Tim Laitinen

• Stalkers and Balkers in Your Church’s Midst
  Identifying predators in your church isn’t easy. Some guys truly are stalkers. But others are simply socially awkward men.
  Tuesday, April 10, 2012
• Rutherford's App Doesn't Download Well
  The chasm between good doctrine and filler ultimately cripples Dudley Rutherford’s otherwise engaging book on Christlikeness.
  Wednesday, April 4, 2012
• Does Appearing Pure Matter?
  We rarely talk about it. Or don’t even think about it. What is it? Maintaining an appearance of sexual propriety while dating.
  Tuesday, March 27, 2012
• There’s No Fire in When the Smoke Clears
  If you like action, you’ll probably love this book. But if you need it to fit into a cohesive framework, then you probably won’t.
  Monday, March 5, 2012
• Solving an Accidental Bride’s Problem
  If you took out token God references and ignored a love scene, you’d hardly recognize this as a book for a Christian audience.
  Wednesday, February 29, 2012
• Search Committee Finds More Than It Seeks
  There’s nothing complicated or controversial with The Search Committee. And that’s what makes Tim Owens’ first book so clever.
  Monday, February 20, 2012
• The Great Disappearing Singles Ministry?
  Just as the number of singles is rising in churches across the country, churches are axing peer-specific singles ministries.
  Thursday, February 16, 2012
• This Lone Star Tale Fails to Launch
  Based on a screenplay by Andrew Librizzi, the Thoene’s latest involves a troubled preacher’s kid and her family’s dark secret.
  Monday, January 23, 2012
• Keeping Matrimony Holy Starts with Singles
  Single believers can champion both what we may hope for ourselves someday, and that which God is currently withholding from us.
  Tuesday, January 17, 2012
• Teen Fiction Meets Science in Replication
  Would cloned humans have a soul? Did Christ die for both humans and clones? These were some of the questions Replication raised.
  Monday, January 9, 2012
• Action with a Dash of History in Mona Lisa
  This fast-paced thriller through the streets of Paris during the Germans’ final hours there is a bona fide page-turner.
  Monday, December 26, 2011
• Truth Shines from Penn State Pain
  When the Penn State scandal broke, one man struggled with suppressing his secret grief blackover what happened to him twenty years ago. Man
  Tuesday, December 13, 2011
• When Fighting Cancer’s Really Personal
  As cancer battles are personal, think about how personal cancer gets when you don’t have a spouse to help you fight it.
  Tuesday, November 15, 2011
• Terror, Trust Mix Well in The Baker’s Wife
  Mouth-watering descriptions of gourmet bread and a tale of terror and trust mix well in Erin Healy’s The Baker’s Wife.
  Monday, November 14, 2011
• For Love of God—or Money?
  According to a Barna study, only 24 percent of evangelicals tithe. And singles? We’re even worse at giving financially.
  Thursday, October 6, 2011
• Puppets of the Kingdom
  Puppeteer “Miss Edna” enjoys having kids as her major audience, perhaps because she’s never had any of her own.
  Thursday, September 8, 2011
• Flying Through Fourteen Weddings
  What has one pilot learned while participating in fourteen weddings and still navigating singlehood in this thirties?
  Thursday, August 4, 2011
• Hindsight Helps Clarify Marital Status
  Even though we trust in God's sovereignty, the hardiest single can still struggle with the summer wedding season.
  Thursday, July 7, 2011