Reviews by Christina Banks
The Long Way Home
On 1/19 Christina Banks wrote: "The man with the knife was a stranger. I never saw him before he tried to kill me.I was in the Whitney Library when it happened, about seven miles from my hometown of Spring Hill. I'd been there for about forty-five minutes. I had come with a plan - a plan to clear my name, to get free, to get home ... Book Review: The Long Way Home by Andrew Klavan
The Language of Love & Respect
On 12/20 Christina Banks wrote: I read Dr. Emerson Eggerichs' book Love and Respect about two years ago, before marrying my wonderful husband. I really enjoyed Eggerichs' book and insights into what makes a Christian marriage work. That book helped to shape the way that I thought about how I reacted to my (at that time future) spouse. ... Book Review: The Language of Love & Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs
The Tallest of Smalls
On 10/29 Christina Banks wrote: "Perhaps you don't know - then, maybe you do - the Too Smalls of Stiltsvilleand their story for you,"The TALLEST of smalls, pg 1.Every day at six, the people of Stiltsville go to the center of town to find out who is going to be in the cool crowd. In Stiltsville, cool people walk around on stilts and ... Book Review: The TALLEST of smalls by Max Lucado
Green
On 10/6 Christina Banks wrote: "According to the Books of History, everything that happened after the year 2010 actually began in the year 4036 AD. It began in the future, not the past. Confusing perhaps, but perfectly understandable once you realize that some things are as dependent on the furture as on the past." Green, pg VII.Thomas ... Book Review: Green by Ted Dekker
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
On 9/29 Christina Banks wrote: "It didn't occur to me at the time, but it's obvious now that in creating the fictional Don, I was creating the person I wanted to be, the person worth telling stories about." A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, pg 29.After two movie producers contact him, Donald Miller gets the unique opportunity to ... Book Review and Giveaway: A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
Plain Promise
On 9/21 Christina Banks wrote: "She recalled the phone call from Mr. Saunders's personal assistant. The woman requested the one-bedroom cottage January through March for Mr. Saunders, but only after insisting that his privacy be respected during his stay. Sadie had hesitated. Her previous renters had been couples and families. How ... Book Review: Plain Promise by Beth Wiseman
Fearless
On 9/8 Christina Banks wrote: "Fear, it seems, has taken a hundred-year lease on the building next door and set up shop. Oversize and rude, fear is unwilling to share the heart with happiness. Happiness complies and leaves. Do you ever see the two together? Can one be happy and afraid at the same time? Clear thinking and afraid? ... Book Review: Fearless by Max Lucado
She Still Calls Me Daddy
On 9/1 Christina Banks wrote: "You're daughter's new moniker as wife and her new monogram mean that she is a different person. Almost as dramatic as the experience in the hospital of holding that tiny, squirming burrito, topped with a little pink knit yarmulke, is the feeling that on her wedding night something just as new and mysterious ... Book Review: She Still Calls Me Daddy by Robert Wolgemuth
A Man of His Word
On 8/17 Christina Banks wrote: "Moriah Byler ran her fingers across the soft fabric of the dress hanging on her closet door. Its powder-blue hue, her favorite color, resembled a clear summer sky. Giddiness coursed through her. In three hours she would don the dress, and before God and her church, she would become Mrs. Levi Miller." ... Book Review: A Man of His Word
What's He Really Thinking?
On 8/6 Christina Banks wrote: "Men aren't just women with big feet and beards. They are other. Relating to them is a daily immersion in another world, at once familiar and yet far away, full of longing and pleasure and the sheer effort of calling across that gulf that separates you." What's He Really Thinking? page 158.I enjoy reviewing ... Book Review: What's He Really Thinking?
Rick and Bubba's Guide to the Almost Nearly Perfect Marriage
On 7/15 Christina Banks wrote: Many of today's young men are lost when it comes to the fine art of dating. Frankly, they are way to passive and need to get more aggressive in their search for the right woman. I (Rick) watch these young guys, and it's as if they think that the woman that God intends for them to marry is just going ... Book Review: Rick and Bubba's Guide to the Almost Nearly Perfect Marriage
I Believe Bunny
On 7/4 Christina Banks wrote: "Once upon a timein a land hard to findlived the I Believe Bunny,who was funny and kind."The I Believe Bunny, pg 1.The land where Bunny lives is not always full of sunshine and flowers. Sometimes it rains, and Bunny, just like the little boys and girls (ages 4 to 8) who would enjoy this book, thinks ... Book Review: The I Believe Bunny
Christianity in Crisis: The 21st Century
On 6/15 Christina Banks wrote: "You, the reader, will inevitably need to decide whether you think the Faith movement is cultic or Christian. You must decide whether these doctrines are true or false or some muddy mixture of both."Christianity in Crisis, pg 11.Reading Christianity in Crisis was an eye-opening and almost scary experience. ... Book Review: Christianity in Crisis 21st Century
Higher Hope
On 5/4 Christina Banks wrote: “Tami is one of the sharpest summer law clerks we’ve ever had at the firm. She goes to church every time the doors are open, but her beliefs make her tougher, not softer.” Higher Hope, pg 4.Tammy Lynn “Tami” Taylor, summer law clerk in Savannah, Georgia, finds herself in the center of a civil ... Book Review: Higher Hope
The Noticer
On 4/27 Christina Banks wrote: "I'm a noticer," he said. "It is my gift. While others may be able to sing well or run fast, I notice things that other people overlook. And, you know, most of them are in plain sight." The old man leaned back on his hands and cocked his head. "I notice things about situations and people that produce ... Book Review: The Noticer
The Hole in Our Gospel
On 4/6 Christina Banks wrote: "At the outset, I stated that I have struggled all my lige with the implications of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I have wrestled and continue to wrestle with all the issues raised in this book. What is my responsibility to the poor? How should I use my money? How do I deal with my own self-centeredness? ... Book Review: The Hole in Our Gospel
Rachel's Tears
On 3/20 Christina Banks wrote: "What if you were to die today? What would happen to you? Where would you go? Tomorrow is not a promise, but a chance. It may not be there for you. After death then what? Where will you spend your eternity? Will you have an eternal life with our loving Father, or will you be ripped from the arms of your ... Book Review: Rachel's Tears
Rex
On 1/19 Christina Banks wrote: “He was exceptionally gifted and exceptionally challenged. But why had Rex been given so much – on both ends of the spectrum?” Like every expectant mother, Cathleen Lewis had great hopes for her unborn child. Nothing could have prepared her for the phone call she received just three weeks before ... Book Review: Rex
Same Kind of Different As Me
On 1/10 Christina Banks wrote: Same Kind of Different as MeTwo men from very different walks in life find themselves brought together through the providential work of God, and the prodding of a gutsy woman.Poor and uneducated, Denver Moore grew up in virtual slavery on a Louisiana cotton plantation. Seeking a better life, he hops ... Book Review: Same Kind of Different as Me