Feb 17, 2014 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
Book Review of The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate, John H. Walton, Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2009, 191 pp. For decades agnosticism about the early chapters of Genesis felt comfortable. This despite two close family members who...
Feb 3, 2014 | Book Reviews
The Confessions of St. Augustine – Response by Rev. Fr. Denys Scully The Confessions is considered a classic of the Christian Church, especially by its western branch. It was written in A.D. 397 by Augustine of Hippo, approximately ten years after his...
Dec 8, 2013 | Book Reviews
ADAM NICOLSON. GOD'S SECRETARIES: THE MAKING OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE. New York: Harper Collins Publishers.2003. Some reflections by Henk Smidstra. This book is about the creation of the King James Bible, but has some interesting insights on authority,...
Oct 28, 2013 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Susan Oakey-Baker, Finding Jim (Rocky Mountain Books, 2013). Joy and woe are woven fine, A clothing for the soul divine, Under every grief and pine, Runs a joy with silken twine. It is right it should be so, We were made for joy and woe, And when this we...
Sep 25, 2013 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Frank Schaeffer, AND GOD SAID, “BILLY” (Outskirts Press, 2013). Frank Schaeffer is, probably, the most prolific Christian writer in the last two decades who has, directly and clearly, addressed the dysfunctional nature of the conservative evangelical family in...
Jul 22, 2013 | Book Reviews
I just finished reading my friend Amy Simpson’s book, “Troubled Minds – Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission”. I was compelled to read this book because it is a topic I have ignored, mostly because it scares me. It’s unknown and awkward. However, in the last...
