Are you ’saved’? What do you mean by that? Most Western Christians probably mean that because of Jesus death on the cross, their sins are forgiven, and then when they die, their ’soul’ goes to heaven to be with Jesus forever. But this isn’t really what the New Testament teaches and even if where it […]
“God is closer than you think” by John Ortberg. This is a good book. I haven’t even finished it yet, but I keep annoyingly recommending it to people and saying how it has changed my life etc. So, I thought I’d do a short post on it - kinda.
Briefly, the book talks about how you can train […]
I’ve been meaning to write this post since I read Velvet Elvis. I already talked about the bible is not an instruction manual for life - a point also made by Rob Bell in the book.
Rob makes a very well argued point which I hesitate to try and summarise - although if you like my […]
As we have now reached the end of the excellent caffe theology book, we looked around for another source of brain and discussion fodder and have come up with “Adventures in missing the point, how the culture controlled-church neutered the gospel” by Brian McLaren and Tony Campolo. We’ll be discussing this today in church.
I don’t […]
Another book I have recently finished was Stephen Tomkins’ A short history of Christianity“. Unlike the last book I reviewed, or the one before that, this one took me a long time to read, even though it is short. Actually sometimes, because it’s so short, unless you read a whole chapter in one sitting, it […]
I’ve just finished Rob Bell’s provocatively titled new book “Sex God”. It’s a brave book to write, looking at the “endless connections between sexuality and spirituality”. Once I got over the really annoying way he puts
each new thought on a new paragraph
all the time
which gets
a little irritating, I next wondered if it was brave but […]
On the way home from a conference in 1989, Don Piper, a baptist minister was killed outright when a truck ran over his Ford Escort. Medical personnel on the scene confirmed him dead. 90 minutes later, while another minister was praying and singing over him, he came back to life. The book “90 minutes […]
I read “Velvet Elvis” by Rob Bell on holiday and I really agreed with this:
And while I’m at it, let’s make a group decision to drop once and for all the Bible-as-owner’s-manual metaphor. It’s terrible. It really is. When was the last time you read the owner’s manual for your toaster? Do you find it […]
I just wanted to draw your attention to the superb review Alex has written of Cafe Theology, the book we have borrowed from in our current discussion series. Thanks Alex - great work. If you want to read more deeply into our discussion topics, it is an excellent resourse. You can buy a copy of […]
Brian McLaren
A fantastic book, the third in the series along with “A new kind of christian” and “The story we find ourselves in“. The story continues with some of the familiar characters and many new ones. Pastor Dan is this time faced with trying to council his teenage daughter who cannot reconcile the idea of […]