May
06
2009

William P. Young’s runaway bestseller The Shack is compelling and controversial.  I have heard about many members of our church who have read the book and I too have read it.  The internet is filled with reactions to this book so I thought I would weigh in here with some thoughts after having read the book [...]

Apr
07
2009

Finally Alive begins with a look at a survey by the Barna group which stated that those who say they are born again behave just like the world. Piper seizes on the word “say” and draws the distinction that there is a profound difference between those who say they are born again and those who [...]

Mar
17
2009

Reading Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross was inspiring. It was a great blessing, a book to be savored. Edited by Nancy Guthrie, the book contains 25 short articles on many of the aspects of the Passion week written by some of the great pastor-theologians of the past and present. The luminous names like Augustine, [...]