“A Meal with Jesus”- Book Recommendation

I recently read an excellent little book by Tim Chester called “A Meal with Jesus: Discovering Grace, Community, & Mission around the Table“.   It’s a study of several portions of Luke’s Gospel that deal with Jesus at various meals.  I was greatly challenged by much of what was said, especially in the practical applications of [...]

“Justification” brief impressions…

Just finished reading N.T. Wright’s Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision. I don’t really feel up to writing a full/exhaustive review or thoughts from it.  So here’s a few brief thoughts: -As most know, Wright can write.  His pen is sharp and quick, which is bad for his real opponents but less helpful during friendly [...]

Book Review- Radical by David Platt

Check it out here on SBC Voices.

Easter book thoughts…

I’m kicking myself right now.  I’m getting ready to prepare a Bible study on the events of Easter for our youth and I was mining a couple books for great quotes.  It’s usually easy for me to find a great quote.  I just start looking at all the stuff I’ve underlined (or formerly-”highlighted”…I’ve since learned [...]

Words from “Gilead”

If you haven’t read Marilynne Robinson’s novel Gilead, you should.  Stop reading junk on the internet and go read some compelling story-telling and beautiful prose.  The book is a celebration of existence, told from the hand of dying pastor to his son.  It won something called the “Pulitzer Prize.”  Here’s a section I liked: “I [...]

“Adopted for Life” – Book Review

Adopted for Life was released last year and made its way onto a lot of bloggers’ “Best of 09″ lists.  Dr. Russell Moore is dean of the School of Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in “LOU-eh-vool”, Kentucky.  He also is on pastoral staff at a local church. Adopted for Life is a blend [...]

“Who Made God?”- Book Review

Edgar Andrews’ Who Made God?: Searching for a theory of everything may be the funnest book I’ve read so far this year. Andrews is a world-class scientist, whose lifetime of work at the University of London and as a consultant of several major chemical companies throughout the world give him a platform for attempting to [...]

Reviewing “Just Do Something”- Part 2

Ok.  So the previous post (hopefully) serves as a helpful introduction to this topic, including my own kickbacks against the typical Evangelical voodoo approach to the idea of the “will of God”, and a search for a better way to make decisions. Well, there’s probably more than 1 book out there (judging from the endnotes [...]

God’s Will for me to review “Just Do Something”- Part 1

As much as I appreciate Henry Blackaby’s deep faith and love for God (I think I heard him speak one year at a conference in my teens), I was probably one of 2 Southern Baptists more confused than helped by his Bible study Experiencing God.  It’s hard to critique the book for a couple reasons-a) [...]

CS Lewis’ Personal Favorites of his own fiction…

Having read most (though not quite all…yet) of CS Lewis’ fiction works, I enjoyed his reply to a letter from a girl named Meredith who apparently asked what his “most representative book was: “Which of my books do I think most “representational”?  Do you mean (a.) Most representative, most typical, most characteristic? or (b.) Most [...]