Non-Fiction
Dream Big – Bob Goff
A week after I signed up to be on the Dream Big launch team, my wife and I quit our jobs and moved across the country to pursue an adventure. Her job would allow her […]
Articles by Josh Olds
Podcast
Life Essentials Interactive Study Bible: A Conversation with Gene Getz
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Academic
Life Essentials Interactive Study Bible (CSB)
The Life Essentials Interactive Study Bible is the result of a lifetime of study and well over a decade of work. Originally published in 2011 after seven years of work, Dr. Getz’s text and video […]
Non-Fiction
The Myth of the American Dream – D.L. Mayfield
This is going to be a rather rambling review. I picked up The Myth of the American Dream on the basis of the title alone. My whole early adulthood has been spent deconstructing my distinctly […]
Non-Fiction
The Storm-Tossed Family – Russell Moore
It was a struggle to write this review because, in truth, Russell Moore is one of the few people within the SBC and evangelicalism in general that I still admire. Not always agree with, but […]
Non-Fiction
Mother to Son – Jasmine Holmes
As you might guess by the title, Mother to Son: Letters to a Black Boy on Identity and Hope, I—a white male—am not exactly the target demographic for this book. But, in another sense, I’m […]
Non-Fiction
The Cross in Four Words – Kevin DeYoung, et. al.
The Cross in Four Words is a simple, compact volume of just 91 pages meant to introduce readers to the core of the Gospel message. Kevin DeYoung, Richard Coekin, and Yannick Christie-Wahab come together for […]
Children's Books
Little Bible Heroes: Ruth
The Little Bible Heroes series has been a favorite in our house for quite some time. So much a favorite that the corners are dog-eared, the covers are ripped—and I’ll be honest, a page or […]
Children's Books
Little Bible Heroes: Joshua
The Little Bible Heroes series has been a favorite in our house for quite some time. So much a favorite that the corners are dog-eared, the covers are ripped—and I’ll be honest, a page or […]
Academic
Urban Legends of the Old Testament – David Croteau & Gary Yates
As a pastor and public theologian, one of my pet peeves in Christian culture is the moralistic way in which the Old Testament is often taught. Whether in children’s Sunday School classes or from the […]