Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas My rating: 3 of 5 stars I'm hovering between three and four stars here, because I did enjoy the book. Quite a stirring narrative. But, to put it too bluntly, I don't have a fundamental trust in the theological...
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Review: The Surprising Work of God: Harold John Ockenga, Billy Graham, and the Rebirth of Evangelicalism
The Surprising Work of God: Harold John Ockenga, Billy Graham, and the Rebirth of Evangelicalism by Garth M. Rosell My rating: 4 of 5 stars "Two friends, perhaps more than any others, were responsible for giving shape and direction to the kind of evangelicalism...
Review: Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book made a deep impression on me. I could hardly stop reading it, even when I was supposed to be sleeping. Even when I was especially supposed to be sleeping because of a newborn who sometimes fails to do so...
Review: From the Garden to the City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology
From the Garden to the City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology by John Dyer My rating: 4 of 5 stars A little story at the very beginning of this book is the one that has stuck with me: Throughout my years in seminary, I continued to study and work hard...
Review: Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling
Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling by Andy Crouch My rating: 4 of 5 stars I went to a liberal arts school. Why did I bother? Why did I bother learning the history of art or music? Why not just learn what it takes to make money now? Andy Crouch answers...
Review: A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens My rating: 4 of 5 stars Dickens' deep insight in this book is not what I would call "Christian" (though it is consistent with Christianity) but "human." He sees quite clearly what anyone with eyes should be able to see, whether...
Review: Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus
Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus by Elyse Fitzpatrick My rating: 4 of 5 stars Preface to Make a Long Review even Longer I have an 18-month-old. He usually behaves pretty well. For an 18-month-old. I think. You see, I’ve never had one before,...
Review: Teaching Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Learning and Teaching
Teaching Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Learning and Teaching by Judith E. Lingenfelter My rating: 4 of 5 stars Summary: As a Western teacher teaching non-Western people, you need to become a 150% person: you'll never make it to 200%, but at least you...
Zeal-of-the-Land Busy
I’m still reading God’s Secretaries, and I’ve arrived at a section in which Nicolson details the umpteen rules the KJV translators were supposed to follow. The second is this: 2. The names of the Profyts and the holie Wryters, with the other Names in the text to be...
Skunked Expressions
I've finally found the answer, the right name for a particular problem I face often due to my chosen line of work, Stalwart Opponent of Lexicographical Prescriptivism (SOLP). The problem is this: I happen to know that there's no "rule" against splitting infinitives,...
Tipping Point Proclamation
Whereas it is a common and salutary practice for writers of biblical scholarship to thank those who helped them with an article or book, and Whereas it is also common for said writers to add at the end of their thank-yous something like, "Any faults are of course my...
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