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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Book Write-Up: The Age of Atheists, by Peter Watson
Peter Watson. The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God. Simon and Schuster, 2014. See here to buy the book. There are many who believe that, without God or religion, there is a … Continue reading
The Social Principles: The Natural World
The Sunday School class at my church is going through the Social Principles of the United Methodist Church. Last week, we discussed the section on “The Natural World.” Here are three items: 1. One issue that we talked about was … Continue reading
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Tagged Social Principles, United Methodist Church
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Book Write-Up: Fool’s Talk, by Os Guinness
Os Guinness. Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion. Downers Grove: IVP Books, 2015. See here to buy the book. How can Christians persuade people to accept their faith, when there are many today who are hostile or indifferent … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Bible, Religion
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Book Write-Up: Joy in the Journey
Steve and Sharol Hayner. Joy in the Journey: Finding Abundance in the Shadow of Death. Downers Grove: IVP Books, 2015. See here to buy the book. Steve Hayner had been a professor, a minister, a president of a seminary, and … Continue reading
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If You Can’t Say Something Nice…
Originally posted on Bob on Books:
Thumper’s words from Bambi still rattle around my brain whenever I write reviews. As I’ve commented elsewhere, I choose what I review and generally choose what I think I will like to read and am…
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Church 7/12/2015—-Forgiveness and Wrestling
At church this morning, some of the songs ministered to me. We sang a couple of different songs from what we normally sing, and we even sang a song from our hymnbook! Here are some lines that especially resonated with … Continue reading
Cook-conquest as exorcism
Originally posted on theoutwardquest:
I continue with Stephen Cook’s new commentary, Reading Deuteronomy. Cook says there are three great discourses by Moses in Deuteronomy. The first one takes up most of the first four chapters and was an addition to…
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Book Write-Up: Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi
Anthony R. Petterson. Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 2015. This book is part of the Apollos Old Testament Commentary series, which is edited by David W. Baker and Gordon J. Wenham. See here to buy the book. … Continue reading
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