Review: United: Captured by God’s Vision for Diversity
United: Captured by God's Vision for Diversity by Trillia J. Newbell My rating: 4 of 5 stars I watched Trillia speaking to Thabiti Anyabwile in an author interview and decided I wanted to buy this book. Ms. Newbell impressed me with her bright Christian countenance and her thoughtful, personal approach to a difficult issue. This book tells her personal story of inter-ethnic Christian friendship and church ministry, and it would be a good book to give to someone (perhaps especially a...
Profound Insight on Power from Andy Crouch
God made His image-bearers kings and queens over creation (Gen. 1:26–28). But we know what Lord Acton said: that kind of absolute power corrupts. And it surely has done so, in places all over the world. People do things to this planet, and to their fellow image-bearers, that are deeply wrong. So why hasn't God revoked our position, His permission and even command to "subdue the earth and have dominion over it"? For one thing, we don't have absolute power. We have finite power. Dependent power....
Poythress: Absolute Truth Is Relative In Certain Respects
Wise and careful words about truth from Vern Poythress' Symphonic Theology (free online here): While truth is absolute, any one human being’s knowledge of the truth is relative in certain respects. First, knowledge of the truth is not exhaustive knowledge of all truth. Human knowledge is relative in content. Our opportunities, our intellectual ability, our interests, our teachers, and our presuppositions all influence which particular truths we come to know. Which particular facets of a jewel...
Hole In Our Holiness 99¢ Today and Tomorrow
I enjoyed real personal, spiritual and theological profit from this book. Today and tomorrow it's just 99¢ on Kindle. Here's my review.
Fascinating Linguistic Tidbit for Francophiles and Anglophiles
According to Wikipedia (citing this book), J. R. R. Tolkien used the name "Bag End" as a calque of "cul-de-sac," to poke fun at the British use of French terms.