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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller

Posted in Book Review, tagged , , on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Several weeks ago I had the opportunity to review Donald Miller’s new book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years through Thomas Nelson’s Book Review Blogger Program. (Click the link to learn more about how to receive free books through Thomas Nelson.) I jumped at the chance since Miller is one of the most popular [...]

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Abraham Lincoln and the Value of History

Posted in Book Review, Books & Reading, Christianity, History, Teaching, Theology, Worship Theology, education, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I just finished a great little biography, Abraham Lincoln by James M. McPherson. (McPherson wrote a standard one-volume history of the Civil War, Battle Cry for Freedom.) It’s very short — less than 100 pages — and in a rare spur-of-the-moment reading decision I picked it up from my shelf in the afternoon afternoon [...]

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The Wackiest, Wildest, Weirdest Animals in the World

Posted in Book Review, Fun stuff, tagged , , on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I don’t usually review books like this on my blog, but I thought would be a fun departure just for kicks. You can also receive free books from Thomas Nelson through their Book Review Blogger Program.
I received The Wackiest, Wildest, Weirdest Animals in the World by Jack Hanna through Thomas Nelson’s “Book Review Blogger” program. [...]

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Surprised by C. S. Lewis

Posted in Book Review, Books & Reading, Christianity, Joy, Theology, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Over the last few months I’ve had an intense interest in the writings of C. S. Lewis. I’ve always appreciated his work, but was never a diehard fan. I think there are certain authors and books that become important to you at different stages of your life journey. I remember in college reading Henri Nouwen’s [...]

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My Pilgrimmage to “The Shack”

Posted in Book Review, Culture, The Bible, Theology, ministry, tagged , , , , on March 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »

UPDATE: Gordon MacDonald has a brief but intriguing reflection on The Shack at the Leadership Journal website. Check it out.
Once in a while a book comes along that is so popular it almost demands that Christian leaders read it out of sheer responsibility. If everyone else is reading and talking about it, we would almost [...]

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Jim & Casper Go to Church

Posted in Arts, Book Review, Corporate Worship, Culture, Discipleship, Excellence, Leadership, Music, Theology, Trends, Worship Theology, Worship leading, Worship music, ministry, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

By Jim Henderson & Matt Casper (Barna Books, 2007)
My brother recommended this book to me quite a while back. In fact, you can read a helpful review over at his blog (Quantum Discipleship; you can do a search for the review). Since I just finished the book  I thought I’d give my own take on [...]

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Review: Enthroned on Our Praise

Posted in Book Review, Old Testament, Worship Theology, tagged , , on August 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Enthroned on Our Praise: An Old Testament Theology of Worship
by Timothy M. Pierce
NAC Studies in Bible & Theology. Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 2008
Note: This is a review I submitted to the Stone-Campbell Journal earlier this summer, and thought I’d post it here. The Stone-Campbell Journal is geared toward pastors, students, professors and anyone else who [...]

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