Takeaway: Evangelicalism seems to keep having the same battles while trying to achieve the same successes. I try to read pretty much anything that Mark Noll writes that I come across. So when Intervarsity Press re-released this series in paperback and offered me a copy to review I picked it up. The Rise of Evangelicalism … Read more
Takeaway: Cultural blind spots affect our reading of scripture far more than we realize. There are very few books I have recommended more over the past year or so than Mark Noll’s The Civil War as Theological Crisis. It has been about over a year since I originally
Takeaway: Ways of reading scripture that we take for granted as today were revolutionary in the past. Short histories, like the Armchair Theologian series or the Very Short Introduction series are hit or miss. Because the author usually has wide latitude to emphasize what they want and organize the books on their own, reading one … Read more
Takeaway: If we are going to take scripture seriously, we need to understand how it came to be. Part of the movement within Christianity and the modern world is that the traditional means of understanding authority has changed. No longer is it good enough to say, the bible says so. Or at least, there are … Read more
Takeaway: The variety of ways that the Christian church understands wealth and economics has a long history. One of the reasons that we should read Christian history is because it can give us context for our own modern issues. Because there are limited sources for late Roman history, Brown uses a variety of historical methods. … Read more
I am even more convinced of the importance of this book nearly a year after I first read the book. I am planning on re-reading this in 2013. Takeaway: A perfect example of why we need historians to help us work through modern problems. This is a whim book. I borrowed it on
Since it has nearly 3 years since I first signed up for Lendle I thought it was time to update my review. I am leaving the original review at the bottom and only making comments about things that are different or I have noticed since the original review. _________ Lendle has continued to grow. Just over 200,000 … Read more
Takeaway: The world is changing and Christianity is changing with it. Mark Noll is one of the most important academics of Christianity in the world. He is a historian, but the implications of his work go far beyond history. Personally, the most important book of his that I have read it The Civil War … Read more
Takeaway: Theology requires history and church tradition. I already wrote a summary review on Historical Theology. But I am still using it as background. I am getting ready to start working on a series of books on the Trinity. I started reading one book with some friends and was very disappointed with the opening chapter. … Read more
Bookwi.se Reviewed Books Directly On Scripture Inspiration and/or Hermenutics I am not at the end of my exploration of scripture and how we should be understanding and using it in our modern world. But I think that I have a better handle on how to proceed. These are very challenging books and I would encourage … Read more