Takeaway: The Psalms are an important part of historic worship and the modern church needs to work to keep them apart of our current worship. Five years ago, if you had asked me what my least favorite part of the bible is, I would have probably said the Psalms. I might have said the lists … Read more
I just picked up NT Wright’s new The Case for the Psalms. It is a fairly short book about why the Psalms are important to Christian worship and theology. While the Kindle version has dropped from its initial $12.99 starting price (it is $11.04 right now), it is still cheaper for me to get the … Read more
I have not read a lot of NT Wright lately, but I have read many of his books. One of the important parts of reading an author widely is that you can see a broad view of their theology (or whatever they write about.) But because you always read with your own perspective, you will … Read more
Summary: A reissue of a 1978 book. A decent intro to many of Wright’s ideas, but not as fully developed as later books. This books is primarily based on a series of early sermons that NT Wright gave in the 1970s. The oldest of them was originally delivered a year before I was born. They … Read more
Takeaway: Paul is a formidable character and NT Wright believes he is often misunderstood. Honestly I am not sure how to review this book. First, it is not new. I originally picked up a copy at a used books store four years ago and never got around to reading it. Christianaudio.com had a site wide sale and … Read more
Before I started blogging on Bookwi.se I started tracking my books on Goodreads.com (social network for readers). I have a handful of short reviews on Goodreads before I started blogging. So as part of cleaning up my Goodread/blog structure I am going to repost some of the shorts reviews from Goodreads. The Irresistible Revolution: Living … Read more
Takeaway: I do not know any book that takes the reading, study and importance of scripture more seriously than this book. Normally I do not read a book so quickly after I read it the first time. But I am going backpacking next week, and the group decided to read two books in advance so … Read more
Takeaway: The search for who Jesus is, is important for every generation, not because Jesus changes, but because we do. I honestly cannot express how disappointing it is that when listening to the introduction (this was an audiobook) I find that this book is based on a series of lectures that NT Wright gave while … Read more
This is the first book that I have started reading by John Piper. (I know I did a review of his fasting book two weeks ago, but I started this long before that.) I have read some shorter works, pamphlet length things. And I am fairly impressed. The introduction has a wonderful section on how … Read more
Summary: A deep dive into Romans 8, making the case that it is centered on vocation and not soteriology. This will not be a particularly helpful review, but my general tendency these days with NT Wright is to listen to the book to get the argument as a whole and then wait a bit and … Read more