Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Runaway Emotions by Jeff Schreve



Recently our pastor has started a series of messages on toxic emotions. So it is good to receive a book to review on that subject.. Schreve calls them Runaway Emotions but it amounts to the same thing It is emotions that work themselves out in actions and these actions keep us less then God meant for us to be.
            The thesis is that negative thoughts and internal feelings act as alarms to alert us to a need we have to work on.
            Have you ever had times of frustration? When things just don’t seem to go right? Shreve offers you the truth that God knows and cares and has a reason for allowing you to be where you are.
            Schreve uses stories of people from the Bible to illustrate each emotion so we will understand what that emotion looks like. He also offers some advice to cope. These emotions are common to man. So there is no problem identifying. .
            This book will be useful for general reading and should be on the bookshelf of a person who needs reinforcement and encouragement.
            This doesn’t seem to be the book you can hand to a non-believer you are trying to witness to when he asks you how to handle emotions. This seems to be written for a person who believes there is a God and that He is involved in a persons life..
            I am a book review blogger for BookSneeze. They have sent me a copy of this book free to be reviewed on my blog. I was not required to give a positive review. All viewpoints are those of the book reviewer and not the publisher.   
   To buy a copy of the book use this link.
 Runaway Emotions: Why You Feel the Way You Do and What God Wants You to Do About It

Friday, July 5, 2013

Two Grammar Books You May Have Missed

Then other day I was just thinking about this blog, well ,all my blogs.. and about my writing style. That , of course, made me think about my two grammar books I use to refresh myself.
   I am not sure they are still in print or even being offered. If in print I will give links so that you, my reader, will be able to get a copy for yourself
 The first is a small one that has become a classic.
 It is the basic Stuck and White, Elements of Style

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Well, what do you know. It is still there.


The other grammar book I use is Grammar for Smart People by Barry White.
... That one exists also.

So that means I am using  books that you can also. I highly recommend them to you. It is a painless way to recall what you thought you knew when you were being forced to memorize principles of grammar.