Tag: Book Review
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Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind
In 1995 Mark Noll wrote The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, a book directed towards Christian academics that was, thankfully, read widely beyond academia. The book’s hook came in a phrase often quoted over the past 15 years: The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind. A…
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Practice Resurrection
Practice Resurrection is the fifth and final installment of what Eugene Peterson calls his “conversations” in spiritual theology. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed each of the books in this series; it wouldn’t be strange to immediately revisit these books from the beginning. In this book Peterson takes a somewhat different approach from the previous four volumes. Rather…
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Pilgrimage of a Soul
One of the encouraging things to me about our church is how many folks are structuring their lives in direct response to their faith in Jesus. There is a genuine desire to journey along the narrow way of discipleship despite hardships and sacrifices. Careers, housing, education and neighborhood involvement are all issues I observe people wrestling with…
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Jesus Manifesto
On this blog it’s my practice to only review those books I can wholeheartedly recommend. For this reason Jesus Manifesto: Restoring the Supremacy and Sovereignty of Jesus Christ presents a small dilemma. While much of the content in this offering from Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola is outstanding, the organization and editing of the book…
David W. Swanson 