Story Thru the Bible by Chris Tiegreen

For the last year or so, I have been fascinated by using the stories of the Bible as a discipleship tool.  The concept is pretty simple.  Tell a story from the Bible to a group or a person and then talk about it.  Simple, but very effective.  I have been trying to learn more and more stories from the Bible to have them available both to use as devotions for my family and have them to share with others when useful.  I admit it, I am a terrible verse memorizer, but a story sticks with you better. 
All that said, Story Thru the Bible is an amazing book full of 52 stories chronologically presented from Creation to Pentecost.  More than a storybook, though, it also gives valuable information on how to introduce the stories as well as questions to discuss them afterward.  This book would be a great introduction to storying and a great place for fathers interested in shepherding children of all ages.

Reternity by Neal Wooten

A little change of pace after a long hiatus.  Reternity is a Christian Science Fiction book.  The book is set in the present where a midwestern preacher's kid heads off to Bible College.  Max is bright, hard working, devout and has been very sheltered.  He is living at home and driving to Bible College 30 minutes away.  At school he meets some new friends, including a girl, a gender he apparently has no experience with whatsoever.  He is fascinated by a physics professor who every semester gives his students a nearly impossible task for extra credit.  Previous events have included walking on water in a pool, and next semesters is making lead magnetic.  He gets invited to a Bible study led by that professor and so decides to attend.  At the Bible Study the book descends into a soapbox for the authors somewhat heterodox views on salvation and end-times using a character named "Clavin" as a stand in for a Calvinists Straw Man views. 
Wait a minute, didn't I say this was a science fiction book?  Yep, half way in and no sci-fi at all.  Max his first semester does battle with the Calvinists, get a girlfriend, gets his first kiss, but does no science fiction.  That happens the second semester where his Almost Impossible Task accidently creates a time machine. 
This book was free on kindle a few weeks ago.  All in all it wasn't great.  It was neither a great Christian book nor a great sci-fi book.  There were some interesting thoughts on Heaven at the end and the ending was good, but not really worth wading through the rest of the book.