A Good Friday Reading from The Scarab and the Cross by Andy Garza
Andy Garza reads from his novel The Scarab and the Cross in this video, a nice reminder of what it might have been like to live through the events of Good Friday and Easter.
Andy Garza reads from his novel The Scarab and the Cross in this video, a nice reminder of what it might have been like to live through the events of Good Friday and Easter.
Scot McKnight, a well-known New Testament scholar and author, writes about Christianity and its ties to politics. Here is a sample: The problem, for far too many, Left and Right, is Locke’s trap or statism. It is not speaking prophetically to claim the mantle of the prophet only when it is a Left-leaner criticizing the…
Polycarp, aka Joel Watts, reviews Bob McKibben’s book Holy Smoke! Unholy Fire! He finds himself in disagreement with Bob’s material on sanctification and some other points, but he says: I can recommend this book, because it presents a middle road into the field which, while I may disagree with some of his doctrinal positions, I…
This is a reminder of upcoming events: Our blogging/essay contest. Discussion of this has been light so far, which surprises me, since we’re offering a $25 B&N gift card as part of first prize, and who wouldn’t want one of those? In addition, it’s a contest for doing what many of you do anyhow-blogging! The…
Energion author Chris Surber offers some sermon suggestions at SermonCentral.com. He says: As I have always served churches in transition where the fallout of recent battles are all around, I have had to dress more than a few wounds, challenge more than a few Christians to aim their rifles in the direction of the enemy,…
Ted M. Gossard reviews Allan Bevere’s book All Is Not As It Seems: Random Reflections on Faith, Ethics, and Politics on his Jesus Community blog. Amongst other things he says: Wisdom is the word I would use to describe the book. And I mean down to earth, kingdom of God in Jesus oriented wisdom. I…