Meeting God at the Shack: An E-Book
Now available on Kindle. I digress from my “salvation” posts to announce a new E-book. I will return to the salvation theme once my work load decreases a bit which is quite large at the moment as the...
View ArticleTwo New E-Journals
Two new electronic journals, one named Kingdom and the other named Missio Dei, have published their inaugural issues. Kingdom is published by the Bible faculty of Freed-Hardeman University. Its...
View ArticleWho is My Enemy? New Book from Lee C. Camp
My dear friend, as well as colleague, Lee C. Camp has recently released a new book entitled: Who Is My Enemy? Questions American Christians Must Face About Islam–and Themselves. Lee is Professor of...
View Article“Miraculous Movements”: Muslims Coming to Jesus
My longtime good friend, John King, is engaged in training people around the world in Discovery Bible Studies as part of the CityTeam Ministries’ Disciple Making Movement or the Church Planting...
View ArticleAlexander Campbell, Gratuitous Evil and Meticulous Providence
Yesterday I received my copy of J. Caleb Clanton’s new book entitled The Philosophy of Religion of Alexander Campbell (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2013). I had previously read the...
View ArticleReview of Muscle and a Shovel by Michael Shank (Part 1)
[Michael Shank, Muscle and a Shovel: A raw, gritty, true story about finding the Truth in a world drowning in religious confusion (5th edition, 2013; Kindle version). I have cited the book with...
View ArticleReview of Muscle and a Shovel by Michael Shank (Part 2)
[Michael Shank, Muscle and a Shovel: A raw, gritty, true story about finding the Truth in a world drowning in religious confusion (5th edition, 2013; Kindle version). I have cited the book with chapter...
View ArticleReview of Muscle and a Shovel by Michael Shank (Part 3)
[Michael Shank, Muscle and a Shovel: A raw, gritty, true story about finding the Truth in a world drowning in religious confusion (5th edition, 2013; Kindle version). I have cited the book with chapter...
View ArticleMuscle and a Shovel: A Review
The full review of Muscle and a Shovel by Michael Shanks is now available in a PDF file. Anyone may print and distribute this as they desire. The text is also available on Kindle.
View ArticleWhen Shovels Break: A Review
Several weeks ago, Michael Shank asked—by email—if I would review his new book, When Shovels Break, on my blog. Since I reviewed his first book Muscle and a Shovel, I thought it brotherly to say “Yes”...
View ArticleJacob Arminius: Theologian of Grace
Review of Jacob Arminius: Theologian of Grace, by Keith D. Stanglin and Thomas H. McCall. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. This review first appeared in Restoration Quarterly 56 (2014):...
View ArticleNew Book on the Holy Spirit
“The mission of the Spirit…is equal in importance to the mission of the Son.” This is probably the most provocative as well as evocative sentence (p. 107) in Leonard Allen’s new book entitled Poured...
View ArticleKeith Stanglin’s Letter and the Spirit of Biblical Interpretation: Some...
Keith D. Stanglin, The Letter and Spirit of Biblical Interpretation: From the Early Church to Modern Practice (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2018). 274 pages. Presentation at the 2019 Christian...
View ArticleBook Review: Visions of Restoration by John Young
John Young, an adjunct instructor at Amridge University and a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Alabama, has written a brief history of Churches of Christ entitled Visions of Restoration...
View ArticleLife in the Spirit – Transformation (Part 1)
Disciples of Jesus, like their Messiah, have been anointed with the Holy Spirit. Disciples of Jesus walk by the Spirit, live by the Spirit, and are led by the Spirit. The Spirit is the air we breathe...
View ArticleHermeneutics is Always Inferential
Below I summarize the point of Searching for the Pattern: My Journey in Interpreting the Bible.h Growing up in Churches of Christ, I embraced and practiced a hermeneutic that sought an implicit...
View ArticleWomen Serving God: A Study Guide
Does God invite women to fully participate in the assemblies of God? My new book, Women Serving God, addresses this question. It is now available on Amazon in both Kindle ebook ($9.99) and print...
View ArticleResponse to Renew’s Review (Part 1) of “Women Serving God”
I am grateful for the attention Renée Sproles, Bobby Harrington, and Daniel McCoy give to my new book, Women Serving God, at Renew’s blog (their blog is over 7700 words but it covers Scot McKnight’s...
View ArticleA Reply to Renew’s Response to My Response
I am pleased to receive an answer to my response to Renew’s review (first installment) of my book Women Serving God. I appreciate the tone and care in this piece. I reproduce, with Renew’s permission,...
View ArticleResponse to Renew’s Review (Part 2) of “Women Serving God”
I am delighted to continue the conversation Renew began when they started a multi-blog review of my book Women Serving God. Their first offering focused on hermeneutics (my response is here), and this...
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