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Week Six Recap
This week we read Combat with Apollyon and Christian Overtakes Faithful.
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Author: thecornershelf
Follower of Jesus Christ, reader of books, writer of stories, blogger, and consumer of large amounts of coffee.
Dear Authors, Some Books Take You Home
The breeze blew softly as I sat on the porch and turned the page of captivating novel. Page after page detailed a land I had never set foot on, never seen, never even considered. I saw the rivers come into view, felt the cool wind, and smelled the plants that were entirely foreign to me, save the descriptions I read in this book. Bit by bit, I became familiar with a place I had never laid eyes on, all within roughly four hundred pages of a story. Books have the power to take us on adventures, they capture us entirely and carry us away.
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The Pilgrim’s Progress: Week Five {Plus Week Six Printable}
Happy June, friends!
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A Broken Clock, Sola Scriptura, and How Women Can Be Discerning with Books {Interview with Glenna Marshall Pt. 1}
Glenna Marshall is a pastor’s wife, mother, blogger, songwriter, and very soon-to-be-published author. (Keep an eye out for her book The Promise is His Presence: Why God is Always Enough coming August 1st, 2019.) I am so honored to have had an opportunity to sit down and discuss with her how we as women, can use and cultivate discernment in all of life, but especially what we read. You can visit Glenna on her blog here and preorder her new book here.
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The Pilgrim’s Progress: Week Four
For Further Reading
Spurgeon’s One Qualm with Pilgrim’s Progress This one I found interesting, and it expressed well some of my own thoughts on Christian’s burden.
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{Book Review} The Christy Miller Collection Vol. 1
“I also learned that,” Christy added, “no matter what happens to me, the Lord always goes before me and He’s always with me.” She felt a little bolder than usual, and a little surer that her summer promise to Jesus was real and lasting.
A Whisper and a Wish by Robin Jones Gunn
About the book…
The Christy Miller Series has been a beloved series among Christian girls since the first one released in 1988. The series spans from Christy’s high school years to marriage and motherhood. This first volume in the collector’s edition contains the first three books: A Summer Promise, A Whisper and a Wish, and Yours Forever. These first three books of The Christy Miller Series chronicle Christy’s first high school years, her salvation, and developing relationship with fellow Christian, Todd.
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The Pilgrim’s Progress: Week Three
Week Three Recap
This week we read chapters three and four, The Slough of Despond and Evangelist Findeth Christian Under Mount Sinai, and Looketh Severely Upon Him. The content was deep, and I’m still mulling over it! What are some of the things that have especially stood out or sparked questions for you? I encourage you to discuss them with your book club!
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The Pilgrims Progress: Week Two
Dear readers and participants in the summer book club,
I do hope you have a marvelous Mother’s Day Weekend and an enjoyable week of reading more in The Pilgrim’s Progress.
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{Book Review} Growing in Gratitude
No matter what our age, race, culture, language, social status, or life circumstances, all Christians should be known as characteristically grateful people. We, above all humans, have overwhelming cause to be thankful.
Mary K. Mohler “Growing in Gratitude”
About the book…
Do you lack joy in your life as a Christian woman? Do you struggle to come before the Lord with thanksgiving? Does suffering or confusion put up a wall of distance in your relationship with Him? Growing in Gratitude by Mary K. Mohler will transform your prayer life, family life, and church life by teaching you how to rediscover the joy of a thankful heart, despite the difficult circumstances, unanswered questions, and suffering we see in this broken world.
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The Pilgrim’s Progress: Week One
This first week of May is here, and with it the Corner Shelf Book Club begins!
