Before the prologue to Shadow Network ended I assumed after two chapters I would return it to Audible. Less than twenty-four hours later I finished listening to the thirteen and a half hour book. My initial response stemmed from the highly partisan nature of the book. It came across more as conspiracy theory over something rooted …
Velvet Elvis sat on my bookshelf for years before I picked it up. I know it’s been at least eight because I have the 2005 copyright published by Zondervan, not the 2012 one republished by HarperOne after Zondervan dropped author Rob Bell in the controversy leading up to his 2011 title, Love Wins. Read more
In many ways, Symbolism is the Fourth Gospel: Meaning, Mystery, Community, feels like a commentary. That is how I use it. In saying this, I mean that it is not a book I read from cover to cover. Rather I turn to it when I want to delve into a specific portion of Scripture. That …
This Too Shall Last: Finding Grace When Suffering Lingers is not the book the church wants, but it is the book the church needs. It is not the book I want, but it is the book I need. Odds are, it is not the book you want, but it is the book you need. Read …
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels, like Kenneth Bailey’s other works focus on the culture and context of the Biblical world. This includes: social dynamics that are foreign to those of us in the West grammatical structures that build on ancient rhetoric connections to historical events and other writings that would …