You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit by James K.A. Smith My rating: 4 of 5 stars You are what you love, not what you think, Smith says. What you think is, rather, a fruit of what you love. So far so good. If I may say so, I felt like Smith was...
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Review: The Faith of Christopher Hitchens: The Restless Soul of the World’s Most Notorious Atheist
The Faith of Christopher Hitchens: The Restless Soul of the World's Most Notorious Atheist by Larry Alex Taunton My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was really excellent. It was level-headed, insightful, interesting. There's no way I would have read a Thomas Nelson book on...
$9.99 for Three Good Audio Books
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...
Anybody Else See a Problem with This Cover and The Description?
Anybody else see a problem with the cover and the description on this old book?
Review: C. S. Lewis’s “Mere Christianity”: A Biography
C. S. Lewis's "Mere Christianity": A Biography by George M. Marsden My rating: 4 of 5 stars Classic Marsden. He did his homework and dug up some interesting anecdotes, offering a strong narrative, a clear outline and analysis, and some insightful points along the way....
Al Mohler Talks to Stanley Fish
I love Stanley Fish, and I was thrilled to find this morning in my podcast feed that he has showed up again on Al Mohler's "Thinking in Public." I was even more thrilled as I listened on the bus—at single speed, so I didn't miss a thing, an honor I rarely show my...
Review: Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing
Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing by Andy Crouch My rating: 4 of 5 stars I loved Crouch's two major previous books, Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling and Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power. I felt this one was...
Review: Let Go and Let God? A Survey and Analysis of Keswick Theology
Let Go and Let God? A Survey and Analysis of Keswick Theology by Andrew David Naselli My rating: 4 of 5 stars Vintage Andy. Straightforward, rigorous, logic not maybe on fire but fueled by it at some deeper level. Exhaustive footnotes. Multiple helpful and clear...
Joy Davidman Gresham Lewis on Materialism
Joy Davidman was an accomplished poet, a sharp thinker, a successful student. She was also an ardent materialist. A young poet like me could be seized and shaken by spiritual powers a dozen times a day and still take for granted that there was no such thing as spirit....
Review: Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C. S. Lewis
Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C. S. Lewis by Abigail Santamaria My rating: 5 of 5 stars Don't groan, because I mean it: I was surprised by Joy. What a tragic and amazing life! It is truly a travesty that this story has not been told in this depth and...
Review: Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel
Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel by Kate Bowler My rating: 4 of 5 stars I'd had this book on my wishlist for a while; it seemed like the prosperity gospel was as popular as it was egregiously wrong—and it was increasing in both respects. It seemed...
Edwards Manuscripts
The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale, assisted by the Jonathan Edwards Center, recently completed a high-resolution scan of the entire Edwards Collections at both Yale University and Andover Newton Theological School. To view and use the scans, click...