Woman Thou Art Loosed by TD Jakes

Paperback: 196 pages
Publisher: Treasure House (May 1, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1560431008
ISBN-13: 978-1560431008


The Pastor of the Potters House Church in Dallas Texas has shared with us in his novel, 'Woman Thou Art Loosed', his express gift for story telling.

At the open of the story a young woman enters a church building with a gun in her bag. In an unexpected twist, in the most unlikely place, three shots are fired. The story then begins to reveal, layer by layer, who was shot and why.


Woman thou art loosed assaults your emotions. You are gripped with the reality of both the difficulty and necessity to forgive no matter what has been done to you in life. The challenge is the life of a young woman, abused as a child by the man that her mother loves.
The story is constructed by a series of flashbacks in the life of the main character Michelle Jordan. Her life shifts rapidly back and forth between the past and the present without losing the reader. I was amazed at how i was able to keep up with the story even with the jostling back and forth. It is a well constructed plot with characters that you begin to care about and characters that ignite your emotions. The characters are so real that you may find yourself being tempted to hate some of them. I couldn't understand why Michelle Jordans mother was so blind. But i was sharply reminded at the end that all sinners are in need of a saviour - a view that some may disagree with.



However, we must forgive as we have been forgiven. For in forgiving others we gain the power to let go of the past. This was not just a story but a hard and important lesson. Thanks to Bishop TD Jakes for this masterpiece of essential and extremely unique story telling.

Your Rights in Christ by Chris Oyakhilome

Format : Paperback
Pages: 50
Publisher : Loveworld Publishing 1998
ISBN : 978-34658-4-8
5th Edition 2007
The Pastor of Christ Embassy International Churches, Chris Oyakhilome, has written this easy to read 50 page book on the "Rights" or the privileges that there are to being a born again Christian. The book is divided into four simple chapters that elaborate on the rights of the believer in Christ. He focuses on the three rights or priveleges that every Christian has i.e. the 'Right to Choose', the 'Right to Live' and the 'Right to Rule'!
Pastor Chris says that every believer has the right to choose what they want in life. He picks on biblical stories such as the blind man called Bartimaeus (The Book of Mark 10v51) who called out to Jesus in a crowd. Jesus stopped to pay attention to the man and then asked the man " What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus at that point was giving the man a choice! In the story the man chose to see again. Instantly the man was no longer blind ! Pastor Chris even talks about the right to choose who you want to marry. If a man goes up to a woman and tells her - "God said i should marry you", the woman should know that she has to exercise her right in Christ to either reject or accept the man ! It's up to her.
Every believer has the right to live. He says that if a born again Christian has fallen seriously ill, they should not die of that illness because they have the right to live. This is different for someone who is not a born again Christian. The right or the privilege to live is reserved for the born again Christian. Whether the born again Christian lives or dies, depends on whether they know their rights and have exercised them. He quotes 2Timothy 1v10 where the bible says that Jesus abolished death and brought to light life and immortality through the gospel.
Every believer has the right to rule. He quotes Revelation 1v 5-6 where the bible declares that every one in Christ has been made a 'King' and a 'Priest'. Pastor Chris explains that Kings rule and reign. Whatever a King says, happens. He quotes Ecclesiates 8v4 where the bible says that the words of a King have power. Therefore our words carry power and weight. Whatever we say comes to pass.
Pastor Chris says that many believers are not aware of their rights in christ and so they never exercise them. That is why they are not living the glorious lives that Jesus Christ came to die for them to live.
'Your Rights in Christ' is a book that you want to read over and over so that that awareness of your rights in Christ becomes so strong. Before long you will find yourself exercising them and seeing tremendous results in your life. This is a definitely recommended read.