Review: Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent
Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent by N.D. Wilson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Witty randomness submitted to an overarching point. That's N.D. Wilson, and I've read both of his books in the witty-but-submitted-randomness genre (the other being Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl, equally good). The point to which Wilsons’ otherwise random stories and observations are submitted is right in the title: Death by Living. And it is ultimately a Christian point, though it would be hard for me to sum it up...
Flock
I'm a Philistine. Not into poetry like a well-rounded liberal arts grad ought to be. I have nothing against poetry; I simply never got into it. But Billy Collins I like, and I've been reading a collection of his poems called Aimless Love. So much humor and insight. And this was beautiful (classic Collins), worth saving in your sermon illustrations file for Psalm 23: "Flock" by Billy Collins It has been calculated that each copy of the Gutenberg Bible ... required the skins of 300 sheep. —from...
Technology Help for Whetstone Conference Attendees
Minutes ago I finished presenting a brief session at my church's pastor's conference. In that session I focused on two very complicated pieces of Bible software: Logos and BibleWorks. I hit the highlights of their functionality, but I also tried to weave throughout the presentation some comments on the upsides and downsides of technology. Whetstone attendees, I'm putting up some further resources for you if you found today's session helpful. Here are two video sessions on BibleWorks:...
Review: Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense
Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense by N.T. Wright My rating: 3 of 5 stars The main value of this book for me was probably the arresting one- to five-liners. Like these: It’s no part of Christian belief to say that the followers of Jesus have always got everything right. Jesus himself taught his followers a prayer which includes a clause asking God for forgiveness. He must have thought we would go on needing it. human beings have been so seriously damaged by evil that what they need...