Jun 11, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
Clarence Bauman, The Sermon on the Mount: The Modern Quest for its Meaning (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1985).Reflective Review by Brad Jersak Introduction In recent months I have been saturating myself in the Red Letters of my Bible. The words, the teachings,...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
Amazing the firestorm that one word creates. Hence, the Apostle James’ exhortation to tame the tongue which, though small, can be the spark that ignites a forest fire. And again his warning that not many should be teachers for the greater judgment they will incur....
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
For the last decade, I have given much time and ink to the importance of “Tuning in to the God who speaks.” Mainly, this has involved encouraging Christians to take seriously God’s promise, “When you call on me, I will answer you,” (Jer. 33:3) and Jesus’ own...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak, Book Reviews
Deepak Chopra’s Peace is the Way: Bringing War and Violence to an End (New York: Harmony Books, 2005). Review by Brad Jersak. What troubled me most about Deepak Chopra’s Peace is the Way is not that the author gives no pretence of being Christian. Nor was I surprised...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak, Book Reviews
(Nashville, TN:W Publishing Group, 2004). Not long ago, sociologist-activist-author Tony Campolo survived a serious stroke. In the aftermath, he emerged with new sense of prophetic urgency. The subtitle of his new book summarizes his redoubled mission this way: “The...
