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Layla M. Gatlin
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Do names have meaning?
Someone once approached me at an event and asked if my characters names held any significance. The answer is a resounding Yes!
I absolutely love hidden meanings and playing around with things like names. Many of my books feature character names with meanings that relate to the story or the characters personality or fate.
While not every name in my books hold a secret or special meaning you will fi Read more of this blog post »
I absolutely love hidden meanings and playing around with things like names. Many of my books feature character names with meanings that relate to the story or the characters personality or fate.
While not every name in my books hold a secret or special meaning you will fi Read more of this blog post »
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“Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God.”
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“Destruction of the embryo in the mother's womb is a violation of the right to live which God has bestowed upon this nascent life. To raise the question whether we are here concerned already with a human being or not is merely to confuse the issue. The simple fact is that God certainly intended to create a human being and that this nascent human being has been deliberately deprived of his life. And that is nothing but murder.”
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“Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.”
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The Chicago Adventure (Sugar Creek Gang, #5):
"3.5 stars, rounded up. The storyline kind of meanders along as is typical with SCG books, but doesn’t actually get to the point until the last two or three chapters.
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We have been enjoying the sugar Creek gang books this far. The reason I rate this one lower is because we were blindsided by two things. 1. Old earth creation view. We are a young earth family. I'm used to having to correct secular sources on this bu ...more |
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| My kids and I loved it. We have gone on to read the others and are on book 4 currently and can't get enough. This whole series via audiobook has been great for the ride to and from school in the mornings. It's something the whole family can enjoy wit ...more | |
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| Oh my goodness. I had this on my tbr list for a while on hoopla and I don't know why I waited so long. Usually I only listen to audiobooks in the car but this one I was not content to turn it off every time I got out of the vehicle. I would sit in th ...more | |
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| TRIGGER WARNING. The book did not come with a trigger warning, at least the audiobook didn't. And I feel one is necessary. Not only for those who have experienced sexual trauma but also as a stumbling block warning for those who perhaps used to read ...more | |
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| CS Lewis describes the four types of loves in an educational but interesting way. He throws in some humor too. I found myself giggling one minute and in deep thought the next. | |
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“Those who do not believe scripture cannot understand scripture and therefore are not qualified to try to explain scripture.”
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“God is a just God. He wouldn't command us to do something if it wasn't possible for us to do it.”
― When He Speaks
― When He Speaks
“Worry is a tool the devil uses to distract you from your relationship with God and keep you from growing spiritually.”
― When He Speaks
― When He Speaks
“We cannot say we are against evil but make exceptions for it in some circumstances.
The bible when listing sins only listed one sin with an allowance and that was divorce.
No other sin in the bible had an "unless" or "except in the case of" after it.
Why do we think we can make exceptions for sin if God doesn't?”
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The bible when listing sins only listed one sin with an allowance and that was divorce.
No other sin in the bible had an "unless" or "except in the case of" after it.
Why do we think we can make exceptions for sin if God doesn't?”
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