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Since we're talking about books and book clubs who are some of your favorite authors and why? I really like a wide variety of writers. Some of my favorites were those old school preachers.

C. H. Spurgeon
A. W. Tozer
C. Chappell

More modern writers included

E. McManus
M. Driscoll

Andy Stanley
Erwin McManus
Rob Bell
Pete Greig
Brother Lawrence
C.S. Lewis

Those are all that I can think of off the top of my head. I've read a lot of good books, but I'll pretty much read anything these guys put out. They just have an ability to grab me with their writing style & a great ability to communicate the truth in a creative way.

John Eldrige, and Maxwell
Creflo Dollar
Rick Joyner

The Bible and pretty much anything inspired by the Holy Spirit

Wow! All three of us.

For women, my favorite novelist, is

Francine Rivers her novel that I love, and I am reading a second time is Redeeming Love. It really did a number on my heart when I needed to see the love of Christ, and how he pursues us. I read it in like 5 days, and it is a long novel (600 pages) and Im not a fast reader.

As far as another author is anything by

1. Joyce Meyer
2. Beth Moore
3. Staci Eldridge

Also for the women, I just found out about a wonderful teacher Priscilla Shirer, she has some bible studies out for small groups, and I would love to get a group of girls together to do one. Its on how to hear from God. I know I could really use something like that.

I will read almost anything but here goes my list:

Any John/Staci Eldridge book

Any Eric/Leslie Ludy book

Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers (almost done—amazing book!)

AW Tozer—he was 18th Century I think so some of it can be a bit thick, but his book “Prayer” totally changed the way I think about it.

The Cloud of Unknowing—hands down the most amazing thought provoking book I’ve ever read (well, except for maybe Isaiah) Written sometime in the 14th Century by an anonymous monk. I don’t agree with everything he says (heavy Catholic views) but amazing all the same.

That’s all for now, but I’ll throw more on here as I think of them...

How those 100 year old books you got from Belize doing?

I like anything and everything Derek Prince. I'm all about spriritual warfare.. so that seems about right.

I recently acquired an 1884 Spurgeon that is PHENOMENAL!

John Maxwell Books ( Would be awesome to have the Bible too )

Corey Russel - Pursuit of the Holy

My ancient Belize book is called Rubble and Roseleaves by FW Boreham, a missionary/pastor. So far it's good, but I haven't finished it yet. It's not the kind of book that you read cover to cover really. You see, each chapter stands on it's own as a separate thought. He compares common, everyday things in life in Australia, 1920's.

For example, chapter 5 is entitled “Living Dogs and Dead Lions.” The author asked his Sunday School class of a few children, if they would rather be a living dog or a dead lion. One says a living dog, the other a dead lion. The author points out how each response is related to part of our nature.

Some people would lean toward the living dog, simply because it is alive. We are fascinated by life and treasure it. It is this desire to stay alive that has us cheer on fictional heroes throughout their quests and causes us to save drowning men.

Another point of view was that of the dead lion, because a dead lion was once a living lion after all. He talks about paying such a high price for life, that we lose our worth, i.e. - seeking fame or fortune and selling whatever part of our conscience it costs to get it. This point of view says that dying the noble death of a lion, with all one’s beliefs and morals intact, is far better than trading that death for the life of a dog.

At the end of the chapter, Boreham points out that the life or death side isn’t the real factor, because all dead lions have been alive at some point and all living dogs will someday die; death comes to lion and canine alike. The real question is whether to be the dog or the lion…..

Wow, that was pretty deep! Wasn't expecting that out of a dog/lion story!