Summary: Lewis reads the Psalms as an insightful outsider. I am continuing my quest to read more CS Lewis after reading McGrath’s new biography a few weeks ago. (And to justify the fact that I have purchased so many of Lewis’ books recently. Many of his non-fiction books are less than $3, this one is … 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
I am reposting this review because A Life Together is on sale for $2.99 for Kindle until March 1. Takeaway: Community, like all great Christian paradoxes, is both here, with what we really experience, and potential, with what we might imagine. I have been thinking about our theological isolation as I have been reading the … Read more
I really like reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I have reviewed two different biographies (Schligensiepen is better than Metaxas) and Life Together as well as an Eastern Orthodox version (A Life Together) and an exploration of Bonhoeffer’s Christ-Centered Spirituality, but I am by no means a Bonhoeffer expert. I have read Cost of Discipleship (although not recently), so I might … Read more
I spread out the favorites of 2012 posts over nearly two weeks. If you are interested here is the complete list in a single post. I am going to split them into fiction and non-fiction lists and put them in order with most favorite at the top. I read 180 book this year these are … Read more
Misreading Scripture With Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible has interested me since it came out. It is on my list of books to read. And the reviews of it that I have read have been very positive. ChristianityToday posted a review by Christopher Hall (a specialist in early Christian writers) … Read more
I have not been posting these lately but, I find it interesting that the top book reviews this month are all from this month. And the most read book review of the month, was posted the last day of the month. I can tell I have been on a fiction kick. In order: The Magicians, … Read more
Takeaway: We are created to need solitude, community and to do service. I don’t remember when I first became acquainted with Henri Nouwen. Probably some time in college. I had read a handful of his books. This is the one I have read most and I think is most helpful. His book Out of Solitude covers some similar material … Read more
Takeaway: A unique, and useful overview of what theology is about. More of introduction to the study of theology and Christian thought than introduction to theology itself. It is a rare book on theology that includes a section on theological jokes. I have to admit that while I thought some of them were fairly funny, … Read more
Takeaway: We really need to read theologians for themselves and not allow others to define them for us. Barth was not a US Evangelical, but he was clearly a Christian that took his Christianity seriously and did much for the church as a whole. Purchase Links: Paperback, Kindle Edition, Audible.com Audiobook Let me start by saying … Read more