Bruce Wilkinson is recognized as one of the world's foremost Christian teachers and speakers. But he is best known as the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller, The Prayer of Jabez, and other bestsellers including A Life God Rewards, Secrets of the Vine, and The Dream Giver. He is the founder of WorldTeach, a global initiative to train Bible teachers in every nation. Wilkinson also founded Dream for Africa, a humanitarian agency that has taken on AIDS, orphan care and hunger in sub-Saharan Africa. Bruce and his wife, Darlene, have three children and six grandchildren. They live outside Atlanta.
The first of a mini-tour I'm taking through some of my old Christian books from childhood before I send them away for a new reader to discover. This was cute, had some quotable lines, but was overall unremarkable to me, perhaps because I am no longer the target audience. There was a good chapter on "pruning" our lives of unnecessary things so that we can focus on what is important.
This is a nice way to teach children how to stay connected to the vine which is the Lord. Good for a Sunday school lesson. Sometimes the bible is hard to understand and even adults like books like this to break the meaning down to the point that anyone can understand.