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Book recommendations, Day 4

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December 2, 2010

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 [...]


Book recommendations, Day 3

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December 1, 2010

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 [...]


Book recommendations, Day 1

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November 29, 2010

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 [...]


‘Finding True Freedom,’ book review

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October 29, 2010

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 [...]


‘Holy Rewired,’ book review

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August 27, 2010

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 [...]


‘The Devil in Pew Number Seven,’ book review

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August 23, 2010
Devil in Pew Number Seven book

Anyone who has ever pastored or attended a small town church can appreciate the reality of the “one who runs everything.” Those closed communities where the same folks have lived on the same land for generations are sometimes situated around those churches that I call “family owned and operated.” Everyone in the church is related, [...]


‘Green Like God,’ book review

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April 10, 2010

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 [...]


Interview with ‘Travety in Haiti’ author, Dr. Tim Schwartz-Part 3

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February 26, 2010

This is the last part of my interview with Travesty in Haiti: A true account of Christian missions, orphanages, fraud, food aid and drug trafficking author, Dr. Tim Schwartz. (You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.) I am extremely grateful to Dr. Schwartz for his time and his thorough responses. If you [...]


Interview with ‘Travesty in Haiti’ author, Dr. Tim Schwartz-Part 1

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February 23, 2010

Last week I published a review of Travesty in Haiti: A true account of Christian missions, orphanages, fraud, food aid and drug trafficking by Dr. Timothy T. Schwartz. (Read that review here.) The book was so eye-opening that I immediately started trying to track down the author for an interview. Although Dr. Schwartz has been [...]


Radiation oncologist claims proof of the afterlife

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January 26, 2010

January 25, 2010—Near-death experiences have long been a fascinating phenomenon, prompting more questions than answers. According to a Gallup poll, between 8 to 12 million Americans—around five percent—say they have had a near-death experience. Despite these substantial numbers, most scientists are at a loss to explain these events. Dr. Jeffrey Long, a radiation oncologist, has [...]


Luke 17:21

"[N]or will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you." (ESV)

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