The Christianity of Les Mis
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo My rating: 4 of 5 stars What a huge novel. Imagine how much was left out for the stage musical. And imagine how much is left out in any review. And I am also a leaver-out....
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Compared to her by Sophie de Witt My rating: 4 of 5 stars Good and very short look at the problems that follow compulsively comparing ourselves with others. Not all comparisons are bad, just most of...
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One Forever: the transforming power of being in Christ by Rory Shiner My rating: 5 of 5 stars How do I feel about this book? Answer: I wish I had a whole pile of copies to give to my Christian friends...
View ArticleReview: A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History Of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Bill Bryson’s affable style can work for more than travel – science, it turns out, is just as whimsical and revealing as any...
View ArticleQuick review: The Atheist Who Didn’t Exist
The Atheist Who Didn’t Exist by Andy Bannister My rating: 4 of 5 stars Science is the only sure method for knowing things. Faith and reason are opposed. People believe in God because they’re needy....
View ArticleQuick review: The mind’s eye
Leave Blank:Do Not Change:Your email: The Mind’s Eye by Oliver Sacks My rating: 4 of 5 stars Another enjoyable read from Oliver Sacks, this time on sight and the brain. Seeing is not merely – or even...
View ArticleQuick review: The search to belong
The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups by Joseph R. Myers My rating: 2 of 5 stars I wavered between two options when it came to choosing a star rating for The Search to...
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Captured By A Better Vision: Living Porn Free by Tim Chester My rating: 4 of 5 stars The prevalence of pornography in our electronic age is an important matter for the whole of society, and even more...
View ArticleReview: A Reformed Approach to Science and Scripture
A Reformed Approach to Science and Scripture by Keith A. Mathison My rating: 3 of 5 stars A good thing about buying a book that really is a book is that you get a sense of what kind of book it wants to...
View ArticleQuick review: 40 Rockets
40 Rockets by Craig Josling “40 Rockets which, when translated, means 40 short and punchy tips on sharing the message of Jesus with people at work.” (With apologies to verses like John 1:42.) Lots of...
View ArticleQuick reaction to re-reading ‘Christus Victor’
Christus Victor by Gustaf Aulén This is a very influential study of the atonement that I haven’t read since theological college. Aulén claims that his aim throughout was ‘an historical, not an...
View ArticleQuick review: Retrieving Nicaea
Retrieving Nicaea: The Development and Meaning of Trinitarian Doctrine by Khaled AnatoliosMy rating: 5 of 5 starsThis is quite a book, even though I am certain my comprehension of it is far from...
View ArticleQuick comment: Metaphor and religious language
Metaphor and Religious Language by Janet Martin SoskiceMy rating: 5 of 5 starsThis work argues that metaphor is not a simple ‘pretty’ way of saying something that could be communicated with...
View ArticleQuick comment: The Quest of the Historical Jesus
The Quest of the Historical Jesus by Albert SchweitzerMy rating: 1 of 5 starsA book famous for being ‘important’ – make of that what you will – but not a straightforward read. It’s a self-assured...
View ArticleQuick review: Reading for the common good
Reading for the Common Good: How Books Help Our Churches and Neighborhoods Flourish by C. Christopher SmithMy rating: 3 of 5 starsThe surprise for me on reading this book is that it’s not about...
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