Friday I posted about why the church should be working toward greater unity. Saturday I posted about John Armstrong’s understanding of how to deal with issues of truth, individualism and how God works in history. Today I am looking at how Your Church Is Too Small addresses steps to move forward. In the end I … Read more
Part one of this review is here and part three is here. ___ Yesterday I posted an introduction to Your Church is too Small. It was mostly about why we as a church should strive toward unity. Theorectially, I do not think many people disagree with the idea that the church of Jesus Christ should … Read more
I wanted to like Hear No Evil before I even picked it up. I have been following Matthew Paul Turner on twitter for a while. And most of the time I have really liked his humor. (No one can be funny all the time.) In all the books I have been reading, I have over … Read more
Tithing can be a tricky topic in some crowds. I have never really understood why it is such a taboo subject. Maybe it is because I am a pastor’s kid, maybe it is because it was never really a question whether you gave or not. So I guess I do not really understand the trepidation … Read more
If you read my reviews frequently, then this book is going to be way outside my normal content. Only about 1 in 8 books I review is fiction. And all except for 2 of the fiction books I have reviewed here have been Fantasy or Science Fiction. I am not traditionally a suspense/horror reader. The … Read more
Takeaway: What is important about the church should be Jesus, not the structure. Purchase Links: Hardback, Kindle Edition, Audible.com Audiobook, christianaudio.com Audiobook “The world is interested in Jesus. It is his wife, the bride of Christ, that they do not want to spend time with.” Neil Cole opens the book Organic Church with that provocative … Read more
Update: I am not removing this review because I want it to be found, but I also think it matters that CJ Mahaney may have written what was a decent book on humility, but did not practice it well. There are so many issues with Mahaney and his ministry that have come out since I wrote … Read more
Takeaway: Life according to God’s purpose for us, may seem radical to others, but it should be more about obedience than an attempt at radicalness. Purchase Links: Paperback, Kindle Edition, Audible.com Audiobook, christianaudio.com Audiobook My wife and I read a few pages every night before we go to sleep. Crazy Love was our most recent book. … Read more
Takeaway: Discipleship and change both are accomplished by doing what it takes over the long term. This book, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction is not actually a part of this series and has overlapping themes with Practice Resurrection but it fits right in. A Long Obedience is a series of meditations on the Psalms … Read more
I am not sure how to review Horizon. It is the fourth book in a series. I have listened to all this series on Audible. The narration is good and the story isn’t bad. But like many series I wonder at the end if it was worth the effort to get there. There was more … Read more