By Sammie Jo Barstow
First Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa
Books have guided me at every juncture of my life, including my salvation. In the 1950s there were few Christian fiction books available, but Grace Livingston Hill was a writer whose books I enjoyed.
One day, sitting at our family dining table reading a Grace Livingston Hill novel, I read the way to salvation along with the young girl who was the main character in the story. When she confessed her sins and asked Jesus into her heart, I did the same. I was baptized a few weeks later. I’m grateful that now we have so many wonderful Christian fiction authors and many books to tell the Jesus story.
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