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Review: Paul Miller’s A Loving Life

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Author: Paul Miller
Publisher: Crossway
Reading Level: Leisure



A Loving Life is an winsome exposition of Ruth through the lens of God’s covenant love. “‘[A]t the heart of love is incarnation that leads to death” Miller explains. “Death is at the center of love. It happened to Jesus.

CBMW Guest Post: “Technology and Social Media for the Glory of God”

Monday I guest posted at the CBMW blog. I wrote the fifth piece in a series on Manhood and Technology. All the posts are excellent so check it out.

I work in an industry that thrives on technology and innovation. I have to know about the latest innovations in my field and be comfortable conversing about them. Daily I see all the opportunities and pitfalls of technology and social media.

A Household Gospel for Infants and Children

I’m starting a short series on how A Household Gospel might apply in areas unexplored in my book. In the first of the series, I addressed the most asked question, “What about singles?” In this second installment, I will address, “What about infants and children?” Now the book was addressed to families so in many ways I’ve applied much of the books to the parent and child relationship.

Review: James N. Anderson’s What’s Your Worldview?

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Author: James N. Anderson
Publisher: Crossway
Reading Level: Leisure

Worldviews are like lava at the center of the earth. It’s there and it makes a huge difference in our day to day life, but few people give it much thought (unless you’re a geologists).

Likewise, everybody has

A Household Gospel for Singles

I’m starting a short series on how A Household Gospel might apply in areas unexplored in my book. The most asked question I get is, “What about singles?” To be up front, A Household Gospel was written with families in view. That’s my context. The tension, growth, and faith of my family grew in the crucible of life as a family. But the basic principles can be applied to everyone and anyone. The

Review: Clifford J. Green and Michael P. DeJonge’s The Bonhoeffer Reader

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Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Editors: Clifford J. Green and Michael P. DeJonge
Publisher: Fortress Press
Reading Level: Moderate

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was on my short list of “to read” for 2014. So I gladly agreed to take a look at The Bonhoeffer Reader when the opportunity presented

The Psalms in the Life of Jesus

Why Don’t We Lament?
The New Testament authors quote the Psalms more than any other Old Testament book. It’s quoted almost seventy times with even more allusions. The Psalms are on the tip of Jesus’ tongue as well. The sermon on the mount is peppered with Psalms’ quotations and allusions (see Matt 5:2 cf Ps 78:2; 5:5 cf 37:11; 5:6 cf. 42:2; 5:8 cf. 24:4; 5:42 cf. 37:21). Hebrews is also brim

Orthodox Dialects: Community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ

The New York Times reported on a a linguistics project by Bert Vaux and Scott Golde.They are interested in examining the wide range of English dialects. You can take the survey here. Go ahead and do it. It’s quite interesting.

The example on Vaux’s and Golde’s webpage look at variation in describing carbonated beverage: pop, soda, coke, and soft drink. Which do you use?

As a former Navy brat

Review: Andrew J. Schmutzer & David M. Howard Jr.’s The Psalms: Language for All Seasons of the Soul

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Author: Assorted
Editors: Andrew J. Schmutzer & David M. Howard Jr.
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Reading Level: Moderate



I’m planning on spending a lot of time in the Psalms this year so I’ve been looking for books that will help me get the most from my

Review: Robert Farrar Capon’s The Supper of the Lamb

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Author: Robert Farrar Capon
Publisher: Random House
Reading Level: Leisure


“Food is the daily sacrament of unnecessary goodness, ordained for a continual remembrance that the world will always be more delicious than it is useful” (40).



Sadly I was introduced to Robert