“Saint Francis,” by Robert West, is another biography in the Christian Encounters series, and one of the latest attempts to animate the life of the beloved medieval mystic and saint. West tried to bring out the world of Assisi for the reader, the medieval context that surrounded Francis throughout his life and, by the way [...]
Here's my official, just over 200 word book review for John MacArthur's "The Jesus You Can't Ignore." I was walking through it chapter by chapter, but it was such a chore to get through the book and I just needed to be done with it that I tore through the rest and produced the final summary.
I just wanted to give a quick update on how our schooling is going along with a few links to some great resources I have come across recently.
The advocate of war cannot say there is no other recourse before weighing nonviolent alternatives. That’s from chapter 7 of John Howard Yoder’s The War of the Lamb: The Ethics of Nonviolence and Peacemaking, edited by Glen Stassen, Mark Thiessen Nation, and Matt Hamsher. Not that the quotation is a summary of the book itself, [...]
Part one in the Homeschool and History with Trial and Triumph series. This one is on the first chapter and story, Polycarp.
Our personal library always seems to grow this time of year. This late December was no exception. Plus, I have a couple questions at the end for you.
I will be reviewing the homeschooling text Trial and Triumph: Stories and Church History. There will be short reviews for each of the stories put together by Richard Hannula.
I've begun a reading of Craig Hovey's "To Share in the Body: a Theology of Martyrdom for Today's Church." Today, I'm merely posting some excellent quotes from the first third of the book. When I finish, I will do a more complete review. Check these few passages out.
There is one of those memes going around in which people volunteer a list of books that influenced their readings of the Bible. The rules say that works are not limited to Biblical studies literature, but can include religious works or works of literature.
The following are some books that have come out recently (in the past few years) that I'd love to get my hands on and be able to utilize.
