Goodreads is my favorite reader’s focus social media site. If you love reading and you are not on Goodreads, you should give it a try. The 2012 Reader’s Choice Awards were announced. More than one million votes were cast. The results, with 20 different categories is the result of regular readers. In this list I … Read more
I keep meaning to pick up A Little Book for New Theologians: Why and How to Study Theology by Kelly Kapic. It is a small book, only 126 pages. And cheap, only $4.93 right now on kindle. I have seen several very positive reviews of it, but I have tried to limit my purchases to … Read more
Misreading Scripture With Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible has interested me since it came out. It is on my list of books to read. And the reviews of it that I have read have been very positive. ChristianityToday posted a review by Christopher Hall (a specialist in early Christian writers) … Read more
I have only read two books by Christopher Wright, but they have been very good books (The God I Don’t Understand and The Mission of God’s People). I have been waiting for the Mission of God to be put on kindle format, but that hasn’t happened yet so I probably should just buy the paper … Read more
A couple months ago I reviewed Tyler Braun’s book on Holiness. I really liked it. So I thought he was a good person to review Kevin DeYoung’s new book that is also on Holiness. ChristianityToday is doing a four part review of the book. I am not sure why it deserves four parts, but I … Read more
One of my favorite blogs for a wide range of thoughtful posts is MereOrthodoxy.com. Matthew Lee Anderson and other bloggers consistently cause me to think about topics from a Christian view point. Matt is also the author of Earthen Vessels (
Looks interesting for pastors and church staff Our families are either a source of great joy or great pain for us. Probably both. Families are the context in which we learn to trust and love and grow and where we learn to be human. Churches and family ministry are resources for families which help nurture … Read more
The Christian understanding of creation, original sin and our first parents is very controversial. Peter Enns has been at the center of the controversy for the past couple of years. Brian LePort has a short review of Enn’s recent book The Evolution of Adam. But he also links to a long series of posts that … Read more
Books and Culture magazine is one of the best magazines for longer form book reviews, seriously articles on history, science and philosophy and in-depth interviews. It and Englewood Review of Books are the only two physical magazines I read. (Although I primarily read the web editions of both.) Mark Noll was one of the founding … Read more
I read a lot of book reviews. That is my main source of good books to read along with personal recommendations. So I want to start trying to highlight good reviews I read. I will not promise to do this every day, but I will try to post a couple a week. If you have … Read more