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Women Who Do – Holly Carey
It is the year of our Lord 2024 and there is still somehow a debate over the influence, impact, and importance of Jesus’s female disciples. Holly J. Carey’s Women Who Do makes a pretty strong […]
Genre: Theology
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Just Discipleship – Michael Rhodes
Christian discipleship is commonly considered to be a personal spiritual practice. Discipleship means reading the Bible and perhaps memorizing parts of it. It means praying more and maybe writing in a journal. It means the […]
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Breaking Bread – Alastair Stewart
Breaking Bread: The Emergence of Eucharist and Agape in Early Christian Communities is one of those highly technical and precise works of history and theology that seemingly has little practical value to the majority of […]
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Recruiting the Ancients for the Creation Debate – Andrew J. Brown
The interpretation of the Creation narrative is one of the most contentious and divisive subjects within Christianity. Fundamentalist Young Earth Creationists (YEC) stand on one extreme of the platform, attempting to interpret every element of […]
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Israel’s Scriptures in Early Christian Writings – Edited by Mattias Henze and David Lincicum
In the field of New Testament interpretation, Israel’s Scriptures in Early Christian Writings: The Use of the Old Testament in the New stands alone. Literally and figuratively. Literally because, at over 1000 pages, this is […]
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The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism – Daniel Hummel
I have a confession: Growing up I read every single Left Behind book. I don’t just mean the 12 books in the original series. Or the 3 prequels and 1 sequel. Or the 40 middle […]
Non-Fiction
What If Jesus Was Serious About Heaven – Skye Jethani
Skye Jethani’s “What if Jesus was Serious?” books are sort of like blog posts being printed out and bound in book form. And I mean that as a compliment. In fact, I wonder if the […]
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Jesus, Jubilee, and the Politics of God’s Reign – Christian T. Collins Winn
I’ve had this book for several months and not written a review of it because I kept waiting to feel like I could write something that could do justice to how transformative this book has […]
Non-Fiction
Epiphany: The Season of Glory – Fleming Rutledge
This book by renowned priest and author Fleming Rutledge focuses on the lesser-known liturgical season of Epiphany. Rutledge explains what Epiphany is and why it is an important part of the church calendar, saying that […]
Non-Fiction
Working from the Inside Out: A Brief Guide to Inner Work That Transforms Our Outer World – Jeff Haanen
I have started reading more books about work and vocation recently, and Working from the Inside Out stands out as a particularly thoughtful and practical one. Jeff Haanen encourages Christians to recognize the importance of […]