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  • 2017 Reading Challenge: April Update

    This month, I feel like I did a decent job of diversifying my reading. That trend will probably continue going into the summer, although May is gonna be a little crazy. I added 13 books this month, which is back closer to January and February, with 12 of the 13 hitting categories in the challenge.…

  • Adventures in Ecclesiology: Introduction

    If there’s one thing I do on this blog consistently, it’s start blog series with reckless abandon and then never come back to them. However, I intend to pick back up the book reviewing one, as well as the seminary one. I don’t think there’s any more recently orphaned ones (besides an on-going story about…

  • 2017 Reading Challenge: March Update

    Unlike most months, I did a fair amount of re-reading in order to polish up my ETS paper. In light of that, I only finished 9 new books. I know right? Really slacking off here. Some of these I’ll comment on in more detail later. Also, I left off the categories this time because I…

  • Arriving Somewhere: Thoughts on The Journey of Ministry (So Far)

    It was mid morning under a gray Kentucky sky. While almost spring it looked an awful lot like winter to me. I put on Copeland’s In Motion, one of my favorite albums from my college days. Around the time it came out, I have a very distinct memory of listening to it on a very…

  • New Perspectives on Paul: Reconciling Wright, Schreiner, and Thielman on Justification (ETS Paper)

    It’s hard to believe it’s been three years since I last made it to an ETS regional. Actually, looking at the timeline, I think I go every three years because my first one was in 2011. I also have presented at each one (you can read the previous papers here), and continue that tradition this…

  • New Westminster Bookstore Website and 72 Hour Sale

    I write about a books quite a bit. Often, I link to either Amazon or Westminster Bookstore when I make my posts because I get kickbacks to do so (I’ve disclosed that elsewhere). Well, until Friday, I can get a kickback and you can save $5 and get free shipping if you check out their…

  • Singing Hallelujah When You Feel Like Hell: A True Life Story of How to Triumph through Depression

    A couple of weeks back my father in-law Tim Kaufman published his first book, Singing Hallelujah When You Feel Like Hell. The title plays on both his gifting as a singer and his experience with clinical depression. Though the subtitle is “a true life story of how to triumph through depression,” it is not a typical self-help book.…

  • 2017 Reading Challenge: February Update

    I know you’ve waited with baited breath for my update on what I read in February. Or maybe just regular breathing, I’m not actually clear on the difference. Either way, the day has come and here’s the rundown on what I finished up this past month. If you’re keeping score at home, I had 14…

  • 2017 Reading Challenge: January Update

    It’s hard to believe we are already a month into 2017. Time flies when you’re having fun I guess. Unlike last year, I’m not going to reproduce the entire list of the 2017 Reading Challenge each month. Instead, I’ll just offer a quick blurb on each book I read. I’ll also note whether the book…

  • 4 Steps to a Well-Educated Mind

    One of the most influential books I read is Susan Wise Bauer’s The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to The Classical Education You Never Had.* It’s been about 10 years since I read the first edition, and now there’s a slightly updated and expanded version.** I decided to revisit this newer version and will post some…