killer, a Confession, and a Sociopath's Thoughts on Justice Authors: Thomas E. Gaddis and James O. Long "In my lifetime I have murdered 21 human beings. I have committed thousands of burglaries, robberies, Larcenys, [sic] arsons and last but not least I have committed sodomy on more than 1,000 male human beings. for all of these things I am not the least bit sorry. I have no conscience so that does not worry me. I don’t believe in Man, God nor devil. I hate the whole damed [sic] human race including myself." ~ Carl Panzram These sentences, scrawled [...]