Sam Laing, The Guilty Soul's Guide to Grace (Billerica, Mass.: DPI, 2005).
Following is the review I recently wrote for DPI:
Effective and masterful command of the English language make this the most eloquent compact guide to grace on the market today. But this isn't verbiage that goes over one's head; Sam Laing's latest work will certainly speak to all of us. Yet it will speak to some of us even more than others. The book's wisdom directly embraces the "guilty soul"--the person tormented by an overactive conscience, self-recrimination, or confusion about the grace of relationships. That is because, as the author freely admits, he himself is one such soul. So if you probably fall into this category, don't wait! Get the Guide at once.
Available for purchase at www.ipibooks.com.
Steve Brown, A Scandalous Freedom, the Radical Nature of the Gospel (West Monroe: Howard Publishing Co., 2004).
This book will set you free in a different way. I found it leading me to daring thoughts, thinking outside the box, emboldening me to hold to my convictions, regardless of what others may think. The emotional reaction I had on reading it was not unlike what I experienced on reading John Eldredge's Wild at Heart a few years back. In fact, I once enjoyed breakfast with the publisher of Scandalous Freedom (sometime in mid-'80s), and am encouraged that Howard Publishing is producing so many interesting and valuable books. Check them out at www.howardpublishing.com.
