As I looked back and on my reading list for 2011, I realized it wasn't a very good one. I read a lot, about a book a week. Unfortunately, the demands of classes this year meant I read a lot of narrowly focused books on education, small groups, etc. While useful, they aren't inspiring reads, … Continue reading Best Books 2011
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>Living in God’s Two Kingdoms
>More than a year ago I opened for myself a can of worms I'm still trying to close. When Lynn and I kicked off the Poiema ACG, we started with a semester long series on Christ (or better Christianity) and Culture. I thought it would be easy, and I had four books I used to … Continue reading >Living in God’s Two Kingdoms
>The Trinity and Gender Roles
>So far this year, I have been really challenged and blessed by some of the reading I have been doing. Two books stand out as particularly good, thought shaping books - I'll post on them separately.First, as a part of the Trinity seminar back in early February, I read Millard Erickson's Who's Tampering with the … Continue reading >The Trinity and Gender Roles
>Jesus is Better Evangelism
>I'm sure many of us have encountered what Jason Stellman terms 'Jesus is Better than Drugs (or Sex, or Money, or Power) Evangelism'. I know my own evangelistic efforts have sometimes rested on this presumption - the presumption that the pleasure of knowing Jesus and serving him is better than than pleasure gained from anything … Continue reading >Jesus is Better Evangelism
>It Can All Be So Exhausting
>I'm reading a book for class called Missional Small Groups. Honestly, it's not bad, at least not awful. I find myself getting exhausted by it. Here's an example. In the fifth chapter the author begins to describe how to be a missional group. He says there are "three rhythms" each group should begin with (if … Continue reading >It Can All Be So Exhausting
God Entranced 