Archive for the ‘Book Reviews’ Category
Earthen Vessels: Matt Anderson, Meet Bob.
A friend of mine once named his own body. He called it Bob, joking that, as it was separate from his soul, it deserved a name of its own. If he didn’t want to do something, he could ‘tell Bob to do it’ for him.
This may have helped him clean his apartment more regularly, and it surely gave his...
October 27th, 2011 | Book Reviews, Featured, Media, Protestant, Religion | Read More
All For One, Not One For All: Thoughts on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy
“It is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”
This age-old attitude is at the heart of the drama in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy, which begins with the international best-seller, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
A confession:...
October 11th, 2011 | Art & Literature, Book Reviews, Culture, Ethics, Human Rights, Media, Moral Philosophy, Social Justice | Read More
Grade School Mythbusters: Christopher Columbus Edition
“In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue…” but not because he wanted to defy any maniacally tyrannical flat earthers. That this falsehood still endures in countless textbooks is both remarkable and (if you’re like me) completely maddening.
You see, there were no serious flat earthers in Columbus’...
October 10th, 2011 | Book Reviews, Culture, Education, Featured, History, Media, Religion, The Gospel | Read More
Irish Impressions: An Old Book Dealing with Racism, Politics, and Ireland
In 1919, G. K. Chesterton published the book Irish Impressions, a book examining the conflict between England and Ireland. That same year marked the beginning of the Irish War of Independence, which ended with the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 and Ireland’s rise to dominion status within the British Empire....
September 29th, 2011 | Book Reviews, Culture, Featured, History, Media, Other, Social Experiments | Read More
One Book for College: Joining the Recommendations
Over at Mere Orthodoxy, Matt Anderson took it upon himself and his bloggers to each recommend a book to read during college. While I do not write for Mere-O, I am an avid reader and Matt is a friend of mine, so I thought I would throw my own hat into the ring. Hopefully he won’t mind this particular...
September 22nd, 2011 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Education, Featured | Read More
Michael Ward: Narnia, C.S. Lewis, and Classical Cosmology
It’s Wednesday. The work week is half over. Take a deep breath, put your feet up, and enjoy Planet Narnia author Michael Ward‘s enlightening and entertaining take on C.S. Lewis’ much loved Chronicles of Narnia:
Michael Ward at the University of Kansas:
part 1
Part 2
August 17th, 2011 | Book Reviews, Education, Media, Other | Read More
Beauty Will Save the World
Jeffrey Overstreet writes like Vincent Van Gogh painted. I had the opportunity to see some of Van Gogh’s finest works earlier this year at an exhibit at San Francisco’s De Young Museum. It was like walking through an explosion of creative beauty. Van Gogh’s use of color, his bold, even violent...
March 14th, 2011 | Art & Literature, Book Reviews, Culture, Media | Read More
I Think I Can
The motto of The Little Engine That Could could be the tagline for Hermas of Rome, an author from the first century.
November 29th, 2010 | Book Reviews, History, Media, Religion | Read More
Life is work, Life is leisure
When I first started working, I promised myself that I’d never be “that person”—you know, the one who lived for the weekends. As time went by, however, I found myself increasingly looking forward Friday rituals—“TGIF!” emails, the Starbucks run to celebrate the end of the week, weekend...
November 29th, 2010 | Art & Literature, Book Reviews, Culture, Other, Philosophy, Religion, Worldviews | Read More
Social Justice and the Cross: A False Dichotomy
Something’s rotten in the state of Christendom. In the third century, Cyprian was bishop of Carthage. The church had recently survived the Decian persecutions and Cyprian controversially urged his congregants to welcome back into the body of Christ those who had denied their faith under duress. ...
October 12th, 2010 | Book Reviews, Conservative/Liberal, Culture, Ethics, Evangelicals, Human Rights, Social Justice, The Gospel | Read More
