Category: Book Review
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The Backside of “Truth”
How many needed truths has the world lost to the delete button? We will never know. But perhaps this author should have used the delete button a few more times. Less is always more. And if you can get it done with nine lines of code, no need to write ten. But let me not…
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Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
Before picking up Jaron Lanier’s book, I’d listened to several of his talks on the subject of social media’s ongoing damage to individuals and society. I was quickly convinced that the reasons for his urgency to pull the plug on the likes of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter were right on. And while a few months…
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Discovering Biblical Equality
Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity without Hierarchy, edited by one of my favorite New Testament scholars, Gordon D. Fee. Read it. It just might answer some questions about those often abused, misused and wrongly applied “submission” and “silence” texts that don’t seem to fit other biblical accounts of female leadership (e.g. Deborah & Junia), the public…
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Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig
I should have known. It was there in the title. It said beware. But I had to be headstrong. I had to go my own way and read Beware of Pity. Well, the truth be told, I didn’t actually read Beware of Pity. That might sound like an admission unworthy of a writer, but I did try. Perhaps…
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Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeleine L’Engle
I didn’t read Walking on Water because it was written by a woman. (Not all women can write well.) And I didn’t read it because it was a Christmas gift. (Though, I did pick it out.) I opened it to page one (not big on introductions, I confess) and began to read because I liked…
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The Silence of God and Suffering: Endō’s Masterpiece
“If God exists, then why does He allow the innocent to suffer?” is a question that has been asked by many a skeptic. It’s a good question. And, it should not be posed by just skeptics or atheists trying to bolster their position. It should be a question that all Christians ask, and consider. Whether…