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Unless you have just returned from a Virgin Intergalactic flight, you are probably aware of the controversy surrounding the new book Love Wins by pastor Rob Bell of Mars Hill Church in Michigan. (Not to be confused with the Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington and its pastor Mark Driscoll who is probably plotting at this very moment how to get Rob Bell inside the octagon and beat him to a sniveling, bloody pulp.)...
Sorry for the delay in these recent posts. It’s been pretty busy. So, I welcome back the two of you who are still stopping by this website! Today is a miscellaneous kind of day, so these recommendation will not fit any specific category. The first two are books I’ve recommended to those struggling with doubt beyond issues of believing in Christ. These address the issues of the existence of God. As I have written...
Today’s recommendation comes from the field of business. This volume is now a few years old, but it has never failed to get a “Thank you” from people to whom I’ve recommended it. The name of the book is The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, by Patrick Lencioni. From a review by Howard Rothman: Lencioni weaves his lessons around the story of a troubled Silicon Valley firm and its unexpected choice for a new...
Sorry for the delay, but it was a very busy weekend with no time to post. I’ve decided to theme this post around apologetics, that is proofs for the Christian faith. Four books will be included. Each is worth the read; any combination would be a great gift. First up is Joan Ball’s Flirting With Faith a review of which can be found in my book reviews. This is a first rate book, helpful...
Any leader in any church can benefit from reading Earl Creps’s Off Road Disciplines: Spiritual Adventures for Missional Leaders. Len Sweet of George Fox University writes, “This is one of the most exciting books I have read in years. It shifts our focus form doing church to being church and promises to be a standard reference in all future discussions of missional leadership.” Ed Stetzer of LifeWay Christian Resources says, “Too many of us...
Only one book for today, but it is a winner. It has been years since I read Wisdom Hunter by Randall Arthur. It was, and remains, in my estimation, one of the most important Christian novels ever written. It certainly is one of the most important of the last half of the 20th century. If you struggle with legalism or know anyone who does, this is the book you need to get or gift...
First up on my list of book recommendations (which also make great gift suggestions) are two from a man a friend calls “the conscience of evangelicalism,” Phillip Yancey. I personally have never read a Yancey book that did not challenge and/or teach me greatly. These are two of his best. Concerning Disappointment with God, one reviewer said, “This is, hands down, the best treatment on the subject of the problem of pain that I...
A giant in Southern politics of a day gone by, Harry Dent ultimately found himself a giant in a different kingdom–the kingdom of God. Through the process, he come to understand which had the greatest importance. I met Ginny Dent Brant a few years ago when we shared a mutual interest in Southern Baptist Convention issues, especially related to its International Mission Board. I knew nothing of Harry Dent or the Southern Strategy; she...
Dr. David Phillips has been a friend for several years. In the SBC blogosphere of yore, he usually went by the name “Tech Support” since he was the only one in our little group that understood the technology behind “Edit Post” and “Publish.” He saved my bacon many times along the way and gave me my first actual domain name to make my blog’s url more memorable. It was a welcome relief not needing...
The new book Green Like God: Unlocking the Divine Plan for Our Planet, by Southern Baptist leader Jonathan Merritt, is likely to ruffle more feathers and garner both more praise and more criticism than any book by any other Southern Baptist author in 2010. That’s because Merritt holds the unusual position of being Southern Baptist and environmentally friendly, or “green” to use the popular term. Southern Baptists, long suspected of being the chaplaincy arm...