Book Notes: March 22, 2023 - Religious Nonfiction

 Welcome back readers and writers! It's great to have you here on the scenic route and I'm looking forward to sharing a couple of nonfiction books I read last year. These were a couple I read aloud with my husband and we both enjoyed learning new things or seeing with a different perspective. Let me share my thoughts on them with you. Then I hope you'll share your thoughts in the comments below. 

Book Review: What is Faith? by R.C. Sproul

What Is Faith? by R.C. Sproul
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

An Excellent Explanation of Faith

If you're looking for information on faith from a Biblical standpoint, this booklet is a great place to start. My husband and I read it together and learned a good deal from it. Why not give it a try?

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Book Review: What Do Jesus' Parables Mean? by R.C. Sproul 

What Do Jesus' Parables Mean? by R.C. Sproul
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

An Excellent Study

I really enjoyed reading R.C. Sproul's insight on these few parables of Jesus. I've actually been working through a study with a women's Bible study group, studying several other parables of Jesus. When I saw this booklet on the same topic, I decided to read it, too. I'm glad I did!
If you're looking for a book that would encourage you in your Christian life and also encourage you to dive deeper into God's Word for further study, this might be just right for you.

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Just Keep Writing: Wednesday Whimsy 

If this is your first time participating in this kind of writing exercise, you're in for a treat. If you've done this with me before, just keep scrolling for the prompt.

Rules:

1. You can use any/all of the words and/or the photo in the prompt below to create a unique written work. Fiction or nonfiction, poetry or prose, even lyrics are acceptable.  
2. Please keep the material you write clean (ie. nothing R-rated or worse) if you wish to share the link to your work here, as well as if you link back to my site. I strive to keep my site free of such things. My readers know and expect this. I respect your right to write whatever you feel you need to write. And you're free to use my prompts. But if your material is graphic, I'd rather not view it, and most of my readers will not wish to. 
3. Have fun! This type of exercise is perfect for growing in the writing craft, or for helping through a rough patch in your current WIP. If you're looking to push your author limits and you normally write in nonfiction prose, try a whimsical collection of lyrics. If you normally write poems about real life events, try your hand at a fanfic. Give yourself some room to explore.

Don't forget to leave a link to your creation (unless you're writing graphic material) so my readers and I can check out your work. I'd appreciate a link back to this post to help me reach more readers, but it's not required. 

Today's words are:

Quotation 

 Tower  

 Conscience

Do you think these are helpful? I hope you're able to create something beautiful with this prompt. 

 The two books I shared reviews for are part of a series of booklets titled Crucial Questions. Dr. Sproul wrote them a few years ago to help new believers (or just those who are curious), titling each book with a common question concerning the Protestant Christian faith. These are short and pretty easy to understand. We enjoyed them enough to keep reading more of the series. I'd recommend them to anyone wanting to know more. 

I hope you'll come back tomorrow. There's going to be a fresh prompt waiting for you. 

Until next time,
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