"Pearl in The Sand" by Tessa Afshar is a wonderful book that is fiction but based on the Biblical story of Rahab. Rahab was a Canaanite harlot, but she saved the Israeli spies in Jericho.This book teaches this reader that God loves us and can forgive us our sins and use us for his purpose! I bel...
Pearl in the Sand is my first Tessa Afshar book and I LOVED it! Rich characters brought to life the story from the Bible about Rahab hiding the Israeli spies. Seeing and understanding Rahab's point of view starts out poignant with the dark survival of being a prostitute. Saved from the annilat...
I liked this book for the vivid detail and pains taken to be realistic. The only part that was hard to get through were the long, sweeping, psalm-like pages. I appreciate good praise of God like any Christian but there are several sections that are exceptionally repetitive and take away a lot of ...
“What’s wrong?” He bent his head toward her, but his expression remained dazed, as if he had not comprehended her words.“What has happened?” she prompted again.“It’s …” His voice caught. The silence stretched while Sarah writhed with worry. Darius cleared his throat. “It’s my father. His servants...
Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.JOSHUA 1:9 Evening had begun to descend when Ruth stopped gleaning. She beat out the grain that she had managed to gather. With disbelief, she examined the heap before her. She had gathered about an...