Empty Promises by Pete Wilson
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Pete Wilson is a pastor at Cross Point Church in Nashville.  A quote from the book gives us an idea of what the book is about, "Which idol is God's biggest rival in your life?" According to Wilson, anything that we try to use to seek the things that only God can give us is an idol. The book has a host of stories and is at times interesting.

I didn't find anything wrong with it, but neither did anything come across as new or profound. However, it is an easy and familiar read, sadly a lesson that we just don't seem to heed. Wilson does add some helpful ideas and suggestions to practice at the end of the book. If you have never taken stock of your life or you feel you need to re-evaluate it, I would recommend this book.

I received this book free from booksneeze.com for my honest opinion.
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Pete Wilson is one of the top young leaders among evangelical pastors today. He is smart, witty, and trendy. The way he thinks connects with everyday people, especially people who are younger believers in Jesus Christ.

Wilson's most recent book is Empty Promises. It is quite simply, a book about idolatry. It begins by describing what idolatry is by saying it is "when I look to something that does not have God's power to give me what only God has the power and authority to give" (p. 5).

In each subsequent chapter, Wilson speaks about a thing that people, especially believers, lift up as an idol instead of directing their full trust and devotion toward the Lord. As he speaks about each idol, he shares about the lies that people often believe that cause them to adopt and place their security in that specific false god. Wilson covers all of the big issues such as love of money and vanity, but also some more subtle idols such as religiosity and the longing for approval.

Empty Promises would be a great study for young believers wanting to know how to follow Jesus, and what some of the challenges and pitfalls are on the journey of faith.
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Honestly I'm a huge fan of pete, and his band So when I heard he was writing a book I was pretty excited to see exactly what it was about. But all in all the book is really intriguing and genuine. Although I will say it gets quite deep, but I don't think there is another book out there guite like this this one
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The book was in perfect condition, received before expected.  I really loved the book Best of Me by Nicolas Sparks and I am sure that Safe Haven is just as good.  I can't wait to read it.
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D. GRIM - True Crime buff., May 21, 2001,
EVER BEEN IN LOVE? Reviewer: A reader from PACIFIC NORTHWEST TERRITORY - 'EMPTY PROMISES' by Ann Rule. You will not be bored, I promise you. TO LOVE OR NOT TO LOVE .... That is the question ! True cases of different loves. This is a must read. I'm lucky, I saw myself in one of these chapters and I made the right choices .... So I'm alive and healthy and happy today. I do love Ann Rule, she explains HOW these kinds of things can happen. As I said you will NOT be bored .... You won't be able to put it down until the very last page. I have everyone of Ann Rule's True Crime books and I will not part with any one of them. Keep up the good work Ann, we need you.
Also recommended: And Never Let Her Go-Volumes 1 thru 7 of her Crime Files. Anything by Ann Rule, also The Defense is Ready by Leslie
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Can't wait for the final book.  You either love them or leave them which will it be? Waiting for Broken Promises.  Which ones did he break?
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Hearing a new McCartney song is like a gift from

God. Jenny Wren is disturbingly beautiful.

He remains the worlds greatest living songwriter.

...but Buyer Beware. Amazon advertised the USA single version,

which contains two additional new songs and a fold out poster.

This is the purchase I made.

Amazon sent me the British single version, which contains

only one song, without the poster.

I opened it in my car and dropped it in my CD player before

realizing this, which cancelled my option of returning it for

The USA version.

Order by phone and make sure the order taker knows what you are talking about.

T. Contreras

Houston, Texas
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I consider myself to me an objective fan of Peter Cetera.  I have given several of his albums very positive reviews (see 'World Falling Down,' which is still his best).  I'm a big enough fan to have purchased this album as soon as I found out it was available; objective enough to say that I'm fairly disappointed in the effort.  The opening title track is great, sort of reminiscent of 'One Good Woman' from the 'One More Story' CD.  Otherwise, I have to wonder why a man so talented didn't have more to say after six years.  As many have already noted, there are only 3 compositions by Peter, all of which have to do with love.  Not a bad subject, but there must be something more.  Also, nothing really rocks on this album, and even after a few listens, I can only remember how a couple of the songs go, and one of those is the cover of the Beatles song.  Finally, the singing isn't up to his very high standards.  His 1997 compilation album showed that his vocals were still very strong.  This time around, they are more in the background in the mix, and he seems to emphasize some of his singing tendencies that I find a bit annoying.  Having said all of that, I'd still recommend buying this album, because the title track is really that good.
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In 1970, George Harrison released his debut solo album away from The Beatles entitled ALL THINGS MUST PASS, in order to prove how talented he was from under the shadows of John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

It was a masterpiece.

In 1981, Mike Love released his debut solo album away from The Beach Boys entitled LOOKING BACK WITH LOVE, in order to prove how talented he was from under the shadow of Brian Wilson.

It was a PIECE of something, all right, but nothing masterful!

An entire collection of covers was his bold, brash, leading-himself-into-a-brave-new-future statement? It just shows how far his artistic sensibilities stretched: not very far at all. He actually thought the public would eat this stuff up in that it's-still-1963 "brain" of his. This disc is beyond the pale. Thank goodness record buyers didn't fall for it. Unfortunately, it meant he went right back to the safety net of The Beach Boys and continued to lead their descent into county fair-playing retro hacks (much to Carl Wilson and Al Jardine's chagrin), as if the progression of the early 70s meant nothing. (Let alone the artistic achievements of PET SOUNDS.)

The Beach Boys was the band that once challenged the mighty Beatles in terms of sonic superiority. There's not a hint of that in anything Mike Love does with the group, or - as evidenced from this waste of space of an album - on his own. This man was - and continues to be - a blight on music.

Do yourselves a favour and go get a copy of Dennis Wilson's masterful PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE if you want a REAL solo Beach Boy album from this period with some WEIGHT to it. And go see Brian Wilson tour while you still can. And just imagine this album - and Mike Love himself - doesn't exist.
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This is an awesome book.  It is filled with lovely promises.  The writing is very simple for the ordinary everyday person.  Lovely words to cheer up a depressed heart.  Happy Reading
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I'm very disappointed with the way Pete Rock is going with the album because he seems to be trying to please eveyone's taste of music all at once.  The album had some heavy hitters with the likes of: Little Brother, Pharoahe Monch, GZA/Genius, Talib Kweli.  But, I find that inorder to make the album memorable like Pete's previous albums he should've used MC's like Rakim, A tribe called quest, or even the U.N. - considering that most of these people are dropping albums later this year.
I recently went to a Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth concert in Febuary and it was a classic, mainly because Pete brought out that golden era stuff.  The tracks with C.L. are the best tracks on the album, which leads me to believe that Pete should have just dropped another album with C.L.
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Great music, wonderfully written lyrics, though no liner notes which is a con for this purchase.  There should at least be a hyperlink on the inside cover saying where you can go for the lyrics.
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Steve Williams is a park ranger at beautiful Hanging Rock State Park in North Carolina, but he is burdened by tragic memories. Sarah, the girl he loved, was accidentally killed in a car wreck, and he`d been driving the car. Steve had been badly hurt, but he eventually healed. Sarah never would. She lived for five more years in a coma, but her family wouldn't let him near her. He feels hopeless, guilty, alone, and angry at God. Things may have to come to a head before he can ever heal.

The first third of this novel was great. I was all poised to give it a strong five and a rave review, when it begin to fall apart. The storyline did such a twist I felt almost betrayed. The author had led me to trust in an ending that would never happen, and I would never feel that close to the story again. I also began to see lots of mistakes. The writing became stilted in places from not using contractions. The book started to head-hop, where different viewpoints were told in the same scene. Unless this book was set before 1971, and it didn't seem to be (they have cell phones), there is no Appalachian College. It is Appalachian State University. I've never seen an orange turnip either. "He" is used where "his" was needed," "o" for "over," and "past" for "pastor." One sentence said, "Steve Mrs. Williams stood up stiffly." When Gracie came into the story, it suddenly seemed more like a soap opera. I couldn't understand why Steve didn't use his cell phone when he was stranded on the boat, because he had it. The middle of the story lost its momentum for me, and it began to drag. Near the end, one minute Steve is saying he barely knows a woman, and the same day he asks her to marry him and is supposedly madly in love. It also made no sense to me that Kelly assumed the shot friend was dead without asking about him, when it was apparent to me he probably wasn't. The ending, however, was very well done, and made me reexamine how I would rate the book. I do feel the book was worth reading. It was pretty clean with no foul language. Any sleeping around was done in the past or by non-Christians, and none of it was ever described at all. Faith played an important part, and I loved Pastor Robert. I would read more by this author.
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Ralph Edwards of lonesome lake is a book about carving out a life for ones  family in a remote wilderness. This book is such a contrast to our technical world with cell phones, internet, e mail  "Big Box shopping" malls. Our lives are so full but really so empty. I felt an extreme feeling of sadness after having read this book. Ralph Edwards and his wife are now dead after having lived a hard but full life. We all struggle through life with different goals and yet we all have to face death. I felt the sadness of Ralph Edwards when he realised that he was too old to be independant and look after himself.  This book has to make us all stop and concider what we are doing and what is the purpose of life. What could possibly be more important than these questions?
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Discovered this song, along with 'Girl in the Window', from the Banshee Chapter soundtrack.  Mark Lenover's songwriting definitely trends toward the darker end of the spectrum.  Wish this was about two minutes longer with a second repeating chorus (may pull it into an MP3 editor to rework it a bit).  Aside from being too short, it's an awesome track.
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It's not always all good.  The Pete books by Eric Litwin are wonderful.  There won't be any more by Mr. Litwin.  Folks should be aware of this.  We received this book at our library this week.  After reading it and finding it lacking, I immediately wrote an email asking why it was not written by Eric Litwin.  I received a very positive email back from Mr. Litwin. He had nothing negative to say, but wants folks to be aware that he will not be writing any more Pete books. Buttons come and buttons go, but do we cry?  Goodness NO!
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Sorry, but we were disappointed in "Pete". His voice was bare audible, very weak, and his repeat of our words was unclear. All in all, very disappointed. I bought mainly because it was recommended through the Alzheimers.readingroom.com. I received the Parrot on January 17 of tand returned it to you in good condition within about 2 or 3 weeks and we are happy to report that we received a prompt credit to our account by February 5. Many thanks, J. Garner