Archives for the ‘church’ Category

Searching for God Knows What | a review

{full disclosure: To comply with federal regulations, I want to state that I received this book in return for my review. I did not receive any other compensation for this review.} Don Miller brings back his most theological work in a re-release/update. Searching For God Knows What was originally Don Miller’s followup to Blue Like [...]

the person & the idea

When a thought captures my attention, I tend to find lots of related ideas throughout the daily activities & thoughts of my life. Here is my latest example. Recently Don Miller posted about relationship rather than right belief/theology being what “it” [Christianity] is all about. My previous post made reference to this post, and I [...]

The Naked Gospel | a review

The Naked Gospel by Andrew Farley, a reaction to Christian-legalism. The author grew up in an environment where he would feel compelled to do. He describes getting out of bed at night, to ‘witness’ at the gas station, so he check the box and go back to sleep. It is from that hyper-works based system [...]

Bonhoeffer A Biography | a review

{full disclosure: To comply with federal regulations, I want to state that I received this book in return for my review. I did not receive any other compensation for this review.} I just recently finished reading this hefty read. Coming in over 540 pages long, this book has definite quantitative weight, though the life of [...]

remarks on Solomon’s request

At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.”And Solomon said…give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?” 1 Kings 3:5-10 It is very common to [...]