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Tag Archives: Books
Do I Write for an Audience of One?
Rachel Held Evans had a good post yesterday, entitled I don’t write for an audience of One. Rachel was critiquing the popular Christian notion that we should write or perform our worship music for an audience of One, namely, God, … Continue reading
Finishing The Road Less Traveled
I finished M. Scott Peck’s The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Growth. My latest reading covered a lot of interesting ground, such as Peck’s belief that God is guiding us to spiritual and moral … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, m scott peck, Religion, spirituality, The Road Less Traveled
Grand New Party, America, Black History Month
Here are some odds and ends for today: 1. I’m reading a book that Felix recommended a while back: Grand New Party (New York: Doubleday, 2008), by Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam. The book is not entirely what I anticipated. … Continue reading
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Tagged Black History Month, Books, History, Life, Movies, Political Philosophy, Politics, Race, Television
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Free Market and Fiscal Responsibility My…
I read a book not long ago entitled The Student Loan Scam (Boston: Beacon, 2009), by Alan Michael Collinge. The book illustrates one of my biggest problems with the Republican Party: with all of its talk about “free markets” and … Continue reading
Goodness
This post continues my series on Cathleen Falsani’s Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2008). The topic for today is goodness. When Cathleen Falsani was in Africa, she met a little boy named Vasco, who had … Continue reading
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Tagged Black History Month, Books, Church, Falsani, Life, Movies, Religion, Television
Rich Brother Rich Sister
I recently finished Rich Brother Rich Sister: Two Different Paths to God, Money and Happiness (New York: Vanguard, 2009), by Robert Kiyosaki and Emi Kiyosaki. I have to take it back to the library tomorrow, so I’d might as well … Continue reading
Greek and Hebrew Purity Rules
I’ve been going through Everett Ferguson’s Backgrounds of Early Christianity (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1993), and I see there are parallels between Greek purity rules and those in the Pentateuch. Ferguson quotes the following “rules of purity for visitors … Continue reading
