The lead pastor at our church released a new book this week!
Pastor J.D. lived for a couple of years in a Muslim country in the pacific rim of Asia, and also got his PHD in Islamic studies. “Breaking The Islamic Code” is his attempt at helping us ‘westernized Americans’ better understand Islam, Muslims, and the [...]
Remember this series of posts from several months ago?
I wrote about the book “Religion Saves (and 9 other misconceptions)” by Mark Driscoll, head pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle.
The book is based on the sermon series by the same name (which you can watch, listen to, or download for free).
Well, this month, like every [...]
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Check out this excerpt from Seeing And Savoring Jesus Christ by John Piper (download the whole book as a .pdf file for free here).
The title of the chapter is “The Glory of Rescuing Sinners, Not Removing Satan“:
Now without sin and law to condemn and accuse and oppress us, Satan is a defeated foe. He is [...]
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A few weeks back, I shared my excitement about a new book, Religions Saves, and Nine Other Misconceptions.
I wrote a few posts since then, talking about individual chapters (1 and 2), but today I’m excited to be on the official blog tour. So, here’s my overall review of the book (and please forgive me if [...]
I had a great time hearing all your thoughts on the birth control discussion last week!
Now it’s time to move on to chapter 2 of Religion Saves – And Nine Other Misconceptions.
In this chapter, pastor Mark Driscoll tackles the 8th most popular question:
Why do you make jokes about Mormon missionaries, homosexuals, trench coat wearers, single [...]
As I mentioned in the introduction, Religion Saves + And Nine Other Misconceptions addresses the top nine questions submitted and voted on by people around the country.
Each chapter is dedicated to a question and pastor Mark’s answer, and they go in backwards order.
So, chapter one addresses the ninth most popular question:
There’s no doubt the Bible [...]
Look what came in the mail yesterday!
The awesome folks at Crossway and RE:LIT were kind enough to select our dinky little blog here for a free copy of Mark Driscoll’s newest book, Religion Saves – And Nine Other Misconceptions.
One condition: I have to review it here and tell you what I think.
This is a lot [...]
Off and on, for like a year now, I’ve been reading The Reason For God, by Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Church in New York.
I’ve read lots of ‘apologetic’ books over the years, and chewing up the meat and spitting out the bones, I learned a lot form those books. But they tend to all [...]
Over a year ago, for my birthday, Steph bought me a book I had never heard of: Visioneering, by Andy Stanley.
She bought it because she knows I seriously admire Andy Stanley, and I would love to learn anything I can from him.
But she also bought it because she knows that I have a borderline unhealthy [...]
Those who know me know that I have a couple of man-crushes.
It’s so stinking hard to find admirable men in this world that when I do, I usually watch them closely to learn from them. Besides family and personal friends, a couple of my man-crushes are Mark Driscoll, Louie Giglio, and Francis Chan.
I first encountered [...]
Even though I probably shouldn’t be spending any money we don’t need to spend right now, I couldn’t go into the bookstore one more time without scoring this book.
Everyone seems to agree that it is knock-your-socks-off awesome, which I don’t usually find in books anymore. It seems like all the popular authors these days are [...]
I think my feelings about Rob Bell are pretty similar to my feelings about rap music when I was in high school… I liked the style and the way it was trendy, and it stirred up emotions in me, and told stories about our world and what is bad and what needs to change… [...]
JDGreear from the Summit Church in Durham, NC, has a post titled “The Book Besides the Bible to Take If You Get Stranded On An Island”.
He begins like this:
G. K. Chesterton was once asked what one book he’d take if he were stranded on an island. He said a book about shipbuilding.
Other than that, [...]
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I’ve been (slowly) reading “Just Walk Across The Room” by Bill Hybells ever since I got it for Christmas. I’m still less than half way through it, but so far, I can’t recommend it enough! Last night, Steph and I were curled up in front of the fireplace reading, and these two pages really [...]
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This is a REALLY good candidate.
Check it out: Vintage Jesus by Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears
(and even if you don’t want to spend the cash for the book, at least download the free sermon series that prompted the book)
