Reviews for The Young Warriors: Arise, Shout, Pursue

The average rating for The Young Warriors: Arise, Shout, Pursue based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-07-03 00:00:00 Jason Mangawan Wes gave me this book at some point while I had the privilege of serving alongside him on a jail ministry team several years ago. This also included sitting under his teaching every Monday night for a while, which was awesome. If there is one authentic Christian man whom I've known to truly live [radically] like Jesus lived, walking the talk (and he has plenty of talk fodder), it is him. I did and do not necessarily agree with everything he has said or done, but I do believe his heart is more in tune with God's than those of many. He is over 70 years old and is a living testimony to what God can and will do through real faith in the very real God. Having said that, I of course regard this book pretty highly. As is stated in the book itself, it is not for everyone, as in the average/"comfortable" and more legalistic Christian. But for the authentic Christ-follower who desires to be a warrior for God; it is wonderful, refreshing, encouraging, and challenging. Furthermore, the timing for this was truly a God-send. I had just gotten it back from a friend (after having read it the first time years ago when it was given) when we started going through First Samuel on Sunday mornings at church. The book is based on First Samuel, so I decided to read through it again. In so many ways that I won't go into here, studying First Samuel and reading through this book again has been so much more pertinent to where I'm at than the first time I read it. So thankful to have picked it up again.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-08-14 00:00:00 Catherine Fran�ois As one would expect from a Mel Bay book, Log Cabin Pioneers includes easy playing music for the amateur guitarist or pianist, or for not difficult playing on any treble clef instrument. Captured in less than a dozen measures, the accessible melodies have simple keys and no chord more difficult than a 7th. Several verse of lyrics accompany these songs. However, such music is just the songs of "Stories, Songs & Sayings." The text is strewn with colorful aphorisms from the pioneer period. Examples are "Better a lame donkey than no horse" from 1854 and the undated bit of meteorological advice, "don't stand in the sun if you have butter on your head." The stories come in two varieties. We get homesteaders' tales, like "The Shrinking Britches" and a swindle worthy of Huckleberry Finn, "What has 4 Eyes, 3 Heads, and 2 Tails?" But, we also get the stories of the songs and pioneers themselves. The stories of the people cover their fashion, building techniques and more - including methods to hide a still. Stories of the songs give the reader insight into the history and meaning behind "Darling Cory", "Mary of the Wild Moor" and more. All this material is arranged topically by section: Cabin History, Pioneer Construction, Log Cabin Music, Whiskey Making, Cabin Kids, Home & Cooking, Pioneer Beauty Secrets and Log Cabin Ghosts and Lore. More entertainment and information can be had in the pioneer slang glossary that defines such obscure archaisms as explatterate (to crush or mash) and "light and hitch" (come and visit). Comment | Permalink