I posted another review of Peter Brown recent book Through the Eye of a Needle last week. Today Christianity Today posted Peter Leithart’s review. It is a very positive review as well. If you have interest in this book it looks like it is quite good. By the sixth century, the church was wealthy and … Read more
Brian LePort from nearemmaus.com has a review of Reading the Gospels Wisely: A Narrative and Theological Introduction by Jonathan Pennington. LePort thinks that this would be the book he would use, along with the gospels, to actually teach gospels in a seminary or church setting. Sounds like good book to pick up. I prefer the conjunctions both/and … Read more
The website Flavorwire.com consulted 16 different Best Books of 2012 lists and counted how many times each of book was mentioned to create a Best of Best of 2012 Books List. According to the this method, the best book of the year is Bringing up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel, it was mentioned in 8 … Read more
NPR posted their best books of 2012 in four categories. They are Best Biographies of 2012, Best Mysteries of 2012, Best Young Adult of 2012 and Best Romance of 2012. (Of course NPR’s titles are different, but that is what the mean.) Each list is five books with a description of the and why they liked … Read more
These long titles kill me. The full title of the book is Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD by Peter Brown. It looks like an interesting book. I considered picking up a review copy from Netgalley, until I saw that it was … Read more
As someone that is part of a large mega-church. And who is getting ready to head off to dinner with my small group. This books (Community is Messy: The Perils and Promise of Small Group Ministry by Heather Zempel) sounds like it would be right up my alley. Reviewed by Sam Edgin over all Englewood Review … Read more
I really liked Karen Swallow Prior’s memoir Booked. It is a memoir that is organized around the books that she read growing up. I have read several good reviews of Booked, and here is another good review that was written by Nick Olson and posted at Books and Culture magazine. “Modernity is eighth grade stuck … Read more
Audible.com released their Best of 2012 list, based on reader’s reviews. There are 20 overall, and then the best 10 books in 11 different categories. Our of the top 20 list, I have read two (Divergent and the Hobbit) and own two (Quiet and The Fault of Our Stars)
I have been reading books about the Trinity this past year. I think I am going to extend this reading project another year because I am not really happy with the books I have read so far. One of the books on my ‘to read’ list for my Trinity project is The Quest for The … Read more
The full title is A Hobbit Journey: Discovering the Enchantment of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Timothy Stege reviewed it last week over at Englewood Review of Books. I have not read a lot of good reviews of the movie, so for the fans Tolkien, the plethora of new books might be the way to get your fix. … Read more