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| Using 1st Peter as a template to discuss Christian life and mission in a 21st Century post-Christian environment, Chester and Timmis lead the reader through a re-imagination of church - from church as a weekly activity to church as an everyday lifest...more | |
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| Can Christianity survive in the 21st century? Is Christianity still credible? Is it even reasonable? In "The Reason for God," Keller offers a concise yet compelling defense of the Christian faith. In the first part of the book, Keller tackles seven c...more | |
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| While I don't agree with every detail of Douthat's analysis, I was pleasantly surprised by the insights he unpacks here. "America's problem," Douthat argues, "isn't too much religion, or too little of it. It's bad religion: the slow motion collapse o...more | |
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| "In short," says Calvin, "since rich store of every kind of good abounds in [Christ], let us drink our fill from this fountain, and from no other." Wilson bravely endeavors to unpack this storehouse of all good and grace and glory by leading the read...more | |
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| Clever and practical, Everts' work offers a simple and clear explanation and introduction to becoming a "missional Christian." This work unpacks both the anatomy of a missional Christian (e.g. sober eyes, rather than the fearful eyes of a safe Christ...more | |
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| Calvinism is often seen as a joyless and cold theological tradition. Forester, however, believes that this is a gross misunderstanding. Calvinism is about joy – not an emotion, but “a settled certainty that God is in control.” The doctrines of grace,...more | |
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| A collection of his work for The New Yorker, "What the Dog Saw" is classic Gladwell: smart, interesting, and funny. Gladwell excels at finding fascinating stories where most of us simply see the mundane or the random. | |
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| Arminianism is quite possibly the most misunderstand theological position within Christendom today – often misrepresented both by its opponents and adherents! Olson does both groups a favor by giving a clear and well-informed (theologically and histo...more | |
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Poke the Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?
by Seth Godin
read in August, 2012
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| Poke the box. See what happens. Do it again. See what happens; learn; grow; succeed. Godin gets in the reader's face and challenges him or her to start something: initiate; fail; try again; fail; try again (as often as necessary). Although he is admi...more | |
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