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January 2012

January 24, 2012

A Life and Heaven of Holiness

Jonathan Edwards was a Puritan pastor, a theologian -- he was a human being enthralled...

January 21, 2012

Saturday Book Review: Joseph Epstein

Joseph Epstein is perhaps America's most well-known familiar essayist, and I've read all of his...

January 14, 2012

Saturday Book Review: Len Sweet

This review is by Andy Holt, who returns again to our blog with another review...

January 01, 2012

Jesus Creed Books of the Year

An article in The Atlantic on writers and their books, an article well worth your...

December 2011

December 21, 2011

Just what is gossip?

My grandmother had the sort of theology that believed humans could become sinless, and she...

December 10, 2011

Saturday Book Review: Bill Donahue

This review is by my friend, Bill Donahue, who is unquestionably one of America's leaders...

December 03, 2011

Saturday Book Review: Yvonne Tazbeck Haddad

This review is by Joe Canner, and I'm thankful for his careful reading of this...

October 2011

October 22, 2011

Saturday Book Review: Guy Chmieleski

Reviewed by Dr. Guy Chmieleski, a campus minister at Belmont University and whose dept has...

July 2011

July 16, 2011

Reading the Best Books

Did you see this? I know, I know, someone will say "According to whom?" This...

March 2011

March 06, 2011

Some Book Notes

I can't review all the books I purchase, am given or even read, so I...

March 05, 2011

Saturday Afternoon Book Review: Pure Scum

Blog Book Review: Pure Scum: The Left-Out, the Right-Brained and the Grace of God By:...

February 2011

February 05, 2011

Saturday Afternoon Book Review: Bruce Longenecker

Bruce W. Longenecker, Remember the Poor: Paul, Poverty, and the Greco-Roman World. Reviewed by Wes...

January 2011

January 21, 2011

On Loneliness

It's Friday. On Friday evenings many of us will "go out" -- with a spouse,...

January 08, 2011

Saturday Afternoon Book Review: Tim Keller

Timothy Keller, Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just (New York: Dutton, 2010) Reviewed...

December 2010

December 17, 2010

What will you be reading?

Christmas Break is officially here for me, and Kris will have a full week off...

November 2010

November 29, 2010

Books of the Year 2010

Here are the 2010 nominations for Books of the Year at the Jesus Creed blog....

November 27, 2010

Saturday Afternoon Book Review: Wesley Vander Lugt

Kelly M. Kapic, with Justin Borger, God So Loved, He Gave: Entering the Movement of Divine...

November 10, 2010

Killing Bookstores

James Emery White, at his blog, on how purchasing from Amazon is killing local bookstores,...

November 08, 2010

Your Reading Habits — Post Internet

What has happened to your reading habits ever since the rise of the internet, blogs,...

November 04, 2010

A Thought on Reading

I came across this statement by David Ulin and thought it expressed the inner fabric...

November 03, 2010

American Religion: Shifty 1

Robert Putnam and David Campbell, in their new book, American Grace: How Religion Divides and...

October 2010

October 22, 2010

Creation Untamed 3

"... if God cares for so much for all creatures, why didn't God create a...

October 20, 2010

But which God? 5

Your image of God shapes how you look at economic issues, and I say this...

October 18, 2010

Only Five Years (better hurry)

From CNN.com: Washington (CNN) -- As e-book readers and tablet computers become more common, one...

October 17, 2010

What a day!

From the moment I heard about it until Friday I was looking forward to begin...

October 02, 2010

Saturday Afternoon Book Review: W. Vander Lugt

Theology, Political Theory, and Pluralism: Beyond Tolerance and Difference (Cambridge Studies in Christian Doctrine)by Kristen...

September 2010

September 28, 2010

Dust Jackets … What to do with them?

What do you do with dust jackets on books? There seem to be three theories:...

September 19, 2010

When do you quit reading a book?

From the wisdom of LaVonne Neff: A friend gave me this useful formula : Subtract...

September 14, 2010

The Publishing Biz

OK, a friend wrote not all that long ago and told me he had recently...

September 11, 2010

Saturday Afternoon Book Review: Josh Rockett

This review comes to us from a reader, Josh Rockett. An important topic, and a...