Category Archives: books

Think

John Piper has a new book out called Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God. Vitamin Z has an excerpt today that makes me want to read the book. check this out: Now, the key question … Continue reading

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Holiness of God

Do we understand and/or appreciate the holiness of God? Here is Isaiah’s account of his personal encounter with God and his reaction: [6:1] In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted … Continue reading

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Bible Study Assumptions

we make some assumptions as we approach the Bible for study.  Graeme Goldsworthy in his book, Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics, calls these assumptions gospel presuppositions.  He lists them as follows: * The God who is there is the God of the Bible, who … Continue reading

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relativism’s real world danger

I am finishing up Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s book Nomad. I encourage everyone to read it. Ms. Ali speaks from personal experience and with passion about the shortfalls and dangers of Islam as it is increasingly practiced worldwide. Two passages from … Continue reading

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joy and expertise

it is a delight to watch and learn from somebody who has great expertise in an area and great joy in working in that area. what a wonderful example of taking pleasure at work and doing it well. watch this: … Continue reading

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the importance of doctrine

Kevin DeYoung posts a quote from J.C. Ryle’s book Holiness (link is to a 99 cent Kindle edition) that talks about the importance of having and defending sound doctrine. read this a couple of times: Mark what I say. If … Continue reading

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Radical

here is the promotional video for Radical by David Platt. Radical by David Platt from Taylor Robinson on Vimeo. I read it a couple of weeks ago and I was capsized by it. It is now on my “read it … Continue reading

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more from David Platt

FB_David Platt from Ronnie Floyd on Vimeo. I am about halfway through the book. Desiring God on twitter wanted 140 character reviews. here was mine: @desiringgod i’m about 1/2way thru @plattdavid ‘s Radical. thought provoking. good concrete examples. necessary medicine. … Continue reading

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Radical

I started reading a few pages of this book Sunday morning before church. then at the end of the service during the announcements, Matt Carter held it up and suggested that we read it. Now I am 30 pages in … Continue reading

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Ronald Reagan v. Barack Obama

Debate between Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama on the nature of government. A better contrast between visions is hard to imagine. Its an oldie (from November 2008) but a goodie By the way, have you bought the book yet? what … Continue reading

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just the foundation

in case there is anyone still under the illusion that Barack Obama is the least bit moderate, there is this story in the Huffington Post about the President’s attempt to shore up his left flank with the “progressives”* in the … Continue reading

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bookshelf

I just finished Norm Podhoretz’ book and I am almost finished with Francis Chan. Next I will split time between Jane Austen and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. We are doing the Piper study with our home group on Friday evenings. Amazon.com Widgets

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Forgotten God

I am reading Francis Chan’s book, Forgotten God It is very similar to the writing style and approach that Francis took when he wrote Crazy Love(which is on my “read every January list”). In other words, it is easy to … Continue reading

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book recommendation

John Piper is making a book recommendation other than the Bible. My lovely wife read Same Kind of Different As Me last year and also recommends it highly. here are some lines that Piper mentioned: “Denver and I are not … Continue reading

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current bookshelf

my current bookshelf of books that I am reading looks like this Amazon.com Widgets quite a stack on my nightstand

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effect of literature

Kevin DeYoung wonders what hath literature wrought? I agree strongly with his conclusion: I’ll take passionate and logical romantic rationalism over the tired tirades of false dichotomies any day. plus, I enjoy his perfect parallel prose. anyone who reads here … Continue reading

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more reviews of The Shack

some big guns have turned their attention to Wm P. Young’s book, The Shack. Tim Keller of Redeemer Presbyterian has read it and Dr. Al Mohler is concerned about the discernment ability of modern evangelicals in light of the fact … Continue reading

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perfect book at the perfect time

on a secular economic and political note, Jonah Goldberg’s book Liberal Fascism is celebrating its two year anniversary today. What a perfect book for today’s political climate. A fairly easy to read but still quite serious and unvarnished look at … Continue reading

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Logos 4 is out

Libronix has come out with Logos 4. Here is a video introduction of the new product. It looks really great, but I will wait till they get the Mac kinks worked out before I make the leap. Can’t wait to … Continue reading

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Deep Church?

Kevin DeYoung takes a good long look at Deep Church by Jim Belcher. As you know, Kevin wrote his own book about the emerging church movement, so he knows whereof he speaks. he approached this new book with trepidation: I … Continue reading

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emerging church conversation

Here is an interesting interview by Trevin Wax of Robbie Sagers about the emerging church. Trevin is a blogger and Robbie is a PhD student and special assistant to Dr. Russell Moore. Robbie has contributed a chapter to Evangelicals Engaging … Continue reading

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Logos Bible software

I mentioned Logos in passing the other day as my preferred Bible software to use on my laptop. I have been using it for at least 10 years and I love it. When I originally moved to Mac OS back … Continue reading

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4 G's

from Jonathan Dodson, Tim Chester’s 4 G’s: In You Can Change, Tim Chester helpfully points us to four basic promises. The 4 Gs: 1. God is great – so we don’t have to be in control 2. God is glorious – so … Continue reading

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another review of The Shack

Trevin Wax has the same problem with The Shack that I do. I really like his approach to the “it’s just fiction” argument. Check this out: Let’s say you meet an author who wants to use your grandparents as the … Continue reading

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no direct fellowship?

going back to pages 35-36 of Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, he makes a curious argument. He says that Christians should not desire to be directly involved in the lives of other believers. Check this out: Because Christ stands between … Continue reading

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