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Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish was born a refugee in the Gaza Strip in February 1955. Today, he and his five children live in Toronto. I Shall Not Hate chronicles the years in between. Abuelaish relates powerful memories of boyhood in Jabalia…Read More→
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This book, which the author describes as “a kind of sequel to Simply Christian (2006) and Surprised by Hope (2007),” addresses the all-important issue of how followers of Jesus are to live once they believe. This is rich “meat” for…Read More→
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Spotting this title some months ago, I thought, “That sounds like something worth looking into,” and set out to lay my hands on the book. I’m very glad I did. In his prologue, Burge writes that as an evangelical Christian,…Read More→
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Children of Dust is the memoir of a young Pakistani American Muslim who lives the first 30 years of his life under five different names. He’s a man in search of his identity, his place in a complex world—a man…Read More→
By Martha Thomsen and ChristianWeek on
Children of Dust is the memoir of a young Pakistani American Muslim who lives the first 30 years of his life under five different names. He’s a man in search of his identity, his place in a complex world—a man…Read More→
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In Sacred Waiting David Timms highlights five biblical characters—Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus—as individuals who waited, and in doing so, endured, trusted, learned, worshipped and obeyed, respectively. He then goes on to discuss five periods of waiting in the…Read More→
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Everyday Justice is a book you will want to avoid if you do not want to be confronted with uncomfortable issues. The cover alone gives enough clues about where the author will take us. Clawson’s target readership is followers of…Read More→
By Martha Thomsen and ChristianWeek on
In Sacred Waiting David Timms highlights five biblical characters—Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus—as individuals who waited, and in doing so, endured, trusted, learned, worshipped and obeyed, respectively. He then goes on to discuss five periods of waiting in the…Read More→
By Martha Thomsen and ChristianWeek on
Everyday Justice is a book you will want to avoid if you do not want to be confronted with uncomfortable issues. The cover alone gives enough clues about where the author will take us. Clawson’s target readership is followers of…Read More→
By Martha Thomsen and ChristianWeek on
How many of us have asked of the Rwandan genocide, “How could such a thing happen—Christians massacring Christians?” Emmanuel Katongole offers some clues as he follows Rwanda’s history back to the time when Europeans, merchants and imperialists as well as…Read More→