Category: Featured Books

Teresa Robbins, Author
Book Review by Theresa Harvard Johnson

For the prophetic scribe writing is not a process. It is an act of obedience. It is the acknowledgement that God speaks into the innermost recesses of the heart, releasing his way and his will. Prophetic writing is the result of this speaking and the urgency roaring and raging within the scribe that says “go and tell.”

Jeremiah described it this way: “But if I say, I won’t think about him, I won’t speak in his name any more,” then it seems as though a fire is burning in my heart, imprisoned in my bones; I wear myself out trying to hold it in, but I just can’t do it.”[1]

Book reviewed by Theresa Harvard Johnson
Andrea M Renfroe, Author

Reading collections of poetry can be mundane and a bit lethargic. Lovers of the genre will tell you quickly that it can often be difficult connecting with a poem or following a collection logically – especially those written by believers. Why? Because many creative scribes have not learned to follow Holy Spirit’s leading into weaving poetry into testimonies of deliverance, declarations of His power or instructions that promote transformation. This poetic collection is mature, firm for the harvest.

You see, every seasoned prophetic poet is a storyteller. And every seasoned storyteller has a burden to convey the heart of God.

Copyright 2014 Theresa Harvard Johnson

My soul has longed to read a book that could passionately capture my heart concerning the depth and power of God’s creativity, and impart the type of understanding into the ears of others that truly enabled them to appreciate and grasp the weight, impact and significance of Holy Spirit-inspired artistic expression. My friend Matt Tommey was able to do this in his book, “Creativity According to the Kingdom: Connecting with Heaven to Create with God & Release Transformation.”

I was created to be a poet, God’s oracle for healing and restoration. And as I am inspired, I grab hold of my oil pastels and worship into the morning. Several key passages from Tommey’s book affirmed that every ounce of creativity in me, and all artisans, is purposed to give and carry God’s light to others – bearing witness to His immeasurable, all-consuming, transforming power.

GOD STILL SPEAKS by John Eckhardt
Reviewed by Danielle Taylor

 

I consider myself an avid reader. I spent many years in church and not fully understanding the call upon my life. I would walking around in bubble seeking… searching for someone or something to tell me why I was here. I knew that I was different, and that God spoke to me all the time about many different things. However, I dared not to say such a thing because people would look at me a bit strange. Until recently, I had no understanding of the prophetic. I asked God to teach me and to direct me toward what he had for me. This journey brought me here to “GOD Still SPEAKS” by John Eckhardt.

 

This teaching/instructional guide reveals that  God is still speaking to the body of Christ even though many say God does not speak like he did during the times of Moses and the Prophets. At one point I considered the same thing because of my upbringing. I dove into this book ready to receive all that the Lord was about to reveal. I was blessed beyond measure.

Reviewed by Theresa Harvard Johnson
Author Akili Kumasi

Before reading On the Outside Looking In: Hope For Separated Fathers Who Want To Be Good Fathers by Akili Kumasi, I earnestly had never considered myself a child of divorce. There were so many other challenges in the midst of my upbringing that – up until this very day – the fact that my parents divorced when I was teen had been erased from my mind. After reading this book, those memories resurfaced. I remember sitting in the courtroom horrified as I was placed on the witness stand and asked specific questions about my parents that ultimately helped decide who got what, who would pay what and with whom I would live.

This memory prompted me to highlight this statement from Kumasi’s book in which he pleads emphatically with readers: I strongly encourage everyone and anyone who can – if you can avoid divorce or separating children from living with both of their parents – please do anything and everything you can. Most importantly, for those who are not in a relationship and do not have children yet, before you even get to the question of separation, be careful not to get into any relationship that you are not 1,000 percent sure of. If you are not sure, do not gamble with the lives and generations that follow. It is not worth it.”

I must say, I agree.