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Andy Croft and Mike Pilavachi's Storylines

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Thank you to everyone who participated in this blog tour! It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! Today's Wild Card author is: Mike Pilavachi and Andy Croft and the book: Storylines: Your Map to Understanding the Bible David C. Cook; New edition (March 1, 2010) ***Special thanks to Audra Jennings - Senior Media Specialist - of The B&B Media Group for sending me a review copy.*** ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Mike Pilavachi is the founder and public face of the U.K.’...

An education in swine

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This year was Paige's first year to be able to show animals as a part of 4-H at the local youth expo. One of her best friends was showing a pig, so Brian asked her if she wanted to show too. Here are Paige and Emalee: Needless to say, I was never an a g girl in high school and have only frequented the annual youth exposition a few times over the years. The last time I went was probably 6 years ago to watch a girl from the church youth group show her steer. I'd never seen a pig show, and certainly got my education last Wednesday night. I know that when you watch a steer show, the steers are pretty much go where you lead them and stand where you have them stand. I know from the chicken show one year while Brian was in high school that you have to hold the chickens upside down and that I was not a good enough sister to hold a set of chickens for him during his judging when he needed extra sets of hands. A sister has to draw a line somewhere. I didn't know a thing about a pig ...

William Moss' Finding Inner Peace During Troubled Times

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Thanks to all the bloggers who participated in this tour! It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! Today's Wild Card author is: William Moss and the book: Finding Inner Peace During Troubled Times The Barnabas Agency (December 4, 2009) ***Special thanks to Audra Jennings, Senior Media Specialist, of The B&B Media Group for sending me a review copy.*** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Moss has become an important figure in the Republican Party and has been entrusted with several key responsibilities. In 1988 he served a...

William Lane Craig's On Guard

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Thank you to everyone who participated in this blog tour! It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! Today's Wild Card author is: William Lane Craig and the book: On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision David C. Cook; New edition (March 1, 2010) ***Special thanks to Audra Jennings, Senior Media Specialist, of The B&B Media Group for sending me a review copy.*** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: William Lane Craig is Research Professor of Philosophy at the Talbot School of Theology. With earned doctorates ...