Vinny, Grace Livingston Hill's books are romances but she does some 
teaching in them, too.  I believe she was an old time Presbyterian 
and that helps.  I don't know how long ago she passed away.

earlier, Vinny Samarco, wrote:
>Hi John,
>Haven't read any of Grace Livingson books.  One trend I notice is 
>all these Christian romances.  The problem with many of them is that 
>they are more romance than Christian.
>Vinny
>----- Original Message ----- From: "john schwery" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 6:25 AM
>Subject: Re: Suggested BARD Christian Books
>
>
>>Vinny, on the BARD site some decent fiction is written by Jeanette 
>>Oke and Grace Livingston Hill.  Hill presents the gospel a bit more 
>>clearly than Oke, in my opinion.
>>
>>
>>earlier, john schwery, wrote:
>>>Vinny, I read that Rosenberg series and it is fairly good. It is a 
>>>bit like the Left Behind series but it is more political.  I agree 
>>>with you in that there aren't many good books to read.
>>>
>>>earlier, Vinny Samarco, wrote:
>>>>Hi Phil,
>>>>I'm afraid I'm extremely fussy about what I read in the religion 
>>>>section. There is a lot of stuff from other religions other than 
>>>>Christianity. Frankly, these days I have enjoyed some of the 
>>>>Christian fiction much more. Try these three books by Randy 
>>>>Alcorn.  Read in This order as it is a series.  1, Deadline.  2, 
>>>>Dominion.  3.  Decption.  You can go  to the author section and 
>>>>get the db  numbers for yourwself.
>>>>Also, the Joel C rosenberg books look good, though I have only 
>>>>read the last Jihad.
>>>>
>>>>I have been on the bard book list now for a year and a half and I 
>>>>notice there is a steady decline of Christian books.  Sometimes 
>>>>you might only get one book in four to six weeks.   mostly, the 
>>>>new book lists which come out on Friday feature mysteries, 
>>>>romances Sci fi, etc.  Oh yes, I do find myself reading books in 
>>>>a number of other fields of my  interests. At least in my case, 
>>>>because there is so much to read, and it is so easy to download 
>>>>and take it with you, I have a tendancy to read books more than 
>>>>the bible--but that just my thing I'm sure.
>>>>Vinny
>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Scovell" 
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>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 5:53 PM
>>>>Subject: Suggested BARD Christian Books
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Anyone else want to offer what they enjoyed reading in the 
>>>>>Christian section of the BARD library?
>>>>>
>>>>>Phil.
>>>>
>>>>John
>>>
>>>John
>
>John