Robert Tracy McKenzie, Chair of the History Department at Wheaton College (IL), recently released a book entitled The First Thanksgiving: What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning from History. This is obviously a timely book as we lean into the celebration of Thanksgiving this week. With all the debates about the faith …
Dallas Willard’s Spirit of the Disciplines
As I continue to reflect on the influence of Dallas Willard, I am turning back to some previous posts on his book, The Spirit of the Disciplines. Here is one post from two years ago: I re-read Dallas Willard's book The Spirit of the Disciplines. It's a great book on entering into the deep life with God. Willard …
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A Brief Response to the Critique of Christian Hope
Some critics of Christianity say that Christian hope is just wishful thinking. Some say that Christianity is just a pipe dream - an unattainable hope. Frederick Buechner, an author of numerous books about the spiritual life, addresses this in his own comments about Christianity and hope. He writes this in his book, Wishful Thinking: Christianity is …
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Jesus is Emmanuel
One of the titles for Jesus that means so much to me is that He is Emmanuel, which means God with us. As we continue in this season of Advent, that title of 'Emmanuel' says so much about the way in which Jesus' coming as a human reveals who God is. Stanley Grenz, a twentieth …
Books of the Year?
One of my favorite bloggers, Dr. Scot McKnight of Northern Seminary, offered his picks for the top books of the year today on his blog, Jesus Creed. It's worth a look for those who enjoy biblical and theological studies. He mentions one of the books that I would consider in my top five, Tim Keller's Center …
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