I just got word today that Zondervan’s Engaging Church Blog will be hosting two blog tours during the month of July.  If you’re looking for some books to read and review in the midst of all of your summer free time, these titles may be just what you’ve been looking for.

July 12-16: AND: The Gathered and Scattered Church, by Hugh Halter and Matt Smay.  Click here:  LINK for more details.

July 26-30:  Insights on John by Charles R. Swindoll.  Click here:  LINK for more details.

Zondervan is going to be hosting a blog tour for Exponential:  How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement running June 7-11.  There is still time to sign up through the end of this week.  Click the book cover below for more details.

Format: Paperback
Page Count: 176
Publisher: Multnomah Books
Publication Date: March 16, 2010
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1601422709
ISBN-13: 978-1601422705
List Price: $12.99
Rating: 3.5 Stars!

It was only two years ago that the Harris brothers brought their influence to a generation of young people with their debut book, Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations (Colorado Springs, CO: Multnomah Books, 2008). Do Hard Things made the counter cultural suggestion that the time known as adolescence can be used to do hard things for God’s glory, rather than spending all waking free time in pursuit of leisure activities. Start Here: Doing Hard Things Right Where You Are is a sort of companion book, picking up where the Do Hard Things message leaves off. If you are that person who struggled to take the next step, this is the book you have been waiting for.

This entire book is organized around answering common questions young people have when they go about preparing to do hard things. A mix of how-tos, personal stories, and practical suggestions will both encourage and prepare the reader for this journey. Here is a sampling of the types of questions answered throughout the book:

• I’m ready to get started-on something! What should I do now?
• How do I ask people to support my cause?
• How do I keep my motivation for doing hard things pure?
• What if doing hard things makes me unpopular?

This book will be useful for both group or individual study. The discussion questions at the end of the book will work for either circumstance. Also, if you want to get a head start on brainstorming your own hard things, you may want to first skip ahead to the appendix and take a look at the list of 100 hard things other rebelutionaries have done. Also, if you haven’t read Brett and Alex’s first book, Do Hard Things, be sure to begin there and take up this book next.

Author Information:
Alex and Brett Harris are the coauthors of the best-selling book Do Hard Things, which they wrote when they were eighteen. Today, the twins speak regularly to audiences of thousands on The Rebelution Tour; maintain a large online community through their blog, TheRebelution.com; and have been featured on the CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and in the New York Times. Raised in Portland, Oregon, the brothers currently attend Patrick Henry College in Virginia.

Disclaimer:
This book was provided for review by the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group.

Additional Information:
This book is available for purchase directly from the publisher here:  LINK

Books by Alex & Brett Harris:

Book Review – Your Church is Too Small

Books by John H. Armstrong:

I was excited to find a copy of Latayne C. Scott’s Latter-Day Cipher in my mailbox over the weekend.  I won this copy as a part of the Latayne C. Scott blog tour sponsored by Zondervan and Moody Publishers last month to promote Latayne’s most recent books:  The Mormon Mirage (Zondervan, 2009) & Latter-Day Cipher (Moody Publishers, 2009).  My review of The Mormon Mirage can be found here:  LINK.  Both of these titles are readily available from Amazon.com and other retailers.

Latayne C. Scott is the author of fifteen books in addition to other poems and articles.  She lives in New Mexico with her husband Dan.  They have two married children.  You can learn more about Latayne’s writing and speaking at www.latayne.com and www.representationalresources.com.

Today Zondervan is hosting a blog tour for Fred von Kamecke’s latest book:  Busted:  Exposing Popular Myths about Christianity.  All of the sites below will be posting reviews, thoughts, and questions for the author about the book.  You can read my review of Fred’s book here:  LINK.

• http://bbhchurchconnection.blogspot.com
• http://icrucified.com/icruciblog
• http://theologicallyspeaking.com
• http://twelve60.blogspot.com
• http://blog.buildingchurchleaders.com
• http://frankviola.wordpress.com
• http://johnharmstrong.com
• http://jchrisland.blogspot.com
• http://www.kimmartinezstayingfocused.wordpress.com

Be sure to visit Ann Jackson, author of Mad Church Disease at http://flowerdust.net on Thursday July 16th.   She’ll be giving away copies of Busted:  Exposing Popular Myths about Christianity.  Should Fred grace Bible Geek Gone Wild with his presence as he works his way through the blog tour, I hope he might take the time to answer a question or two.

• Question 1:  What is the most damaging myth facing Christianity in our day?
  
• Questions 2:  Besides your own book, What other titles would be beneficial to those getting started in apologetics?

Many thanks to Fred for writing this great book and to Zondervan for hosting another blog tour.  God bless!