Wright's book is really good. Really, really good. Here's another short quote:"God's mission is to bless all nations through this people whom he has chosen, redeemed and bound to himself in covenant relationship. But that divine purpose calls for human response. All three pillars of Israel's faith and identity (their election, redemption, and covenant) are … Continue reading more from "The Mission of God"
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books I bought today
Thinking more about the intersection between faith and politics led me to purchase two new books today. I'm not excited about this book. I know it's so slanted to the right it will make me angry. You can tell just by the endorsements. So why buy it? Just trying to be fair and balanced. I'm … Continue reading books I bought today
Summary and Review of Above All Earthly Pow’rs, Part 2
It has been a long time since I posted part one of this summary and review, but I want to finish what I started, so here is part two and part three will soon follow. Wells does a great job chronicling the effects of immigration on the American religious scene. For the first century and … Continue reading Summary and Review of Above All Earthly Pow’rs, Part 2
Summary and Review of Above All Earthly Pow’rs, Part 1
In Above all Earthly Pow'rs author David Wells provides an informative explanation of our current cultural situation as well as an informative and devastating (yet also instructive and hopeful) evaluation of the current state of the evangelical church. The solution, both to the ills of our culture and the malaise of the church (which has … Continue reading Summary and Review of Above All Earthly Pow’rs, Part 1
Two Resources and Future Blogging Plans
I have recently purchased two study Bibles. Honestly, I need two new study Bibles like I need a hole in the head, but they both looked so good. The first I don't have in hand yet and it won't ship till the fall sometime, but from the looks of it, the ESV Study Bible will … Continue reading Two Resources and Future Blogging Plans
God Entranced 