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The idea of Follow Me to Freedom is that in order to be a good leader, you first have to be a good follower (of Christ). This book is an attempt to teach us about “followership” as Shane Claiborne puts it. I listened to this on audiobook. It is presented as a conversation format, alternating … Read more
There are several books on virtue/character/ethics that have come out in the last couple months. I am currently reading NT Wright’s After You Believe and Tim Keller’s Prodigal God and a new biography on Bonhoeffer but Steve Chalke and Alan Mann’s book Different Eyes: The Art of Living Beautifully may be the best of the … Read more
Takeaway: Being Green is fashionable. Being Anti-Green is almost as fashionable. Being reasonable about things, definitely not fashionable. Purchase Links: Paperback, Kindle Edition, Audible.com Audiobook (at posting time, the audiobook is a great price – $6.95) In Green Like God, Jonathan Merritt is attempting, from a fairly conservative theological and social position, to chart out … Read more
Takeaway: Practically, prayer is about investing in those around you. Developing a life of prayer requires that we have relationships that we want to seek after God for their benefit Purchase links: Paperback, Kindle Edition, Audible.com Audiobook If you want to learn about the variety of Prayer you should read Richad Foster’s Prayer. If you want to … Read more
When I agreed to review this book I was specifically thinking of a friend that had asked me for a recommendation for a Chronological bible earlier this year. I knew that such bibles existed but I had not read one. So I was not really sure what to expect. I knew this was not a bible, but a background … Read more
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
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
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