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January 22, 2015
READING FROM THIS PLACE, VOLs. I and II by FERNANDO F. SEGOVIA and MARY ANN TOLBERT
2.75 of 5 The bottom line: A difficult to navigate cross-disciplinary exposition on the state of modern hermeneutics. Reading From This Place, Volume I and Reading From This Place, Volume II attempt to explain contemporary hermeneutics by analyzing…Read more ›
January 16, 2015
WHAT CHRISTIANS SHOULD KNOW (#WCSK), PART I: WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY?
For a downloadable .PDF of this lesson please click here: What Christians Should Know 1 What is Christianity The audio (.mp3) version: What Christians Should Know I-What Christianity Is What does this series aim to achieve? It aims to give those who…Read more ›
January 15, 2015
THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST: AN ANTHOLOGY IN TEXTS AND PICTURES by JAMES B. PRTICHARD.
3.0 of 5.0 The bottom line: A pricey, sometimes hard-to-read anthology of Ancient Near East texts with a Biblical slant. James Pritchard’s Ancient Near East introduces readers to classic works (e.g. legal texts, hymns, myths, treaties, poetry and…Read more ›
January 9, 2015
WHY ATHEISM FAILS II & WHY GOD SUCCEEDS
Why atheism fails is because it either believes in nothing or disbelieves something, but it makes no genuine truth claims or positive assertions by itself. In other words, atheism fails because it is a parasitic ideology that requires no real…Read more ›
January 8, 2015
READINGS IN WORLD CHRISTIAN HISTORY: VOLUME I by JOHN W. COAKLEY and ANDREA STERK
4.0 of 5.0 The bottom line: A worthwhile companion text that presents a broad overview of key and carefully selected Christian writings over the first one and a half millennia A.D. Readings in World Christian History: Volume I…Read more ›
January 2, 2015
WHY ATHEISM FAILS
Why atheism fails becomes evident for one overwhelming reason: it crumbles under the burden of proof. An immediate objection to this statement is that because theism is belief in something and atheism is disbelief, non-belief, or a lack of belief,…Read more ›
January 1, 2015
PREPARING FOR MINISTRY: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THEOLOGICAL FIELD EDUCATION by GEORGE M. HILLMAN, JR.
3.25 of 5 The bottom line: An easy-to-follow guide for those without any direction and who seek exact prescriptions and clear structure in organizing their theological field experiences. Seminary usually involves time spent in the classroom in addition…Read more ›
December 26, 2014
ON TORTURE
The New Oxford American Dictionary defines torture as: (1) “the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or to force them to do or say something, or for the pleasure of the person inflicting the…Read more ›
December 25, 2014
THE HEBREW BIBLE by NORMAN K. GOTTWALD
3.0 of 5.0 The bottom line: Valuable information about the world in which ancient Israel lived, but at a very steep price. There were many forces, players, and themes occurring behind and around the narrative of the Hebrew…Read more ›
December 19, 2014
RELIGIOUS PLURALISM
I shall define religious pluralism as a condition or system in which multiple spiritual groups, ideas, positions, principles, or sources of authority coexist and are all regarded as equally valid. At the end of 2008, the Pew Research Center conducted…Read more ›
