Takeaway: Someone that has found meaning in a new stream of Christianity may not be the best person to talk about the stream of Christianity that they walked away from. Over the past couple years I have been intentionally trying to read books about Catholicism and part of that has been reading several stories of … Read more
Summary: Finding spiritual practices for those that have become dead to spiritual practices. One of the problems for me in loving Amazon and enjoying book reviews, is that there is always five recommendations for every book that I actually read. The more I read, the more I see that I want to read. One of … Read more
This month I am a bit broader and including my reviews of the Kindle Unlimited after Three Months and the new Kindle Voyager and Kindle Basic Touchscreen since by page views, they were among the most read reviews of the month. The most read reviews at Bookwi.se: Discovering Your Heart with the Flag Page Test … Read more
Reposting this 2011 review because the Kindle Edition is on sale for $2.99 Summary: A moderate Calvinism explained. One of the comments on the review of Against Calvinism, objected to the title. I noted in the review that Olson was not objecting to Calvinism as a whole, but particular extremes within Calvinism. Well Michael Horton, … Read more
Summary: A readable, recent introduction for those new to Anglicanism. Fads are a reality of the world, Christian as well as not. In my world right now, converting to Anglicanism seems to be almost the level of a fad. Not that I think there is anything wrong with returning to a more liturgical practice of … Read more
Summary: Cedar, the new Queen of TÃr na nÓg, is trying to adjust to her new life and new powers. But all the Unseen (the magical creatures of Earth) have started dying. The Thin Veil trilogy is one of the increasing numbers of books published by 47North or one of Amazon’s other publishing imprints. And I … Read more
Summary: Differing perspectives on theological issues allow us to see other views and approach our views with more clarity. I have recently started reading Richard Beck’s blog Experimental Theology. I was briefly introduced to Dr Beck 10 or 12 years ago via a mutual friend at a conference, but only recently have I started reading … Read more
Sunday I started my list of favorite books by posting the 9 Honorable Mentions that I wanted to highlight but for one reason or another didn’t main the main list. Yesterday I posted my favorite 10 Fiction books and today, my 10 favorite Non-Fiction books. As always these books are based on the year I … 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
Reposting this review because the Kindle version of the book is on sale for $4.99 today. (Also Andy Crouch’s excellent Culture Making (one of Bookwi.se’s 2011 Books of the Year) is also $4.99) – And if you have an epub ereader it is even cheaper at CBD ($3.99) Takeaway: Power is too important for us as … Read more