Tag Archives: books
Jesus + Nothing = Everything by Tullian Tchividjian
In 2009 when Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale was looking for a pastor, I heard they were going to combine with New City Church and Tullian Tchividjian (pronounced cha-vi-jin) was going to be the pastor. I had read … Continue reading
Horton: The Christian Faith – Chapter 1: Epistemology
Horton finishes Chapter 1 of The Christian Faith by looking at the history of how philosophers have answered the questions ‘How Can We Know God?’ Looking at the Post-Reformation view, he quotes Calvin’s Institutes. “ Thereupon his powers are mentioned, … Continue reading
Horton: The Christian Faith – Chapter 1: Covenant and Epistemology
In our last discussion of Chapter 1, of Horton’s The Christian Faith we looked at Horton’s use of Tillich’s paradigm. He continues with the model in Parts II: A Covenant Account of “Meeting a Stranger” and III. Epistemology. An important … Continue reading
The Last Jump by John E. Nevola
The Last Jump: A Novel of World War II is the story of middle-aged journalist, J. P. Kilroy, who is invited in 1997 to go to a ceremony at the White House to accept the Medal of Honor for his … Continue reading
Horton: The Christian Faith – Chapter 1: Dissonant Dramas I
Michael Horton explains why he wrote The Christian Faith: For chapter 1: Dissonant Dramas: Paradigms for Knowing God and the World Horton starts by stating: “The opening claim of this systematic theology is that the triune God is the object … Continue reading
Potpourri
From time to time I will share links to blogs, articles, videos and other things I find interesting. Enjoy. Little House on the Baltic: My dad was a carpenter contractor and built our house so I have always been interested … Continue reading
Horton: The Christian Faith – Introduction C. Doxology & D. Discipleship
Previously in Horton’s Introduction to The Christian Faith, we looked at Drama and Doctrine. Horton finishes his introduction with Doxology and Discipleship. Doxology: Saying “Amen” “When the doctrine is understood in the context of its dramatic narrative, we find ourselves … Continue reading
Don’t Waste Your Sports by C. J. Mahaney
My family enjoys sports. Growing up we would go to Oriole games and listen to the games on the radio. My mom still loves it when I turn on the ballgames. My brother played Little League. My little sister played … Continue reading
Teenage Books – Too Dark?
Recently in The Wall Street Journal, Meghan Cox Gurdon who writes regularly about books for them had an article entitled Darkness Too Visible about the current state of books for young adults. The tag line was Contemporary fiction for teens … Continue reading
War News: Blue & Gray in Black & White
I have been interested in the Civil War since elementary school when I read a book about two brothers on different sides of the conflict. I grew up in Maryland, a border state, and had a relative who served in … Continue reading
