Three book reviews

"Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder

I highly recommend this book. It is the story of Dr. Paul Farmer as he basically uses all his experitise as an MD to treat AIDS/TB patients in rural Haiti, Russian prisons, and the slums of Lima. It is very inspiring as he devotes twenty years to treat hundreds of these patients as they would otherwise die through lack of funds and healthcare availability. Farmer has written numerous books and journal articles and considers himself a doctor to the poor.

"East to West" by Ravi Zacharias

This is Ravi's autobiography and is very powerful especially for those interested in evangelism and pastoral ministry. He details how he came from the depths of poverty in India to eventually get opportunities at education through his dads increased business success. He was not a very good student however. He even tried to committ suicide, but has obviously risen to do so many great things in many hard countries for the Lord. It's worth your time.

"Jesus and the Fuhrer" by Ravi Zacharias

This is another addition to the series Ravi does on certain people having a conversation with Jesus. This one features Jesus and Adolf Hitler. He includes the voice of the martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer along with others who knew Hitler. It gives a powerful picture of the gospel as it is explained in many ways through Hitler's endless questions and misunderstandings.