$9.99 for Three Good Audio Books

by Apr 13, 2016Books, Piety2 comments

Here’s a great deal on some good books from Christian Audio (I’ve read only Spiritual Disciplines, but I have reason to believe the others are also valuable). Also, I like the cover designs of the newer two…

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Review: Why I Preach from the Received Text

Review: Why I Preach from the Received Text

Why I Preach from the Received Text is an anthology of personal testimonies more than it is a collection of careful arguments. It is not intended to be academic, and I see nothing necessarily wrong with that. But it does make countless properly academic claims, and...

A Little Help for Your Charitableness from Kevin DeYoung

A Little Help for Your Charitableness from Kevin DeYoung

There are few figures on the national evangelical scene that I like and trust more than Kevin DeYoung. I think he nails the balance between, on the one hand, graciousness and fairness and charity and, on the other (can anything be on the other hand from...

Review: The Power Broker, by Robert Caro

Review: The Power Broker, by Robert Caro

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro My rating: 5 of 5 stars Robert Caro is fascinated by power. He has given his life to exploring how it is gained and kept. And in Robert Moses, the subject of this epic book, power looks like the...

Review: Finding the Right Hills to Die On by Gavin Ortlund

Review: Finding the Right Hills to Die On by Gavin Ortlund

Finding the Right Hills to Die On: The Case for Theological Triage by Gavin Ortlund My rating: 4 of 5 stars Gracious, clear, accessible. Extremely well done. I nearly docked him a star for being ever-so-slightly in a different place than I am on creationism (though I...

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  1. dcsj

    I wonder if you have seen this critique of Whitney? http://cicministry.org/commentary/issue111.htm

    You don’t have to post this, but my impression from this and other sources over the years is that Whitney is fairly undiscerning when it comes to spirituality and cites with approval people who I would consider even more problematic, Willard and Foster, for example. so… just a caution

    Don Johnson
    Jer 33.3

  2. mlward

    It has been a while since I read—actually listened to—Spiritual Disciplines. Thanks for the note.