I follow a lot of book bloggers and publishers because I want to find out about good books. I am not intentionally focused on new books (I actually work pretty hard to force myself to read older books.) But the way things happen about 70-80 percent of the books I read have been written in … Read more
I am not a horror movie fan. I like the occasional vampire book (both the Twilight and the Bram Stoker variety) and I have read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and I loved TV show Buffy. But I will not watch Walking Dead or other zombie tv or movies. I get scared too easily. I do think that monsters … Read more
Al Mohler has a round up of the 2012 best books for preachers in a very long article at Preaching magazine. I did not read the full article (I don’t have that much time) If you are just interested in the short list of the 10 Books Every Preacher Should Read in 2013 (part of Mohler’s … Read more
My uncle recommended the Underground Church: Reclaiming the Subversive Way of Jesus by Robin Meyers. I picked it up before Christmas but I have only read the introduction and first chapter. I am sure I will return to it soon. In the meantime I read this review written by Anna Madsen from Christian Century last … Read more
Brian LePort has a good review of Quest for the Trinity at his blog NearEmmaus.com. After reading several positive reviews of Quest for the Trinity I think it is going to be my next book on the Trinity. I am a chapter from finishing The Mystery of God: The Theology for Knowing the Unknowable, which … Read more
One of the people I pay attention to for good advice about relationships is Rhett Smith. Rhett is a counselor and former pastor and the author of Anxious Christian: Can God Use Your Anxiety for Good? (Bookwi.se Review) and the upcoming What it Means to Be a Man: God’s Design for Us in a World … Read more
Chris Smith, the editor of Englewood Review of Books, has challenged us all to read more classics this year. To give us suggestions, Smith has asked a number of writers to give suggestions of classics that are worth reading. I posted about the first two of these lists, but more suggestions have been posted. Here … Read more
The Parchment Girl blog is back. Parchment Girl (aka Kate) after a hiatus has started blogging again. Today she posted, “Read This, Not That: Overrated Christian Bestsellers and Lesser Known Alternatives“. I think this is a great idea for book bloggers to highlight lesser known (and often better) books. I am not an expert in … Read more
Miroslav Volf wrote a fairly controversial book a couple years ago called Allah: A Christian Response (I have not read it). From what I have read about the book he was trying to make concrete the ideas that he raised in Exclusion and Embrace and later in Free of Charge about reconciliation and and love in response to other … Read more
I am a fan of Rhett Smith’s work. I regularly read his blog and I really liked his book Anxious Christian: Can God Use Your Anxiety for Good. (Bookwi.se Review) I am very much looking forward to reading his new book What It Means to be a Man: God’s Design for Us in a World Full … Read more