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January 2008

January 24, 2008

Christian Biographies 4

I haven't known much about the Salvation Army though as a kid my parents had...

December 2007

December 31, 2007

Riding on Garrison Keillor’s Pontoon

My own definition of what counts as a "novel" fluctuates. You might say I fudge....

December 19, 2007

Learning our Story, Teaching our Story

It is customary for many today -- and I'm a big fan of this --...

December 10, 2007

Jesus Creed Books of the Year Awards

I have given plenty of attention to books on this blog, and want to call...

November 2007

November 25, 2007

Fasting Book Worth Reading

In my research for a book on fasting I read a shelf full of books...

November 19, 2007

Out of Print

A pastor who suddenly discovered 99% of the words in the Bible had mysteriously vanished,...

November 09, 2007

Calling All Dispensationalists and Covenantalists!

I grew up among dispensationalists and the first Bible I bought, with my newspaper money,...

November 08, 2007

Is Image Everything? 6

"Christians talk about hating sin and loving sinners, but the way they go about things,...

November 06, 2007

Is Image Everything? 5

In Kinnaman and Lyons, in unChristian, another issue folks have with the church is that...

November 05, 2007

After the Baby Boomers

One of the advantages of flying, as we did this weekend (to Seattle), is some...

November 01, 2007

Is Image Everything? 4

I've chosen to skip the chp in unChristian about Christians being antihomosexuality mostly because I've...

November 01, 2007

First Day is Goldingay

We begin the month with a look at John Goldingay's Israel's Gospel (OT Theology), chp....

October 2007

October 26, 2007

That Special Christmas Break Book

Every year I keep my eyes open for the book that I will remember as...

October 25, 2007

Is Image Everything? 2

In the book unChristian by Kinnaman and Lyons, the first major area they examine where...

October 23, 2007

Is Image Everything? 1

About fifteen years ago, so I would guess, Andre Agassi was doing commercials for someone...

October 19, 2007

Everything Must Change 9

McLaren's 22d chp in Everything Must Change is called "Joining Warriors Anonymous." It is about...

October 18, 2007

Ex-Gays? 7

Our final post on the intense study of Jones and Yarhouse, called Ex-Gays?, asks if...

October 17, 2007

Everything Must Change 8

This week we are looking at the first of three global crises we face --...

October 16, 2007

Ex-Gays? 6

Can sexual orientation change? This is the question Jones and Yarhouse ask in chp 7...

October 16, 2007

UnChristian

We will begin a series next Tuesday on the new book by David Kinnaman and...

October 15, 2007

Everything Must Change 7

In Part 5 of Brian McLaren's Everything Must Change Brian begins to look more specifically...

October 15, 2007

What does “kingdom” mean?

Our posts of late have raised a significant question: What does "kingdom of God" mean?...

October 12, 2007

Friday is for Friends

Today we begin looking at Marko Ivan Rupnik, In the Fire of the Burning Bush....

October 11, 2007

This book, Ex-Gays?, is not

This book, Ex-Gays?, is not an easy read because the authors, Stan Jones and Mark...

October 09, 2007

Ex-Gays 4

The subject of Jones and Yarhouse's Ex-Gays?, whether or not there is evidence that those...

October 05, 2007

(First Day) is Goldingay

I try to read a new chp in John Goldingay, OT Theology: Israel's Gospel, the...

October 05, 2007

Reading the Letters of Others

I love to read the letters and correspondence of historical figures or those in whom...

October 04, 2007

Ex-Gays 3

We are committed to understanding the central ideas of Stanton Jones and Mark Yarhouse, Ex-Gays?,...

October 04, 2007

What was it really like?

That is, what what was it really like to be a Christian -- a Jewish...

October 02, 2007

Ex-Gays 2

Stanton Jones and Mark Yarhouse's book Ex-Gays? discusses the controversy about a very specific issue...