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Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it." (Is.30:21)
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Genesis Unbound | Review
John Sailhamer. Genesis Unbound: A Provocative New Look at the Creation Account. Multnomah Books, 1996, 2011. (270 pages) Quick Introductory Note In this study blog, I generally post my highlights and underlines for the purpose of documenting the key phrases and ideas of the book and add a few interactions and reflections at the end. This […]
The Beast That Crouches at the Door | Notes & Review
November 2, 2012
Rabbi David Fohrman. The Beast That Crouches at the Door: Adam & Eve, Cain & Abel, and Beyond. HFBS Publishing, 2012; Kindle edition. (2660 locations) Thanks to Jery for the gift. It was a delightful read! PART I: SERPENTS OF DESIRE: GOOD AND EVIL IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN Introduction – Beyond the Lullaby Effect: […]
Speaking Christian | Review & Notes
September 30, 2012
Marcus Borg. Speaking Christian: Why Christian Words Have Lost Their Meaning and Power — And How They Can Be Restored. HarperOne, 2011. (248 pages) (Thank you to Janelle for our copy!) CNN Belief Blog. Patheos interview with Borg. The Hillhurst Review. Englewood Review. — REVIEW — This is most definitely an important contribution to the […]
Revelations | Notes & Review
August 26, 2012
Elaine Pagels. Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, & Politics in the Book of Revelation. Viking, 2012. (246 pages) The Big Reveal: Why Does the Bible End That Way? – The New Yorker Into the Apocalypse With an Unruffled Tour Guide – NY Times Elaine Pagels on the Book of Revelation – Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly Chapter One […]
Inspiration and Incarnation | Notes & Review
July 22, 2012
Petter Enns. Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament. Baker Academic, 2005. (197 pages) Preface The aim of this book is not novelty but synthesis. My focus is twofold: (1) to bring together a variety of data that biblical scholars work with every day for readers who do not have firsthand […]
BASIC Series | Notes & Review
July 14, 2012
http://basicseries.com/ Overall, I am very blessed and thankful for Francis, his ministry, and his work. The Flannel people have created something quite beautiful and aesthetically pleasing, and the message, which is most important, is both verbal and visual, the interlocking partnership of word and image that few have captivated well in the Christian world. At […]
From The Dust | Notes & Review
June 26, 2012
http://fromthedustmovie.org/ The question of where we come from is a mystery man has explored throughout human history. As Charles Darwin composed his theory of natural selection, he began defining for the modern generation a suitable, if altogether scientific answer for the origin of man. While this theory has gone largely unchallenged scientifically for the past […]
The Prodigal God | Notes
June 26, 2012
Timothy Keller. The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith. Riverhead Books, 2008. (155 pages) Introduction …one of the signs that you may not grasp the unique, radical nature of the gospel is that you are certain that you do. (xiii) I believe, however, that if the teaching of Jesus is likened to […]
The Bible Made Impossible | Notes & Review
May 20, 2012
Christian Smith. The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture. Brazos Press, 2011 (220 pages) Other reviews: Experimental Theology blog; Rachel Held Evans blog; The Gospel Coalition; Reformation 21; Theoblogy (Tony Jones) – The Ailment, The Cure, The Fatal Flaw Introduction My contention here is that the American evangelical […]
Did Jesus Exist? | Notes & Review
April 29, 2012
Bart Ehrman. Did Jesus Exist? The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth. HarperOne, 2012. (361 pages) [many thanks to Janelle for our copy!] Introduction When mythicists use the term [myth] they often seem to mean simply a story that has no historical basis, a history-like narrative that in fact did not happen. (3) What I […]
Walking In The Dust of Rabbi Jesus | Notes & Review
March 25, 2012
Lois Tverberg. Walking In The Dust of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewish Words of Jesus Can Change Your Life. Zondervan, 2012. (239 pages) I. Hearing Our Rabbi’s Words With New Ears 1. Brushing Away the Dust of the Ages In just the past fifty years, we have seen more advances in biblical archaeology and in […]
A-dventure-Z’ | Notes & Review
February 6, 2012
Ada Yardeni. A-dventure-Z’: The Story of the Alphabet. Carta, 2003. (86 pages) The tracing of the consecutive phases in this formal evolution, from the common ancient signs to their forms in the different scripts, is possible thanks to the large number of ancient inscriptions and manuscripts discovered in the last two centuries, when archaeology became […]
God And Sex | Notes & Review
January 16, 2012
Michael Coogan. God and Sex: What the Bible Really Says. Twelve, 2010. (237 pages) — VIA — Full disclosure: I did not actually finish “reading” the book (a term I use to communicate that I have actually digested a book’s full content). Coogan does in this book what any author of a short survey of […]
The King Jesus Gospel | Notes & Review
November 25, 2011
Scot McKnight. The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited. Zondervan, 2011. (184 pages) FOREWORD BY N.T. WRIGHT The Christian faith is kaleidoscopic, and most of us are color-blind. (11) We ought to welcome it if a musician plays new parts of the harmony to the tune we thought we knew. (11) “the gospel” […]
The Lost World of Genesis One | Notes & Review
November 7, 2011
John Walton. The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate. IVP Academic, 2009. (191 pages) Prologue It is regrettable that an account of such beauty has become such a bloodied battle-ground, but that is indeed the case. (5) In this book I have proposed a reading of Genesis that I believe […]
The Story | Review
October 15, 2011
http://www.thestory.com/home [Disclosure: I'm preaching through this series with a church who has partnered with this campaign and had a brief cordial talk with Shelley Leith, the National Church Coach and Story Specialist, Western Region, at the NYWC, 2011. Thanks to Shelley for the dialogue. I hope my words here do justice to our conversation.] There […]
Siri & Hermeneutics
October 13, 2011
Apple has announced it’s new voice controlled “personal assistant” for the new iPhone 4S saying,… A lot of devices can recognize the words you say. But the ability to understand what you mean, and act on it; that’s the breakthrough with Siri. - Scott Forstall The parallels with hermeneutics seem profound. A lot of Bible […]
Understanding Genesis | Notes & Review
September 30, 2011
Nahum Sarna. Understanding Genesis: The World of the Bible in the Light of History. Schocken Books, 1966. Introduction …the very concept of a Canon of Scripture, of a fixed corpus of sacred books, implies a long process of selection and rejection from among a host of candidates. (xvii) Until the Hellenization of the East, it […]
Whose Bible Is It | Notes
April 29, 2006
Jaroslav Pelikan. Whose Bible Is It?: A Short History of The Scriptures. Penguin, 2005. (274 pages) INTRODUCTION. The Bible, the Whole Bible, and Nothing but the Bible? Two terms that are often used in connection with the Bible, one from law and one from medicine, will illustrate the importance of “the Bible, the whole Bible, […]
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