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Written on 23 Apr, 2007 at 9:28 in
Book Review | Author:
Reviews by Tony Gosgnach Assistant Editor
Sweet Deception: Why Splenda, Nutrasweet and the FDA May Be Hazardous to Your Health
Dr. Joseph Mercola and Dr. Kendra Degen Pearsall
Nelson Books, 2006
287 pages, $24.99 (US)
The Seven Pillars of Health
Don Colbert, MD
Siloam
295 pages, $21.50
The Body Sense Natural Diet: Six Weeks to a Slimmer, Healthier You
Lorna R. Vanderhaeghe
John Wiley and Sons Canada, Ltd.
280 pages, $24.99... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Apr, 2007 at 9:22 in
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Review by Doug McManaman The Interim House of Miracles
By Grace Petrasek
Interim Publishing Company, Toronto, 2006
96 pages $5.95
There is nothing more inspiring than true stories that illustrate the hand of divine providence in the lives of ordinary people. As a teacher, I often read to my students such stories from the lives of Catholic saints, including Don Bosco, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Feb, 2007 at 13:40 in
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Reviewed by Theresa Smyth The Interim
The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On
by Dawn Eden (W Publishing Group, $17.50, 224 pages)
Dawn Eden, “a Jewish-born rock journalist turned salty Christian blog queen,” has written “a book for marriage-minded single women who (have) had enough of the Sex and the City lifestyle.” While giving up her promiscuity ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Jan, 2007 at 13:11 in
Book Review, Politics | Author:
Review by Tony Gosgnach Assistant Editor
Sacrificed? Truth or Politics by Larry D. Spencer (Kayteebella Productions, $17.99, 172 pages)
Truth and politics – are they mutually exclusive? After reading Larry Spencer’s new book Sacrificed? Truth or Politics, the answer, unfortunately, seems to be yes. And that’s the main reason every concerned Canadian should read this well-written volume.... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Nov, 2006 at 14:24 in
Book Review, Politics, Religion | Author:
Godless: The Church of Liberalism by Ann Coulter (Crown Forum, $36.95, 308 pages)
Review by Kathy Shaidle
The Interim
Those who object to U.S. conservative columnist Anne Coulter’s torture-all-prisoners punditry are like pre-teen boys griping that Gone With the Wind has “too much ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Nov, 2006 at 14:20 in
Book Review, Religion, Television Shows | Author:
Mark Wegierski
The Interim
The Truth Is Out There: Christian Faith and the Classics of TV Science Fiction by Thomas Bertonneau and Kim Paffenroth (Brazos Press, $23.99 pb, 272 pages)
Thomas Bertonneau and Kim Paffenroth are both well-respected American academics and committed Christians. Readers should not be put off by the 50s “flying saucer” image on the cover. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 18 Sep, 2006 at 8:47 in
Book Review | Author:
Doreen Beagan
Chasing Daylight: How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life
By Eugene O’Kelly and Corinne O’Kelly with Andrew Postman
McGraw-Hill, 2006, 179 pages; $25.95
Chasing Daylight opens with the startling words, “I was blessed. I was told I had three ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Jun, 2006 at 12:15 in
Book Review, Religion | Author:
Doug McManaman
Birth Control: Is Canada Out Of Step With Rome?
By Msgr. Vincent N. Foy (Life Ethics Information Centre, 128 pages, $9.95)
Reviewed by Doug McManaman
The Interim
For 18 years, I’ve been teaching young people what exactly is the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 May, 2006 at 8:59 in
Assisted Suicide, Book Review, Euthanasia | Author:
Terri Schiavo - A Life That Matters by Mary and Robert Schindler
et al (Warner Books, $32.95 272 pages).
She's a human being," I cried out. "Nobody seems to notice." For well over a decade, these two sentences described the plight of Mary Schindler and her family. Medical experts had declared their daughter, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Nov, 2005 at 18:54 in
Book Review, Columnist, Pro-Life, Profiles, Religion | Author:
Some months ago, I was in a Catholic bookshop looking for a certain book. By chance, I spotted a book entitled, Saint Gianna Molla. At the bottom of the cover, it said, “Wife, mother, doctor” under the picture of a beautiful young lady holding two babies in her arms. As I had never heard of Saint Gianna Molla, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Sep, 2005 at 13:42 in
Book Review, Euthanasia | Author:
Alex Schadenberg
A Concise History of Euthanasia: Life, Death, God and Medicine by Ian Dowbiggin (Rowan and Littlefield, $25, 176 pages)
Reviewed by Alex Schadenberg
The Interim
If you do not know the history, you are doomed to relive the errors of the past.... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jun, 2005 at 8:08 in
Book Review, Politics | Author:
David Bolton
God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get Itby Jim Wallis
Harper San Francisco
416 Pages, $32.95 (Cdn)
Review by David Bolton
The Interim
Jim Wallis is the founder and editor of the magazine Sojourners. He is also convener and president of Call to Renewal, an evangelical political action group created out of Wallis’s perceived need ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 May, 2005 at 13:21 in
Book Review, Sex Education | Author:
Alex Schadenberg
Sex Education: How to Guide Your Child Through the Minefield by Jan Bracken (Essence Publishing, 244 pages, $19.95)
Alex Schadenberg
Sex education in the public schools has caused many Christian parents to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Apr, 2005 at 12:52 in
Book Review, Religion, Society & Culture | Author:
Alex Schadenberg
The Faces of Origins: A Historical Survey of the Underlying Assumptions from the Early Church to Postmodernism by David Herbert M.A., M.Div., Ed.D.
(Citizens Concerned about Education and Origins, $20, 130 pages)
Review by
Alex Schadenberg
The Interim
David Herbert is a retired ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Mar, 2005 at 15:21 in
Book Review, Euthanasia | Author:
Alex Schadenberg
Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World
by Wesley Smith (Encounter Books, $38.95 in bookstores or $35.00 through the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, toll free at: 1-877-439-3348, 219 pgs )
Reviewed by
Alex Schadenberg
The Interim
Consumer's ... (Continue reading)
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