“Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus” is the best book I’ve read this year. Author Lois Tverberg does an excellent job of taking her years of study of Judaism and applying it to Jesus. In this book she unveils layers of meaning behind many of Jesus’ words. Passages that were once opaque in meaning
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Book Review: The Final Assault: A Novel About Finishing the Task
“The Final Assault” is a novel by Steve Smith. It is a novel with an agenda, as is made clear by the title, sub-title, foreword, and post-script. Smith wrote the book in hopes of aspiring Christians to take up missions, though not just any missions. The entire book is centered on one verse in Matthew:
Book Review: The Divine Conspiracy
Reading “The Divine Conspiracy” by Dallas Willard was quite an undertaking. It is a fairly long book—400 pages—and the content is not light. That’s not to say it is difficult to read—it is written accessibly enough—but it does take some effort to understand what Willard is trying to communicate. While I thought it started off
Book Review: The Explicit Gospel, Part 2
Part 1 The eighth chapter (“Consummation”) contains one of the only new and insightful pieces of information I found in the book. The chapter basically takes a quick look at eschatology (the end of the world). Chandler shares that when the bible speaks of “a new heaven and new earth”, the word for new used
Book Review: The Explicit Gospel, Part 1
I’ve had a challenging time deciding what I think of Matt Chandler’s book, “The Explicit Gospel”. To be honest, I agreed with most of what he said, yet much of the book sat uneasily with me. I’m going to explore the reasons I believe this is the case. Basically, “The Explicit Gospel” is a summary
Book Review: The Resignation of Eve, Part 5 – Misinterpretations
This is a continuation of my review of the book “The Resignation of Eve” by Jim Henderson. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 As I’ve been thinking over this topic, I imagined the push-back I might receive from some people. This brought me to a revelation: When someone argues against complementarianism and says
Book Review: The Resignation of Eve, Part 4 – Reasons for Gender Bias
This is a continuation of my review of the book “The Resignation of Eve” by Jim Henderson. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Where does the belief that women must be subordinate to men come from? My distinct impression is that tradition is by far the primary reason for this belief. People use bible to
Book Review: The Resignation of Eve, Part 3 – Submission
This is a continuation of my review of the book “The Resignation of Eve” by Jim Henderson. Part 1 Part 2 There are three passages which instruct wives to submit to their husbands: Ephesians 5:21-6:9, Colossians 3:18-25, and 1 Peter 2:11-3:7. I am including whole sections rather than just individual verses, because I believe the
Book Review: The Resignation of Eve, Part 2 – Women Leaders
This is a continuation of my review of the book “The Resignation of Eve” by Jim Henderson. Click here to read Part 1. Henderson holds that the difference in views regarding the relationship of men to women comes in large part from whether one holds to a pre-Fall or post-Fall paradigm (p. 257). Part of
Book Review: The Resignation of Eve, Part 1
In “The Resignation of Eve“, Jim Henderson explores women’s opinions about women’s place in church primarily through a series of interviews. The book is in one sense a challenging one to read. The writing itself is quite accessible and the stories are easy to follow. Yet no matter one’s perspective, many of the stories shared