The range of responses to Love Wins
With the release of Love Wins, it’s helpful to consider the different sorts of responses coming from the book’s primary context, American evangelical Christianity.
Love Wins: setting the scene (book review 1)
I recently got a copy of Rob Bell’s Love Wins: a book about heaven, hell, and the fate of every person who ever lived (I’ve got Kindle on my computer). I’m just starting to read it and thought I’d make a few comments about how I’m approaching it.
The Tudor Queens of England: Book Review
The Tudor Queens of England is not for the faint-hearted. The writing’s not that tricky, nor the subject matter but what’s confusing is the intricacies of the royal world where people change names or have the same names as other people and where the nationality of your relatives is everything. […]
Singled Out: Book Review
It’s a dangerous thing for a married person to review Singled Out: Why Celibacy Must Be Reinvented in Today’s Church. After all, singleness is not ‘my’ issue and many singles would say that someone who got married at 23 couldn’t possibly understand the struggle. But I’m actually passionate about this […]
Show Them No Mercy: Book Review
Continuing our love affair with the Zondervan Counterpoints series, we picked up three new books (for the price of 2!) at Koorong a few weeks ago: 4 Views of Salvation in a Pluralistic World, 4 Views of Moving beyond the Bible to Theology and Show Them No Mercy: Four Views […]
CT Studd and Priscilla: Part Two
You can see Part One of this review here. It looks at Studd’s approach to ministry but the book is called CT Studd and Priscilla for a reason. Priscilla Studd was as extraordinary as her husband.
CT Studd and Priscilla: Part One
My brothers-in-law are quite into cricket so I was interested in the biography of CT Studd for that reason, but mainly, because he gave up the fame and luxury of his cricketing career for the life of a missionary, working in China, India and Africa. This book is a very […]
Meet Jesus at uni 