Tomorrow (November 24, Black Friday) is the day you are supposed to start/finish/avoid all your Christmas shopping. If you’re like me, whatever holiday appeal once existed in Christmas shopping crowds has vanished in the Wal-Mart parking lot, and you do most of your shopping online. Living in a rural area has made me even moreContinue reading “Recommendation: Moleskine Journals and SkyCow Books”
Category Archives: Recommendations and Reviews
Karl Barth Links
Some links on Karl Barth. Those who are forever explaining me to their loyal readership should know this: I rarely disagree with Barth, and whatever names you have for him probably apply to me without exception on my part. (Other than “Lutheran.”) Must Read: Kim Fabricius: Ten Propositions on Karl Barth: Theologian. Coming Soon: KarlContinue reading “Karl Barth Links”
What’s On My iPod?
What’s on My iPod? Podcasts mostly. Here are a few of the things I enjoy on my iPod Nano these days. Almost all of these programs are available via an iTunes search, so I’m only providing links to those that aren’t on iTunes. I don’t get to take all these programs in, but these areContinue reading “What’s On My iPod?”
Recommendation: Arminian Theology: Myths and Realities by Roger Olson
UPDATE: If you can get past the accent, Travis Prinzi is blogging the book. I believe Scot McKnight has blogged it in ten posts under the heading “Do Calvinists Understand Arminians?” UPDATE II: “….Roger Olson’s recent book, Arminian Theology: Myth and Realities (IVP, 2006) is a diatribe against “crusading Calvinists” whom Olson considers a majorContinue reading “Recommendation: Arminian Theology: Myths and Realities by Roger Olson”
Christian Community, Friendship and the Quest for Accountability
I received this book from Sovereign Grace Ministries, not as a review copy, but as a nice gift from a staff member there. This post isn’t a review, but an exploration of one idea in the book- accountability relationships- that I want to encourage. Twice a week, I meet with a group of men toContinue reading “Christian Community, Friendship and the Quest for Accountability”
Recommendation: Judas and the Gospel of Jesus by N.T. Wright
I frequently receive inquiries from readers wanting to know where to start reading N.T. Wright. I have a standard list that includes Simply Christian, The Everyone Commentaries and The Challenge of Jesus. Now I have a new recommendation: Judas and the Gospel of Jesus is Wright’s smallest book yet, but is his most direct andContinue reading “Recommendation: Judas and the Gospel of Jesus by N.T. Wright”
Calm down…..Read This
I’m back, but just very busy. I should be able to get something new up by tomorrow. Until then, let me suggest three interesting and outstanding links. Ben Witherington III writes powerfully on the witness and courage in the Amish tragedy. Andrew Jones gives an update of current events in the emerging church movement. RonContinue reading “Calm down…..Read This”
Review: The Irresistable Revolution by Shane Claiborne
UPDATE: At The Margins has a page of Irresistable Revolution links, and some of them have lots of quotes. Trust me, folks, no one gave me this book, a check or a donut to write what I’m going to write in the next few paragraphs. I’m just very excited about this book. Someone told meContinue reading “Review: The Irresistable Revolution by Shane Claiborne”
A Special Invitation: A “Chariots of Fire” Blogfest
This is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the film Chariots of Fire, a remarkable movie about faith, worldviews and the motives to excel of two very different men. Chariots won Oscars for Best Picture, Writing, Score and Costumes in 1982. I talked about Chariots of Fire on Podcast 16. I got to thinking that there mightContinue reading “A Special Invitation: A “Chariots of Fire” Blogfest”
Review: Finding God Beyond Harvard
Kelly Monroe Kullberg’s Finding God Beyond Harvard is several good things. It’s an account of the author’s own journey into a significant ministry that is touching the core of universities around America, while at the same time keeping her focus on the spiritual hungers and thirsts of university students. Kullberg is a gifted writer whoContinue reading “Review: Finding God Beyond Harvard”
The Internet Monk Archives 