QBQ The Question Behind the Question, John Miller This is a very short powerful book on personal accountability at work and in life. His point is to avoid questions such as “who dropped the ball?” “When is someone going to train me?” “Why don’t they communicate better?” “It’s not my fault.” “It’s not my job” [...]
The Priest’s Graveyard, Ted Dekker This is another solid work from Dekker. This is a great story, skillfully written as a thriller with a twist. Dekker exposes the damages of abuse, the power of revenge, abandoned souls seeking redemption in distorted ways.
Immanuel’s Veins, Ted Dekker Very strong fantasy novel set in 1700s. Dekker leaves you thinking. He does an amazing job of helping you see and feel the destructive power of evil as a corruption of good. What looks like love and beauty is ugly and hate-filled. What looks tasty and delicious upsets your stomach in [...]
The Tangible Kingdom, creating incarnational community Hugh Halter and Matt Smay Solid readable challenge to live a missional everyday life in contrast with most consumerist passive Christians often caught in traps of religiosity. Since 2008 this thinking has become more main stream, but this book is a recent early call to leave the old paradigms [...]
Communion with the Triune God John Owen Originally written in 1657, Owen’s book reworks sermons he gave some years before that. Kelly Kapic and Justin Taylor edit the language and provide footnotes so Owen is more readable to a modern person. The forward by Kevin Vanhoozer and the introduction by Kapic are excellent. Owen shows [...]
The Freedom of Self-forgetfulness Tim Keller A very short book, really a pamphlet, essentially a sermon Keller argues against low and high esteem, rather gospel-humility is self-forgetfulness. Great quotes come from C.S. Lewis. Keller well contrasts older times where we thought high self-esteem was the problem with today where we think the opposite, but Keller [...]
The Road Trip that changed the world Mark Sayers Fascinating and insightful culture critique pitting the archetype of the “road” against “home” and then shifting to the very different biblical “road” image. Helpful and engaging correlations of pop culture, biblical insights and historical correlations all through the prism of Jack Kerouac’s The Road. Compelling book [...]
The Captured, A True Story of Abduction on the Texas Frontier Scott Zesch Amazing story of white children captured by Indians who then are acculturated rapidly into Apache or Comanche culture and then have serious trouble re-entering a white culture even after 9-18 months. Freedom may be an issue, violence, power of the way of [...]
On the Verge, a journey into the apostolic future of the church, Alan Hirsch and Dave Ferguson Outstanding among the many good current books in the missional space. Uniting theory and practice Hirsch and Ferguson make a great team applying principles from Hirsch’s early Forgotten Ways. The book builds on insights from the Future Travelers [...]
A Week in the Life of Corinth, Ben Witherington Amazing brief historical fiction that accurately communicates the real historical situation in Corinth. This little novella masterfully opens a window on the ancient Corinth of Paul’s day
