Summary: Lord Peter’s brother is accused of murdering his sister’s fiance and Peter has to find the truth. Dorothy Sayers is best known as an early 20th century crime novelist. But she was also a well known apologist, one of the intellectual founders of the modern classical education movement (which is popular among many Christian homeschooling groups) … Read more
Takeaway: A modern classic of what it means to be a Christian I am on an NT Wright kick. I was given a copy of Jesus, Paul and the People of God for review (a book of papers from Wheaton College Theology Conference). The whole conference was a conversation with and about NT Wright. I started … Read more
Prices are for Kindle Editions unless noted. The Screwtape Letters: The Annotated Edition by CS Lewis – $10.99 272 pages, releases Oct 8 On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of C. S. Lewis’s death, a special annotated edition of his Christian classic, The Screwtape Letters, with notes and excerpts from his other works that help … Read more
Oyster is an all-you-can-read ebook subscription program. Commonly described as Netflix-for-Books. Officially it was opened up in September, but it is still in a private testing phase. I signed up and have used it for the last three weeks. My overall impression is fairly positive. When you sign up you are asked to choose five … Read more
Takeaway: The first popular biography of Bonhoeffer. Not perfect, but well worth reading. (Read Charles Marsh’s biography instead) Like many Evangelicals I have been a fan of Bonhoeffer’s writing for many years. I have read Cost of Discipleship, Life Together and the two collections Letters and Papers from Prison and Love Letters from Cell 92. … Read more
The most read book reviews in June 2013: Holy is the Day: Living in the Gift of the Present by Carolyn Weber Out of the Silent Planet by CS Lewis (Space Trilogy #1) Bread and Wine: A Love letter to Live Around the Table (with Recipes) by Shauna Niequist The Ocean at the End of the … Read more
This is part 3 of my series on potential beach reads for this summer. Bookwi.se Review (Second Reading) 474 pages, 146 of 167 reviews are 4 or 5-star This is probably is my favorite memoir ever. Carolyn writes about her year studying Literature at Oxford. During that year she finds Christian faith and maybe a something more.
Christianaudio.com is giving away the MP3 audiobook for free during the month of May. I highly recommend the book, so I am reposting my review from 2 years ago. Takeaway: God uses people. They will not be perfect, but those that are used, are usually changed by God. A. W. Tozer has had a resurgence … Read more
Summary: A series of short stories, originally serialized, about a mystery solving priest. I am trying to read more old books that have stood the test of time. (And save some money.) So I picked up the Innocence of Father Brown by GK Chesterton when I noticed that the audiobook was only $2.49 when you … Read more
The Emerging Scholars Blog is doing a March Madness style tournament to determine the best Christian Book of All Time. Round one is over and there is a post detailing all the winners and losers. We have Bernard of Clairvaux losing decisively to CS Lewis and Rick Warren losing an even more lop-sided battle to Dietrich Bonhoeffer. But other … Read more