A New Children’s Book, and other reviews

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• A New Children’s Book: The Mirror Who Wanted To Be Someone -- “A happy Mirror becomes confused when a Dragon tempts him to stop reflecting others, and to ‘be himself’.”
• An “Authorized” Book Review -- “...the book is well-written, a clear and reasonable presentation of the rationale to move from King James to a modern translation. Qualified, because my recommendation does not convey agreement with the premise.”
• Book Review: Authorized: The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible -- “The debates surrounding the King James Bible vs. other English translations have been raging for decades.”
• Book Review: Jesus Calling, by Sarah Young -- “While Jesus Calling may contain a few helpful thoughts...it also has too many erroneous statements to warrant any serious recommendation.”
• Book Review: “Mommy Needs a Raise” by Sarah Parshall Perry -- “This book isn’t just her story. It’s your story. The story of every mother who gives up one thing to get something better–and ends up finding out what she’s worth along the way.”
• Book review: Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters by Meg Meeker -- “In Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, Meg Meeker, M.D., lays out her argument as to why a young girl’s father is the most important person in her life.”
• Book Review: The Kingdom Unleashed, by Jerry Trousdale and Glenn Sunshine -- “...for all the truths it presents, it embodies and even typifies a dangerous current in missiological thinking with destructive implications for the doctrine of the church.”
• Book Review: The Reappearing Church, by Mark Sayers -- “I do fear Reappearing Church couches these basic concepts in such fresh, I daresay “hip” language that it runs the risk of being construed as just another new trendy proposal that excites young pastors for a time before they move on to the next.”
• Review: The Holy Name Bible -- “Traina, as other Sacred Name leaders, believed that he needed to make ‘corrections’ of the Scriptures. He claimed to have corrected ‘mistranslations’ and ‘distortions’ of vital importance.”
• Review: Write Better, by Andrew T. Le Peau -- “But I’m glad I didn’t give up on Writing Better, because the third section, spiritual meta-reflections on the writing life, were full of genuine wisdom for me.”
• Richard Jewell, Parent Movie Review -- “...disappointing are the content issues in Richard Jewell. Extensive swearing, including over two dozen sexual expletives, push the film outside the boundaries of family viewing.”
• The Cost of Cheap Grace -- “The Cost of Cheap Grace is an extended, sweeping, bold, and bracing call to repentance for where we've let secondary things subvert our commitment to discipleship.”