Books & Readings
They like Jesus, but not the Church
I’m reading an interesting book right now from Dan Kimball entitled, “They Like Jesus, but not the Church.” After I was laid up in bed for a few days after surgery, my wife made the comment to me that I had not been reading as much this summer as I had done in the past. [...]
And the winner is…
First, let me say thanks to all of you who dropped me a comment to enter your name into the Book Giveaway drawing. It was fun. Unfortunately, there can only be one winner. This contest’s prize goes to Goat a.k.a. Brian Atkinson. I chuckled when his name was drawn because Goat was the first to [...]
Book Giveway
While looking at some other blogs in my Google Reader, I came across a pretty cool idea for connecting with blog readers. My blog averages between 35 and 50 RSS subscribers. I’m not really sure why it fluctuates so much but it does [according to feedburner] and I am often curious as to who exactly [...]
Seminary completed, book list shared!
Yesterday I completed my last final, and just like that, my seminary work is done. In the coming weeks [if it continues to sound interesting to me] I’m going to share a series of posts, “What I’ve learned in seminary. For any readers considering seminary, I thought this might be an interesting collection of thoughts. [...]
So you like the history?
The feedback that I receive most frequently from my sermons is something to the effect of, “I really like your attention to the history of the bible.” It’s a really affirming comment for me because I often worry that I’m going to put someone to sleep with the “historical stuff.” During the course of that [...]
Book Recommendation: Sacred Marriage
Over the Holidays, I did read a couple of books in preparation for our upcoming messages series, “Biblical Perspectives on Love & Marriage.” One of those resources was Gary Thomas’ book, Sacred Marriage, which I really enjoyed. Rather than your normal “here’s how to have a great marriage” books, Gary looks at marriage from the [...]
What’s wrong with foundationalism?
I’m reading a book right now that is hurting my brain. The book is Beyond Liberalism & Fundamentalism: How Modern and Postmodern Philosophy set the Theological Agenda by Nancey Murphy. I’m reading it in conjunction with an independent study for seminary on Emerging Church theologies. I know it’s full of tons of great information. It’s [...]
“Good to Great” quotes
The following quotes are from Jim Collins book. Good to Great which is available for purchase here.
The vast majority of companies never become great, precisely because the vast majority become quite good-and that is their main problem. 1
We expected that good-to-great leaders would begin by setting a new vision and strategy. We found instead that [...]
Simply Christian Quotes
The following quotes are from N.T. Wright’s book, Simply Christian which is available for purchase here.
Our passion for justice often seems like that. We dream the dream of justice. We glimpse, for a moment, a world at one, a world put to rights, a world where things work out, where societies function fairly and efficiently, [...]
Leaving Church Quotes
The following quotes are from the book, Leaving Church, by Barbara Brown Taylor. It is available for purchase here.
“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do,” she once said, ”because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. “ 7
God uses whatever is usable in a life, both [...]
