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Category: book reviews

Reading books with which I don’t agree

Ross King has written lots of great songs with many a hard-hitting lyric. One such lyric (while relatively mild on the hard-hitting scale) goes like this: I’m gonna take some time today To read a book I don’t agree with Find out what it has to say Just days ago I impulsively bought a book [...]

book review vol. twenty: Lamb

Last night I finished reading one of the (if not the) funniest books I’ve ever read. Christopher Moore’s Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal came to me with high recommendation from Colby Ivey and literally came in the mail from Mikey Mills. It tells the story of Jesus’ formative years, the ones [...]

an upcoming book review

I’m currently in the early stages of a book that I can already tell I won’t be able to justly review. Not even close. Christopher Moore’s, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal is already the funniest book I’ve ever read, and I’m only 60-something pages in. I’ll share with you the excerpt [...]

book review vol. nineteen: The Knowledge of the Holy

This book was given to me nearly a year ago by a dear friend following a conversation we’d had regarding my deep desire to know the Father. Not just know about Him or know Him like I know the names of all 50 states, but to really know the deep things of His character, of [...]

book review vol. eighteen: Jesus for President

Jesus for President was published while I was in Philly working at my internship. While working there I met both Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw, the authors of this book.  One of the perks of working (for free) with the folks in this camp up in Philadelphia was that I managed to acquire a copy [...]