I got Volf’s Exclusion and Embrace and his Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace at the same time. I chose to read Exclusion and Embrace first because it is older and from what I could tell it was his more pioneering work. However, if …
I know this is suppose to be a Friday thing. I wanted to get it done on Friday, but it just wasn’t meant to be. A number of the books I read in 2011 were honestly pretty forgettable. However, there were a few that stirred the heart or mind (sometimes …
I’m thinking of renaming the blog “Four for Friday,” because that’s about all I’m able to make time for these days. So I’m sneaking a quick one in just before Friday to try to maintain some blog-cred. Another alternate name could be “N.T. Wright Fan-Boy,” since that’s about the only …
But if you want to hear what some fairly even-handed people are saying about it, you might check out the following… Jesus Creed Euangelion Theology for Real Life I would still love to discuss it with you guys in person. So if this is a something that is interesting to …
A few days ago, I was having lunch with a couple friends, and eventually the conversation turned to discussing the book. No, not the Bible, but Rob Bell’s Love Wins. One of them asked if I could remember a book that caused this much controversy in American churches in recent …
I know most of you are losing sleep wondering what is going to be on the infamous end-o-year mix tape. So to pass the time, I’m going to share something approximating a “Top 5 Reads in 2010.” However, as I’m prone to do, I’m going to spread this out over …
Ok, I read a few books last year. I’d like to share three. They weren’t published last year, but that’s when I read (or re-read) them. You would be doing yourself a favor to get your hands on any of them. This is one is sort of a no-brainer. If …