Erwin McManus on Integrity and Authenticity

Erwin McManus shares some thought provoking thoughts on character, integrity, and authenticity that we all should digest in his book Stand Against the Wind: Fuel for the Revolution of Your Soul. You can purchase this book for a couple bucks and it is well worth it. This quote speaks as much to the culture of [...]

Promoting the Books Authored by Readers of This Blog

Every now and then I hear about a book written by people who read this blog. If you see this and will let me know what you have published I would be glad to link to it through amazon or wherever you like. Comment below and I will begin adding the links.

The Feast by Joshua [...]

What Would Jesus Eat?

According to the the What Would Jesus Eat Cookbook, Jesus was quite the food connoisseur. He ate Mediterranean Cheese Tart with Cilantro Salsa as an appetizer, Leek and Potato Soup, Lebanese Cabbage Rolls as the main course and let’s not leave out the Fruit Smoothie for desert! If this is so why was he left [...]

Eugene Peterson on Word Over Personal Experience

I want to counter this widespread practice of taking personal experience instead of the Bible as the authority for living. I want to pull the Christian Scriptures back from the margins of the contemporary imagination where they have been so rudely elbowed by their glamorous competitors, and reestablish them at the center as the text [...]

Passing Notes in Class Goes All the Way Back to Ancient Biblical Copyists

I just love this quote from Bruce Metzger’s book The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration (4th Edition)
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Though scribes were forbidden to talk to one another in the scriptorium, the more irrepressible found devious ways to communicate with each other. One such means was to jot remarks in the margin of [...]

Furious Longing of God by Brennan Manning Review Using Greek Moods

I thought I would try a little something different to give you an idea of how good Manning’s new book, The Furious Longing of God, really is. Here is a review categorized by Greek moods:
Indicative – The book was a little hard to get into at first. His style takes some adjusting. My wife read [...]

Further Reflections on The Furious Longing of God

One thing that stands out to me about Brennan Manning is his ability to reflect the attitude of Paul in Philippians 3. Paul had all kinds of things to boast in. He even listed them for us. Then he turns right around and says “Rubbish!” And Paul’s list was quite an impressive one at that! [...]

A Couple of Books I Look Forward to Reading

The next two books on my reading list are Reggie McNeal’s Missional Renaissance and Brennan Manning’s Furious Longing of God. Any of you read either of these two books? Thanks to the Ooze for the copy of Manning’s book. I will post a review here and at their site in coming weeks. I was just [...]

How To Write In Your Bible Effectively

Do you write in your Bible? For some people writing in their Bible is like defacing something holy. The Jews, for instance, have so much respect for the scriptures that they have some set rules for handling them. Here is how one Rabbi describes how to handle the Torah:
The following are some basic guidelines for [...]

Unpacking the Parakeet (Part 1)

I have been reading Scot McKnight’s new book Blue Parakeet and wanted to share a few thoughts. Hopefully those who are also reading the book can chime in and those who are not reading the book might get curious enough to start. Before I begin I must be honest and say that many of my [...]