The Case For Christ.

Author: Lee Strobel.

I've finished reading this book today.

Lee Strobel - the Journalist investigates into the life, deeds, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ with the intention to validate its credibility. He interviews several noted persons in different fields who could answer the questions he has which are supposed to be strong points raised by skeptics against Bible and Christian faith.

This book is a good read for a skeptic/atheist who is searching truth as well as a Christian who wants to defend his faith. If you want to gift some book to your non believer friend who debates with you once in a while on the matter of faith then this would be a good choice.

I will update more details soon. Need to go to sleep now. :)

2 years later

Its been almost 2 years since I blogged. these 2 years have been eventful. My life has change in many ways.
Few books that I read in the begining of 2009 are

• God is a Matchmaker - by Derek Prince
• MarriageCovenant - by Derek Prince
• 10 Principles For A Happy Marriage - by Selwyn Hughes
• The Act of Marriage - by Tim and Beverly LaHaye

And you guessed it right : I got married ..........to the girl whom God had destined for me. And now I am father to a 1 month old boy. :)
Life changes with time. But I havent stopped reading books. I am still on my pilgrimage on my road to heaven. Trying to get closer to God even in the midst of many questions and doubts.

There are more books that I read and I would like to share about them in coming days.

The 7 laws of spiritual success: Not Legalistic but practical

About the author :
Selwyn Hughes – is the founder for CWR(Crusade for World Revival). He is also the author of “Everyday With Jesus” which is the best selling daily devotional. Selwyn Hughes worked as a Pastor, Writer and Teacher. He served in a number of churches after his ministerial training and ordination. His contribution to the world of Christian literature includes over 50 books which he authored during his ministry which spanned for about 50 years. I was really inspired by his daily devotional “Everyday With Jesus”. So when I saw this book; I bought it and started reading it without a second thought and of course I was blessed by the deep insight which Selwyn got through his decades of service in Christian ministry.

I finished reading this book last December. I will update more about this soon.

An unexpected hope: Finding Satisfaction When Life Disappoints

Author : Roger C. Palms
‘You are a Christian’- that doesn’t mean that you will not have hardships and disappointments in life. Roger Palms through his life’s experience is telling us how God cares for us even in the midst of these disappointments. I bought this book more than two years back but was never in a mood to finish this. But this time I was feeling low and hence I decided to get a hold of this book. I am not sure how much this book was able to lift my spirit; but I could identify myself with the thought line the author was processing. And of course there were a few new thought which this book put into my heart.

So What's the difference? – to know the difference

Author: Fritz Ridenour
This book explains the major differences between biblical Christianity and 20 major religions and world views.
The list of beliefs discussed includes
· Biblical Christianity
· Roman Catholicism
· Eastern Orthodoxy
· Judaism
· Islam
· Hinduism
· Buddhism
· Unitarianism
· Jehovah's Witnesses
· Christian Science
· Mormonism
This is the revised edition of the classic which was first released in 1967.
A non-believer may find this book offensive and biased. But the author is simply analyzing different faiths and comparing it with the Christian faith. The chapters are short and are intended to give a basic understanding about each belief and how it compares or contrasts with the Christian Faith. This could be a good tool for those who are interested in sharing faith with people from other backgrounds and also for any person who is seeking truth.

Watchman Nee's Testimony - Excerpts from the life of a great Christian Leader

Watch man Nee(Nee Shu-Tsu) is one of my favorite authors who always inspires me. Watchman Nee shared his testimony on three seperate occasions in 1936. These testimonies were put together into the book” Watchman Nee's Testimony” by Brother Kwang-hsi Weigh.

The three sections are as follows

The first testimony: Salvation and calling.
The second testimony: (1) Learning the lesson of the cross, (2) Leading in the work, (3) God as my healer, and (4) Four aspects of work entrusted by God.
The third testimony: (1) How to live a life of faith, (2) Attitude towards money, and (3) Looking to God for fulfilling the need of literacy work.

This book gives an overview of some of the major incidents in his life. Though this doesn’t cover his complete testimony; this was really inspiring.

The testimony of Watchman Nee was written by his coworker Witness Lee in book “Watchman Nee -- A Seer of the Divine Revelation in the Present Age”. I am looking forward to read this book too. It contains a lot more details on the life of Nee.

Take a look at these following links sharing Watchman Nee’s testimony
http://www.thechristian.org/resources/testimonies/nee.pdf
http://www.watchmannee.org/testimonies.html

His most important writing the Spiritual Mann is available in pdf.
http://jaesonma.com/The_Spiritual_Man.pdf

Now Reading - The Holy Spirit my Senior Partner

Author: Paul (David) Yonggi Cho

I read a few chapters of this book and then felt that I already learnt most of the things written in that. So I closed it and turned to another book which spoke about the mysteries (the word mystery made me curious) of Holy Spirit only to find later that the new book which I started reading had a lot of theological problems. So I closed that and returned back to this book again. Then I found that the questions which I had in my mind were answered clearly in this book by Yonggi Cho.

I started thinking what made the difference when Yonggi Cho speaks about Holy Spirit. The answer is that Yonggi Cho learnt about Holy Spirit from Holy Spirit Himself and not from a theological seminary or another institution. Of course I do appreciate people going to seminary and studying theology. I too attend Bible studies happening at my workplace. But to teach and lead a congregation you need to attend the school of Holy Spirit.
This book from Yonggi Cho is trustworthy and it gives you an understanding of who Holy Spirit is from Bible as well as Pastor Cho’s experience.