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I like to categorize books by how they address the themes of justice, vengeance, and redemption. For this one, whether justice is served will depend on one’s view of the parties involved in the story. There is an undercurrent of vengeance. No redemption, at least at the moral and spiritual level…

Going all the way back to 1989 for book number three in the Dave Robicheaux series. This is classic James Lee Burke. Dave Robicheaux is one of my favorite series characters and from that perspective this book shined. The book features justice. Maybe some ongoing redemption. And an undercurrent of vengeance from a couple of directions…

This is a departure from the crime fiction I usually read. There are several crimes, but overall, this book is not crime fiction. It’s hard to classify. Christian fiction, I’d say. It’s an amazing book that I think every Christian should read. And if you’re a non-Christian, if you want to see what true modern Christianity should look like, then you should read it as well…

Being a police procedural, this book features justice. No real redemption or vengeance. And actually, one knock against it, no real story. Most police procedurals I’ve read have an underlying story carrying through it. Usually, a major case that propels the story forward. Many little stories in this one…

This book is about a program started by Pastor Mike Ashcraft at Port City Community Church in 2007. It’s about picking one word to focus on for an entire year. The idea is that God will use that one word for personal change and spiritual growth…