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It’s been awhile (quite awhile) since I’ve introduced the next book of the week, but I didn’t want to stop this feature, so here we go!
This week’s book is The Kingdom of God by John Bright. It is a well written look at the issues surrounding the kingdom of God in both the Old Testament […]

I have recently joined a new website to help me catalog my books. It is called GoodReads and it allows friends to see what one another is reading. I have decided to use this for my books and have placed some links in the sidebar to what I am currently reading and what I have […]

It’s been awhile since I’ve introduced the next book of the week, so here we go!
This week’s book is The Universe Next Door by James Sire. This is an excellent book on worldviews. It presents a unique way of thinking about how we see the world. Highly recommended.

This week’s book is What on Earth is God Doing? by Renald Showers. I picked this book up probably 10 years ago and could not put it down. I read through the whole thing in one sitting. This book began my love for history and theology, although as I have learned more I have come […]

Below is the result of the work done for one of my seminary classes where we read Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World by Robert Webber. It is both a review and a reflection of this book.
The emergence of the postmodern world has brought much discussion to the evangelical […]

It’s been awhile since I’ve introduced the next book of the week, so here we go!
This week’s book is Exegetical Fallicies by D. A. Carson. This is an excellent little book for any student of the bible. It gives good advice on errors and traps to avoid in the process of interpreting a text. Highly […]

If any of you have ever written an exegesis paper, then you will know my struggles. I have two to write this semester! One is for my Greek Exegesis course, the other for my Narrative Criticism course. I am writing on John 6: 25-40 and Mark 5:1-20 (I’ve posted little snippets of articles on Mark, […]

Well, I am not sure if you are aware of Peter Rollins or not, but if you are not, my guess is that at some point in the near future you will be. He is the founder of Ikon, an organization in Northern Ireland. His book How (Not) to Speak of God, is fairly controversial. […]

I’m a little early for my bi-weekly posting this Monday and but here we go anyways!. I have chosen the Confessions of Augustine this week.
The Confessions of St. Augustine by St. Augustine
It is an excellent view into the life of one of the great early church fathers. Although not always the easiest read, because he […]

Are you an aspiring writer? Do you like to write, but don’t feel you do that well? Here’s a good book I just finished reading.
On Writing Well by William Zinsser
It’s all about how to write non-fiction works. It’s the classic guide (as the cover tells you) used in universities, written by a Yale professor. It […]

This week’s book is by N.T. Wright, the bishop of Durham in the Anglican Church. He is a highly respected evangelical theologian and first century Judiastic historian who has written numerous works. In The Challenge of Jesus he sets himself apart from those involved in the so called “Jesus Seminar” by defending the historicity of […]

I was reading Robert Webber’s work Ancient-Future Faith in which he discussed the kingdom of God. I was struck by his comment that the kingdom of God brings the reign of God over all areas of our life, calling us to put ourselves under his rule as opposed to the rule of Satan. Now I […]