Reposting this 2014 review because the Kindle Edition of Seven Men is on sale for $1.99. Summary: Short Biographies of seven men that Metaxas thinks we should view as role models and heroes. Seven Men is the third books I have read by Eric Metaxas. I liked Metaxas Bonhoeffer biography (although even I as a non-Bonhoeffer scholar caught several mistakes.) … Read more
Summary: A decent (quick) book on the Christian understanding of marriage without a lot of Christian language. I generally don’t like reviewing books that have a lot of controversy. So I have not reviewed many of Rob Bell’s books (but I liked Velvet Elvis and Sex God). I went to college with Rob and Kristen … Read more
Summary: Maybe, at least for some, the right apologetic is not about logic, but emotion and experience. It would be hard to over emphasize how many people I respect have been fans of this book. It has been reviewed (and I think generally reviewed accurately) in Books and Culture (long), Christianity Today (short), the New York Times, … Read more
Reposting this review from earlier this year because the kindle edition is on sale for $1.99. Takeaway: A Classic 20th Century Missionary Biography Christians have been writing missionary biographies for a long time. The purpose of these biographies is to raise interest in the work, to raise money for the work, to encourage Christian to … Read more
Summary: A mediocre biography of a formative figure in the history of journalism. I have been keeping my New Year’s resolution of not buying more than one book a month to try and whittle down my list of books that I have already purchased but not read. But I have also been working through library … Read more
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
Summary: Faith is about deep understanding and devotion, not right behavior and moral understanding. I am not sure what I was expecting when I picked up In Search of Deep Faith. I read Deep Church about three years ago and very much enjoyed thinking through Belcher’s third way of doing church. So I was expecting more … 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