Apr 17, 2015 | Book Reviews
The Allure of Gentleness: Dallas Willard Dallas Willard has always been an inviting author. Meaning, his books are approachable. In an age when a topic like apologetics brings up the recent Ham/Nye debate, or the stuffy, dry-aired halls of University...
Apr 11, 2015 | Book Reviews
Book Review of Brad Jersak's 'A More Christlike God' (available here). I recently had the chance to do an early review of Brad Jersak’s latest book “A More Christlike God”. Brad is also the author of Her Gates Will Never Be Shut and...
Apr 10, 2015 | Book Reviews
Harvey Cox, How to Read the Bible (HarperOne, 2015) Whenever I get a book like this, I’m tempted to jump ahead to the conclusion, just so I can see if I agree with their direction. Against all my instincts, I started from the beginning, and I’m glad I did....
Feb 19, 2015 | Author - Rob Grayson, Book Reviews
Today I’m delighted to be reviewing Her Gates Will Never Be Shut: Hope, Hell, and the New Jerusalem by Brad Jersak, published in 2009 by Wipf & Stock. Hell is a subject which, in my experience at least, is not often openly spoken about in churches and...
Jan 17, 2015 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
Book Review of Migrations of the Holy: God, State, and the Political Meaning of the Church, William T. Cavanaugh, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011, 200 pages. My thanks to Oxford University Press for a review copy of the first book, and to Eerdmans for a review copy...
Dec 15, 2014 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Najla Said, Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family (Riverhead Books, New York: 2013). Hardcover: ISBN: 978-1-59448-708-8: 258 pages I tried to wrap my teenage head around the existence of such a place (Gaza) in the...