BOOK REVIEW – Mark’s Story, Book 2 of The Jesus Chronicles

by Jerry B. Jenkins (Author), Tim LaHaye (Author), Robertson Dean (Narrator), Penguin Audio (Publisher) An Audiobook Review     This story is so well done, drawing on facts from Scripture and seamlessly weaving a historical narrative around them. I love how candid it was. And I loved the richness. The authors weave in the actions and teachings of Jesus, as well as…

BOOK REVIEW – Devoted: Great Men and Their Godly Mothers

by Tim Challies (Author), Sean Patrick Hopkins (Narrator), christianaudio.com (Publisher) An Audiobook Tim Challies‘ book, Devoted, is about faithful, godly mothers raising their sons to serve and glorify the Lord.  It is both encouraging and challenging. You would recognize the eleven Christian men who benefited from the early Bible teaching, intercessory prayer, and ear-twisting of their mothers, but you might not…

BOOK REVIEW – Missionary to Mars

by Lucas Kitchen (Author, Narrator), Free Grace International (Publisher) An audiobook I just read a really fantastic Christian fiction book… especially if you like space adventures. It’s called “Missionary to Mars” by Lucas Kitchen, and it’s full of the things of Jesus, evangelism, sharing Bible truths, salvation, and the persecution of believers.. His hero, Eustis Grimes (the name…

BOOK REVIEW – The Life of David as Reflected in His Psalms

by Alexander Maclaren (Author), David Cochran Heath (Narrator), Blackstone Publishing (Publisher) An Audiobook Alexander Maclaren‘s book about the Bible character, David, using his Psalms to tell the story, is eye-opening and amazing.  I confess, as I listened to the book, I wished I had a print copy to follow along with each of the Psalms. (Maybe I’ll pick up a…

BOOK REVIEW – The One Year Christian History

by E. Michael Rusten  (Author), Sharon O. Rusten (Author) A Book Review by Jackie Houchin    From the book jacket: “From ancient Rome to the twenty-first century, from peasants to presidents, this daily devotional is a window into how God worked throughout history, every day of the year. Days like… April 15, 1912 when John Harper shared the gospel with passengers…

BOOK REVIEW – A Daily Rate

by Grace Livingston Hill (Author), Susan O’Malley (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin   Originally published in 1900 by Grace Livingston Hill and recorded in this century, A DAILY RATE has a timeless message of love for God and others shown in selfless service. It Is a story of a young girl who depends on…

BOOK REVIEW – Christmas at Harrington’s

by Melody Carlson (Author), Caitlin Kelly (Narrator), Dreamscape Media, LLC (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin  CHRISTMAS AT HARRINGTON’S is a sweet, honest, feel-good book about an unfairly convicted woman, just released from her time in prison for a crime she didn’t do, facing a sometimes unforgiving world. Beaten down and nearly broke Lena Markham arrives into a town…

Book Review: The Screwtape Letters

by C. S. Lewis, and read by Ralph Cosham An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 09-01-06 Language: English Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. C.S. Lewis mentions in the opening remarks that this was the hardest of his books to write, because in it he had to ignore…