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Category #2 in the 2026 reading challenge: a book on suffering

“You will always be most effective when you are leading, ministering, serving, teaching, and discipling others when you’re doing it out of the overflow of your own worship of Jesus and by abiding in him.” (42)

“Banish professionalism from our midst, Oh God, and in its place put passionate prayer, poverty of spirit, hunger for God, rigorous study of holy things, white-hot devotion to Jesus Christ, utter indifference to all material gain, and unremitting labor to rescue the perishing, perfect the saints, and glorify our sovereign Lord.”

The authors appear to see sci-fi and fantasy as near synonyms

I have not given up on this book. I am committing to complete it before the year ends.

Psalm 110 is simply a gold mine. Buy this book to read just the chapter on Psalm 110! It surely could have gone for 20 more pages!

Beautiful explanation of Psalm 95 through the lens of Hebrews.

No I have not given up on this book, thanks for asking. Good chapter on Psalm 45. Jesus is the groom and the church is the bride.

“Your dog loves bacon and if you died in your apartment tonight, he would eat your neck meat. Think about that next time you feed him.”

Joby Martin has a beautiful mind.

Really earnest book. I love reading about people who take risks to pursue what they believe to be the will of God.

Good word here about pulling people up from the daily grind to consider the eternal.