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  • None Like Him and In His Image

    Last week, I began a series featuring brief reviews of books by authors who are women. I wanted to spotlight the quality works in theology, biblical studies, and practical theology that I’ve read recently. The books this week, by Jen Wilkin, are companion volumes and actually hit all three genres. None Like Him and In…

  • Reading Science for Reading Genesis Well

    You may remember at the beginning of October I started a series, Genesis, Science, and Making Sense of it All. You may not remember that, and that’s ok. This is actually only the second post, and you’ll notice it is yet another stack of books. About half of these I didn’t have when I posted last,…

  • WWW: Women Writers Wednesday

    I know it’s been a month since I last announced a new series, but now I’m at it again. I haven’t forgotten about Genesis, far from it. Just check out my Goodreads recent reads and you’ll see. I’ll circle back to my thoughts there as I get back into the habit of regularly writing. As…

  • Genesis, Science, and Making Sense of It All

    I have a wide variety of reading interests. They mostly relate to classes I teach, but I also have some long standing research interests. And perhaps the longest standing is what to think about Genesis as a book of the Bible and its relation to modern scientific thought. From what I have read and studied,…

  • Book Reviews: A Way Forward

    I have a long history of reviewing books on this blog (see the list here, although I’m way overdue to update it). I’ve been on something of a hiatus for a while, partially because of life events. More so, it was because I was bored writing them, and thought it fair to assume others would…

  • The Problem with Book Reviews

    If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’d remember that I used to post multiple book reviews a week. The apex was probably toward the end of my time at Dallas Seminary and then first couple of years teaching. Over time, work responsibilities and life events squeezed out the margins for writing time,…

  • Theology in Three Dimensions: A Guide to Triperspectivalism and Its Significance

    During my last year of studies at Dallas Seminary, I discovered John Frame’s triperspectival approach to theology. I can’t remember exactly how, but I think it was by going downstream from Cornelius Van Til, who is shall we say, difficult to follow sometimes. I remember sitting in a Starbucks while visiting Orlando on Christmas break…

  • 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

    If you haven’t heard of Jordan Peterson at this point, you have two options. The first is to just punch in his name on YouTube, and probably end up watching this interview. Now, you can simply get his latest book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. At the advice of a friend, I…

  • When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing

    One of my favorite authors is Daniel Pink. He’s written about how right-brainers will rule the future, the surprising truth about what motivates us, and how to move and motivate others. His latest book, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, just came out and I just read it. Like the others I’ve read, it is…

  • We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

    Over the weekend, I spent some time reading Ta-Nehisi Coates’ latest, We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy. By “spent some time,” I mean I read the whole book. I first heard of Coates when his essay “The Case for Reparations” was published at The Atlantic. This was back in June of 2014…