Category Archives: Book Review
Review: The Book of Man
Review — The Book of Man: Readings on the Path to Manhood (William J Bennet, Thomas Nelson 2011). In his previous books William Bennet has shown an amazing ability to gather materials from a variety of eras and sources, and … Continue reading
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What God says about Hell
Review — Erasing Hell: What God said about eternity, and the things we made up (Francis Chan & Preston Sprinkle: David C Cook 2011). This book by Francis Chan and Preston Sprinkle was released earlier in 2011, and was among … Continue reading
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What do you really think about wealth?
Review — Money, Possessions and Eternity (Randy Alcorn: Tyndale 2003) If you don’t want to be challenged regarding your beliefs, attitudes and actions regarding a Christian’s use of money, don’t read this book. This has been out for several years, but … Continue reading
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Real Marriage is apparently Real Trouble (Part 2)
Review — Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship and Life Together (Mark & Grace Driscoll, Thomas Nelson 2012) In Part 1 I addressed what I consider to be the minor objections to the Driscoll’s book, those that would not … Continue reading
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Real Marriage is apparently Real Trouble (Part 1)
Review — Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship and Life Together (Mark & Grace Driscoll, Thomas Nelson 2012) At first, I thought I must have picked up the wrong book. But I’d been reading too long, so I figured that … Continue reading
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Should individual liberty be a society’s sole measure?
In It is Dangerous to be Right when the Government is Wrong, Andrew P. Napolitano argues his central premise that liberty is the overriding concern of the U.S. Constitution and of the American experiment, and is precisely the realm of individual … Continue reading
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Real Marriage: anticipation and caution
Because I’m not one of the heavyweights in the blogging world (or even a featherweight, for that matter), my requests for advance copies of Mark Driscoll’s Real Marriage were met with benign neglect. I had to shell out the dough … Continue reading
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Review: I Am Second
I AM SECOND: Real Stories. Changing Lives (Doug Bender & Dave Sterret) By now, I Am Second the book follows a movement and established I Am Second phenomena, including website (www.iamsecond.com) and merchandising. Before reading the book, I had heard … Continue reading
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Leonard Sweet’s I Am A Follower
Many times I had thought that much of evangelical Christian life focused too much on making everyone leaders, which catered to a fleshly emphasis on the priesthood of believer, which is itself a euphemism for radical independence. If everyone is … Continue reading
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Heaven is for Real…but not for THAT reason
Heaven is, indeed, real, but not because a cute 4 year old boy tells a story about going there and petting a rainbow horse. And, yes, believers should find comfort in the contemplation of the heavenly, eternal state in which … Continue reading
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