God Still Loves the French

God Still Loves The French by Marc Mailloux

My review

God still loves the French is one man's story of his life and vocation for sharing the gospel with often misunderstood people of the land of Calvin. It is a collection of autobiographical anecdotes accumulated during twenty plus years in France, first as a student, then as a missionary.



This description on the back of the book does a good job of describing this book. The author is a great storyteller, and even if you don't have an interest in France I think you would find this book most interesting.


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Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the French

Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the French by Jean-Benoit Nadeau

My review

rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is an excellent book. It has a similar goal to The French Way by Ross Stelle, which is to give overview of the French culture. The difference between the two is the way they go about it. The French Way gave many short chapters with little tidbits of information about each topic. SMFCBW on the other hand does a great job of going beyond giving facts. It gives you a real feeling for the French culture. It goes into the details of why things are the way are. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the French Culture.



-Daniel


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John Wyclif: Myth & Reality

John Wyclif: Myth & Reality by G. R. Evans

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is one of those books that I really got into when I first started reading it, but as I got further along I found it less and less interesting. It starts off describing the rise of universities in 13th century Europe (specifically England). This is by far the best part of the book as the author paints a vivid picture of how the first universities began. Oddly enough the least interesting part was the part specifically about Wyclif. It is very well researched, but it just didn't have much life to it. Bottom line is that I believe the author does a much better job describing the world in which Wyclif lived than the life of Wyclif. However, it is a worthwhile read if you are interested in the beginning of present day universities.


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Churches with Roots: Planting Churches in Post Christian Europe

I found this book to be most helpful and very practical. It was a book that once I put it down I found my self having to pick it right back up and continue reading. The author draws a good deal from his experiences planting churches in Belgium, which makes it especially helpful for those interested in Church Planting in Europe. However, the book is not written in a way that makes it only for Europe. I would say 85-90% of it would apply to just about any church planting situation. He gives a great deal of examples from his own experiences that not only show you what to do, but what not to do. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to plant a church or anyone interested in church planting.



-Daniel