I started a practice in 2009 of trying to read 52 books a year. To be honest, I never really thought I could keep the book-a-week pace necessary to achieve this. In 2009 I read 39 books. In 2010, 16 books. In… Read More »52 Books in 2012: A Recap
I can imagine many people rolling their eyes at Robert Morris’ The Blessed Church. I can imagine them saying, “Another book by a megachurch pastor telling me why my church isn’t growing and how I should do more things like his church.” … Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: The Blessed Church by Robert Morris
Ron Carpenter’s The Necessity of an Enemy comes at you fast and furious. The chapters are really short. As in, two-to-three-pages short. The concepts are simply stated; like short jabs to the brain. The stories are real, raw and told… Read More »BOOK REVIEW: The Necessity of an Enemy by Ron Carpenter
How dare we make the Bible boring! How dare we make it boring because it’s not boring. Not even a little bit. Yes, it’s a little confusing sometimes, and some of the genealogies seem a bit irrelevant. But if the… Read More »Boredom and the Bible
Fasting. Probably the least popular of the so-called “spiritual disciplines.” However, in his book Fasting (Student Edition) author Jentezen Franklin identifies fasting as the number one factor in increasing his intimacy with God and unleashing the power of God in… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Fasting (Student Edition) by Jentezen Franklin
As I was reading Eric Liddell’s book, The Disciplines of the Christian Life, I kept having the same recurring thought: this is what we need! I didn’t realize it, but I was longing for a short, yet comprehensive “basics for discipleship”… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: The Disciplines of the Christian Life by Eric Liddell