Conrad Gempf’s first year lectures on Paul are the stuff of legend. No, really. They are. I’ve lost count of how many people I’ve heard round college raving about them. It always makes me feel a little left out: I wonder what I missed by not doing first year classes. But no more! Conrad’s latest … Continue reading »
Daniel Zacharias, The Singing Grammarian I am becoming a connoisseur of Macnair’s textbook, having had the recent pleasure of teaching all the chapters I never totally understood first time round. But this video/audio resource from Zacharias is a completely new concept for me – singing Koine grammar songs! I wasn’t sure what to make of it … Continue reading »
Steve Sjogren, Heaven’s Lessons: Ten Things I Learned About God When I Died Steve Sjogren died on the operating table when supposedly simple surgery went massively wrong. He had a near-death experience but then came back, to a world of pain and disability. His old ways of understanding God were no longer enough and so … Continue reading »
Reviews, reviews…time to write some more! How did we get to the end of this month so quickly and I’ve hardly read anything I actually want to review?! Oh well, here goes. Peter Leithart, Fyodor Dostoevsky This is the fictionalised account of Dostoevsky’s life through the eyes of a theologian. I really wanted this book to … Continue reading »
Andrew Francis, Community and Hospitality After Christendom This book reflects on hospitality in Jesus-communities, giving consideration to the biblical and historical background to the significance of food and hospitality, with a view to appropriating these habits for missional effectiveness in a post-Christendom world. Written by an Anabaptist who has spent a lot of time exploring … Continue reading »
Paul David Tripp, Dangerous Calling Tripp writes with the insight of one who has pastored for many years, one who is aware of the pitfalls of sin to which pastors are particularly susceptible and who longs to warn others who also walk this path. His style is generally quite flowing and it is clear from this … Continue reading »
It has been a quiet month for finishing books, perhaps because I was too busy writing three sermons, some SU devotionals, a seminar outline with bibliography and what turned out to be another 7000 (currently not-very-good) research words. I have felt like a word-producing machine and have really missed reading! However, what I have read … Continue reading »
Richard R. Dunn and Jana L. Sundene, Shaping the Journey of Emerging Adults I was given a copy of this book for review by the lovely Phil over at UKCBD. Why not click here to check out his site? ____________________ I could hardly wait to get this book on review, perhaps because I had been able … Continue reading »
Joe Kissack, The Fourth Fisherman I received a free e-copy of this book from Waterbrook Multnomah in return for a fair review. The Fourth Fisherman was easily readable in one evening and that’s what I did. The writing flows well and the story cleverly integrates the author’s life story – and particularly the personal transformation following … Continue reading »
I was excited by the title of this Leonard Sweet book. Viral: How Social Networking Is Poised to Ignite Revival has a real sense of promise about it. But I have to confess that I was disappointed, much as I was with another of his books, I am a Follower. I think at this point … Continue reading »
