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Since I read and reviewed Nora Gallagher’s The Sacred Meal, it is time to request another book from BookSneeze. I decided to request Charles Foster’s book The Jesus Inquest: The Case for and Against the Resurrection of the Christ. I’ve never read anything by Foster, and I don’t know much about this book. Here is a blurb about the book: An unbiased examination and compelling courtroom presentation revealing the undeniable f...

In The Sacred Meal, Nora Gallagher seeks to explain the significance of Communion – the Eucharist – the Lord’s Supper – the Agape Feast. She writes as one who has served the bread and the wine at many communion services primarily in the Episcopal denomination. I must begin this review with a couple of confessions. First, I grew up in a different Christian tradition with a different understanding of the Supper. Second, I ha...

So, I was given a couple of amazon.com gift cards for Christmas. I’m quickly making a wish list and trying to decide what books to purchase with these gift cards. I’ll probably buy books on ecclesiology. I’d like to buy a few academic books and a few more popular books. But, I’m having a hard time deciding what to buy. Do you have any suggestions? Share This Post: ...

Last year, I wrote two posts on the book When the Church was Young by Ernest Loosely. I have combined those two posts into one here. —————————————————————— What the young church did not have Ernest Loosely divides his book When the Church was Young into two parts. In the first part, Loosely describes several things t...

Now that I’ve completed and published my second review for Waterbrook Multnomah’s Blogging for Books program (see my review of Michael Spencer’s Mere Churchianity), it’s time to order another book. This time, I’ve chosen Gabe Lyon’s book The Next Christians. I bought Lyon’s (along with David Kinnamon) previous book unChristian last year with a gift card that I received for Christmas. So, what is The Next ...

The church (in any and all of its various organizational forms) is in the business of making disciples of Jesus Christ, right? Well, no. At least, not if you accept the findings of Michael Spencer in his book Mere Churchianity. And, I tend to agree with him. Michael Spencer (better known to many internet fans and followers as the Internet Monk) died in April 2010, but not before finishing writing and editing his only book Mere Churchianity: Findi...

Thanks to Jeremy at “Till He Comes” for telling me about another book review program. This program is called “Book Sneeze.” When you sign up for Book Sneeze, they send you a free book (of your choice) to review. Once you write a review, publish it on your own site, publish it on a consumer site (such as Amazon.com or Barnesandnoble.com), and post a link to your review at Book Sneeze, you can request a another free book to ...

Are you following Jesus? Are you his disciple? Are you abiding in him as he abides in you? Have you been crucified with Christ? Is it no longer you who lives but Christ who lives in you? I’ve been asking myself these (and other) difficult questions. Why the questions and thoughts? Well, they’ve been spurred on by the writing of Michael Spencer. For example, I read the following in Mere Churchianity by Michael Spencer: “I’m...

First, I am extremely impressed with Waterbrook Multnomah’s Blogging for Books program. It was only 5 days ago that I posted my review on “Blogging for Books” (see my review of Under the Overpass) and ordered my next free review book, Mere Churchianity by Michael Spencer. Believe it or not, that book arrived yesterday, and I started reading it last night. Already, I can tell that Spencer has a good understanding of modern, tradi...

Have you ever wondered what the homeless (and others in need) think about our theological discussions, arguments about the Bible, and other “churchy” stuff? Yesterday, I reviewed Under the Overpass by Mike Yankoski. In the book, Mike tells the story of how he and Sam lived as homeless people on the streets of six cities over 5 months. Mike and Sam are both 20-something Christian men. But, in the book, we get a glimpse of what the home...