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Book Review: Introverts in the Church by Adam S McHugh
Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture by Adam S. McHugh My rating: 4 of 5 stars An excellent read for church leaders to consider that evangelism and church leadership are not the exclusive domain of extroverts. It includes helpful ideas for how to structure the programs of our church to…
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Book Review: American Gospel by Jon Meacham
American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation by Jon Meacham My rating: 4 of 5 stars Fair and Balanced (for real, not like Fox News) Meacham is a gifted historian and not a bad lay theologian. Though not writing from an evangelical perspective, he is fair to evangelicals without pandering…
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Bad Move, Devil
Why it was really stupid of Satan to quote Psalm 91 to Jesus.
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Day 360: Leave the Pear Alone (1 John 3:2)
Aunt Helen was never happy with this painting. But my mom wisely told her to leave the pear alone.
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Baptists: Are You Not Entertained?
There is a scene in Gladiator in which Maximus, the general-turned slave-turned Gladiator throws his sword into the stands and screams “Are you not entertained?” to the crowd that has just witnessed him fight another gladiator to the death. Apparently, some Baptists are not entertained. Several weeks ago, a parody of Run-DMC’s song “It’s Tricky,” with lyrics…
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April Book Reviews
At the beginning of 2016, I set a goal of reading 104 books– roughly two a week. I am using a plan developed by blogger Tim Challies, which requires you to read across genres. To find out more about the plan, go to http://www.challies.com/resources/the-2016-reading-challenge 25. Song of Redemption by Lynn Austin My rating: 4 of 5 stars…