Asides… Keller’s Book on Marriage 19 Oct 2011 Most of you know that I post book reviews every Monday. I believe strongly in promoting good reading and as your pastor I want to encourage you (and any other…
Books… Returning to Our Roots: A Review of “Creed” by Winfield Bevins 17 Oct 201118 Oct 2011 Ours is a culture ever moving forward, never looking back. The present is all that matters! Only recently, with the passing of Steve Jobs, did we seek to remember the…
Asides… Currently Reading 14 Oct 2011 1) The Deep Things of God by Fred Sanders This is already proving to be a very important book for me. I am currently teaching a course on evangelism and…
Books… Frustrated By The Mission: A Review of “The Mission of the Church” by Greg Gilbert and Kevin DeYoung 10 Oct 201118 Oct 2011 Greg Gilbert and Kevin DeYoung are concerned that their new book is going make them seem like they are against helping the poor. I think it's a legitimate fear. The…
Books… Almost There: A Review of “The Lost World of Genesis One” by John Walton 3 Oct 20114 Oct 2011 There are very few books that both impress me and yet finally leave me unconvinced of the author's thesis. Most books that don't convince me are because they have major…
Books… Beautiful Are The Feet: A Review of “Barefoot Church” by Brandon Hatmaker 26 Sep 201127 Sep 2011 The church has a really bad habit that it needs to break immediately! We have, sadly, become an incredibly consumerist culture. That is to say the church takes, consumes, and…
Books… Methodology Matters: A Review of “Hidden Treasures in the Book of Job” by Hugh Ross 19 Sep 201120 Sep 2011 How you do something is as important as is the outcome. I routinely tell my students this. So many times my students will repeat an answer that they have learned…
Asides… Currently Reading 18 Sep 201119 Sep 2011 1) Hidden Treasures in the Book of Job by Hugh Ross Ross is a brilliant scientist, and presumably a godly man...but not a very good exegete, in my opinion. 2)…
Books… Don’t Give Them Answers: A Review of “Questioning Evangelism” by Randy Newman 12 Sep 201113 Sep 2011 It was not a sincere question at all, but I still struggled with trying to answer it. As a freshman in college I had hundreds of opportunities to share the…
Asides… The Mission of the Church 8 Sep 20118 Sep 2011 I am excited to read through this new book from Kevin DeYoung and my former pastor Greg Gilbert. I think Greg and I have a different view on cultural transformation,…
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