Category: Book Reviews
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Some False Teaching Never Gets Old: Repainting Velvet Elvis (A)
Honestly, at this point, another review of Rob Bell’s Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith might not be needed. I’ve seen several myself, and heard Mark Driscoll address some issues both in a sermon and in his book Vintage Jesus. That being said, the reason for what you are about to read is more or…
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Drop$ Like $tar$
Drops Like Stars is Rob Bell’s latest, and with the price tag and size of it, one would expect this book to have quite a lot to contribute to the topic of suffering. But to be fair, the subtitle is of course, “A Few Thoughts on Creativity and Suffering.” And few they are. Perhaps the…
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Justification and the New Perspective on Paul (2)
[Read the first part of this review here] We left off in chapter 3 of Justification and the New Perspective on Paul, so let’s pick back up in chapter 4, which summarizes E.P. Sanders’ research and presentation of Judaism, particularly in the NT context. What is interesting in Waters’ presentation of Sanders’ work is that it…
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Justification and the New Perspective on Paul
You may have noticed a recent trend in the direction this blog is going. Namely, one away from expositing Christian philosophy and towards book reviews. There are two reasons for this: I had to do the last two reviews anyway for a class and felt like sharing This one and the next one lined up…
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The Future of Justification: A Response to N. T. Wright
In writing The Future of Justification, John Piper is making a rather direct response to the writings of N.T. Wright. While it centers on justification, that topic emerges from Dr. Wright’s efforts to generally re-read the Apostle Paul in categories that are largely different from the ones most people use in reading their NT (pg.…
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Death by Love: Letters From the Cross
Death by Love is a book essentially written by pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church (in Seattle, not to be confused with the one in Michigan), but contains also help in writing by Dr. Gerry Breshears of Western Theological Seminary. The book is formatted as pastoral letters to people that pastor Mark has worked…
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The Shack: A Critical Review
Before diving right in, let’s just set some groundwork and create a bit of a paradigm with which to view The Shack through. After all, paradigms power perceptions and perceptions power emotions (according to Young, pg. 197). Also, since its easier, I’ll from now on I’ll just use the page number, and all references to…