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June 18
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Jim
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Blood Work (Paperback)
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Michael Connelly
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read in June, 2009
Jim said:
"this is the first book I read by Connelly. It was well written, very suspenseful, and kept me interested throughout. Connelly weaves a masterful tale and I was never quite sure where he was going. Not quite PD James, but still a good read.
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Jim
is currently reading:
Knowing Christ: A Guide for Today's Disciples (Hardcover)
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Dallas Willard
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Jim
added:
Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church (Hardcover)
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N.T. Wright
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Jim
is currently reading:
A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story (Hardcover)
by
Diana Butler Bass
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(page 20 of 368)
— 17 days ago, 07:59PM
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June 16
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Jim
gave  to:
Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture (Hardcover)
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Daniel Radosh
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May 05
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Jim
gave to:
The Furious Longing of God (Hardcover)
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Brennan Manning
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read in May, 2009
Jim said:
"Having read some other works by Manning, I will start off by saying that this book is very similar in theme to his previous works. Manning’s essential message is the same: God loves you, and if you have to tack on any thing else to that statement t...more
Having read some other works by Manning, I will start off by saying that this book is very similar in theme to his previous works. Manning’s essential message is the same: God loves you, and if you have to tack on any thing else to that statement then you haven’t quite gotten the gospel message.
Manning’s work is a challenge because we all have a tendency to tack on other things to that basic message. We say: “God loves you BUT…”, “God loves you WHEN”, or “IF you…THEN God will love you.” Far too often we reduce the spiritual life to the things we have to or should do in order to be right with God.
Manning’s message, I think, is a challenge to any person of faith, whether they happen to reside in the evangelical or the progressive camp. I’ve been in both camps, and the tendency is to tack on all sorts of stipulations or to even discount the message that God might personally love (even long for) you and I.
I love that Manning doesn’t just let us sit with smug satisfaction within the reality of that statement of God’s love. Instead, he asks us to consider whether or not we truly grasp God’s love by asking us to examine whether or not we live that love out in the world around us.
He asks us: Who do you consider unlovable? Are they not the ones we are called to love? Are we not called to be agents of God’s healing in this world? To love those who are unlovable, responding to the love that God has poured out upon us? To be so united to Jesus that God’s love flows through us?
If you have complicated the gospel message of God’s love for you with all sorts of conditions, then this is the book for you. In fact I probably ought to go read it again myself until its message has truly sunk in.(less)
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Jim
gave to:
Preaching Without Notes (Paperback)
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Joseph M. Webb
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read in May, 2009
Jim said:
"I bought this book as I've recently been exploring the possibility of moving away from preaching with a manuscript to preaching without notes. I completed the book three weeks ago and have yet to preach a sermon without notes....So I cannot yet test...more
I bought this book as I've recently been exploring the possibility of moving away from preaching with a manuscript to preaching without notes. I completed the book three weeks ago and have yet to preach a sermon without notes....So I cannot yet testify to the effectiveness of the author's presentation.
Part of the problem is the author contends that the practice of preaching without notes requires a shift in the weekly preparation process. After reading the book, I felt it would be far too difficult to immediately shift my weekly preparation process in order to accommodate Webb's suggested practice.
Over the past two weeks, I have begun to implement a few of Webb's suggestions and have found the ability to move away from preaching with a manuscript to preaching with a two page set of notes. Perhaps over the summer I'll be brave enough to implement the rest of Webb's suggestions.
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