Rim of the Sandhills

James Sire

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Subtitled Why I Am Still a Christian. These memoirs of a young boy growing up in the sandhills of Nebraska, attending a one-room schoolhouse, finish with his life as a teacher, lecturer, and editor. Here is a mature apologetic for the Christian faith. (Amazon Book Description)

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Published August 27th 2012 by Amazon Digital Services

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Sep 18, 2012 Bob rated it really liked it

Shelves: memoir

James Sire is a friend, something readers of this review should take into account. But if you enjoy memoirs of interesting people, and particularly those chronicling intellectual and spiritual journeys, this is a good read. Sire may not be widely known outside Christian intellectual circles but his impact has been significant. He presided as editor at InterVarsity Press during its emergence as a significant Christian publisher of the works of Paul Little, Francis Schaeffer, J I Packer, Ron Sider James Sire is a friend, something readers of this review should take into account. But if you enjoy memoirs of interesting people, and particularly those chronicling intellectual and spiritual journeys, this is a good read. Sire may not be widely known outside Christian intellectual circles but his impact has been significant. He presided as editor at InterVarsity Press during its emergence as a significant Christian publisher of the works of Paul Little, Francis Schaeffer, J I Packer, Ron Sider, and Rebecca Pippert, among others. His name is synonymous with the emergence of "worldview thinking" in Christian circles and his major work, The Universe Next Door has gone through five English editions and been translated into nearly twenty languages. And for nearly twenty years from the mid 1980s on, he lectured on university campuses in the US, eastern Europe and Asia, engaging both Christian scholars and skeptics.

This memoir traces the spiritual and intellectual journey of Sire from the sandhills of western Nebraska, his boyhood experiences and emerging faith and intellectual interests. Particularly striking to me is his honesty about his spiritual malaise during his military service after college. Most worthwhile is the story of the growing integration of his faith and scholarly work during his graduate school years and beyond.

Sire is silent in this memoir about his departure from his editor's role. What is clear is that, for Jim, this was God's invitation to an influential ministry of speaking and some of his most significant publications, including Habits of the Mind, which explores the formation of a Christian mind. I saw Jim's impact in the lives of students and was helped immensely in my own journey through our conversations and his writing.

The book includes a complete bibliography of Sire's work. It concludes with a visit to his childhood home, now derelict, that closes the circle. One senses in many ways that this book is a kind of "farewell." Fare well indeed, my friend. "Further up and further in!"

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Aug 22, 2018 Russell George rated it it was amazing

I enjoyed reading this book

In part, I enjoyed reading this book because I grew up in the Sand hills. I was saved at the University of Nebraska through the ministry of Intervarsity. I'm sure you will enjoy reading this book.

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Oct 12, 2012 Thomas Grosh IV rated it it was amazing

Shelves: intervarsity-christian-fellowship, worldview, memoir

An excellent piece in providing perspective regarding Jim Sire's life, thought, and vocation/ministry. I find it particularly helpful in seeing how his thought on worldview was birthed and continues to develop. A testimony. To God be the glory!

Much more coming as I interview Jim Sire for a project for "Christian Thought and Ethics in the Contemporary World," taught by Ken Miller at Evangelical Theological Seminary.

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