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Book review: “The Boy Who Changed the World”
The Boy Who Changed the World welcomes youngsters to consider themselves special, to see that what we do matters, and what we do makes a difference. By jumping into the lives of four historic men—who...
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Book review: “Permission to Speak Freely”
This is going to be an odd book review, and I don’t care. That sort of honestly and freedom isn’t necessarily what this book is talking about, but, in a way, it’s close. The book is called Permission...
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Book Review: One Hand, Two Hands
Max Lucado’s One Hand, Two Hands engages tiny children, say, up to age 4 or 5. The children will be counting their fingers, clapping their hands, squeezing, flopping, waving, and all sorts of fun...
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Book Review- The Devil in Pew Number Seven: A True Story
When my husband told me we would be receiving this book to review I was very excited and this book did not let me down. It had me from the very first page. In fact, I started it in the evening, read...
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DVD review: The Least Among You
The Least Among You was inspired by the story of Richard Kelly shortly after the Watts riots in the 60′s. Kelly, as part of his probation, entered an all white seminary and was quickly thrust into the...
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Book review: Jesus Calling: 365 Devotions For Kids
We’ve had Sarah Young’s Jesus Calling: A 365 Day Journaling Devotional for some time and it has been great. My wife would even read it to the kids much of the time. When we saw the devotional coming...
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Book review: The Gospel According to Jesus
Chris Seay’s The Gospel According to Jesus: A Faith that Restores All Things attempts to refocus Christians to a proper understanding of the Gospel message. Centering his discussion around a reported...
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Book review: Transforming Church in Rural America
The book I’m touching on here is Shannon O’Dell’s Transforming Church in Rural America: Breaking All the Rurals. Focusing on rural churches, O’Dell emphasized the struggles going on in rural...
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Book review: The Grace of God
The Grace of God is my first read of the oft heralded Andy Stanley. The book covers Scriptural examples of God’s grace, from the very beginning (i.e. Creation) on through the rest of the Biblical...
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DVD review: What’s In the Bible? 4
This is the first What’s In the Bible? DVD my family has watched, and it will not be the last. Oh, wait. Am I supposed to give my conclusion at the beginning of the review? Ah well. If you’re not...
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What’s In the Bible? 4 DVD: a kid’s review
So I asked my 7 year old some questions about his viewing experience with What’s In the Bible? 4: Battle for the Promised Land. Here’s a review from a 7 year old male, caucasian-hispanic mix (for those...
View ArticleWhat’s In the Bible? 4 contest: Win!
This is your chance to win! If you’ve read over my review of What’s In the Bible? 4: Battle for the Promised Land and would love to get your hands on a copy, this is your chance. I have a gift...
View ArticleMy top 5 books read in 2010
I always enjoy checking over people’s favorite books lists for the year, and wanted to list my own. Not that anyone’s waiting for it or truly interested, but it’s a fun exercise either way. In 2010, I...
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Book Review: On This Day in Christian History
Robert Morgan’s On This Day in Christian History is a daily devotional using significant and influential people and events throughout Christian history to not only help you remember your heritage, but...
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Book Review: This is Your Brain in Love
Earl Henslin’s This is Your Brain in Love is essentially a relationship, marriage help book that takes a little different angle of approach when it comes to being the best you can be in a relationship....
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Book Review: Simply Grilling
What better book to get a hold of as the warm weather approaches and the grilling season truly begins (here in Bakersfield, grilling season runs about 11 months)? Simply Grilling from Jennifer...
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Book Review: Farm Fresh Southern Cooking
Farm Fresh Southern Cooking is a great looking cookbook. While the version I have is digital, I think I would think about getting the hardcover. The pages do a great job supporting the feel of the...
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Book Review: The Searchers
When I see the following available for a book review, color me intrigued: In a world drenched in violence and oppression, here was a man armed with a message of peace and freedom. Into lives nearly...
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Book Review: You Be Sweet (cookbook)
It’s hard for me to pass up a cookbook. It’s even harder to pass one up when there are awesome pictures to go with the enticing recipes. Plus, I don’t think we had one that’s devoted to desserts. The...
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Christianity and Anarchism unite…sort of
For the longest time, from the point I had an understanding of both Christianity and anarchy, I considered them incompatible. The latter was anti-government, anti-authority. The former was very...
View ArticleBook Review: Neighbors and Wise Men
Neighbors and Wise Men by Tony Kriz (a.k.a. Tony the Beat Poet from Blue Like Jazz) is something of an anomaly to me. I’m not quite sure what to make of it. It’s essentially a biographical sketch,...
View ArticleBook Review: Red Letter Revolution
Red Letter Revolution is a conversation between Shane Claiborne and Tony Campolo on current, important social and theological issues, and attempt to form their conversation around the core stated in...
View ArticleBook Review: God’s Reign and the End of Empires
My review of Antonio Gonzalez’s excellent work, God’s Reign and the End of Empires is available now at Englewood Review of Books. Many, many thanks to Chris Smith at ERB for the opportunity to engage...
View ArticleName Drop and Mic Drop: my “scholar” pet peeve
In her book The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented A Story of Martyrdom, Candida Moss took a very Bart Ehrman like approach to engaging with the reader: act like the reader knows...
View ArticleJesus the Second Socrates
I have to touch on something else Candida Moss did in her book, The Myth of Persecution (see the previous post here). There is a section in Chapter 2 where she made a connection between the death of...
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