“Why didn’t anyone tell me CS Lewis was brilliant?!”
That’s pretty much what I think when I pick up one of his books. I’ve gone my entire life not understanding what people saw in this CS Lewis guy. I had read the Chronicles of Narnia and enjoyed them. But even as a kid I knew they [...]
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what i’m reading: Mere Christianity
Posted in CS Lewis, book review, feeding my brain on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
what i’m reading: Jesus Among Other Gods
Posted in Bible, Bible reliability, Jesus, book review, feeding my brain on November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I think it’s safe to say that we live in a very pluralistic world, where ideas from a wide variety of cultures are shared and believed. Who among us doesn’t know someone of a different faith or philosophical background? But that pluralism isn’t limited to just religion or politics. Choice is everywhere, including our toothpaste [...]
what i’m reading: Chasing Daylight
Posted in book review, feeding my brain, revolutionary on November 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Erwin McManus’s first book, The Barbarian Way, is the most important book I’ve ever read. I know it’s considered “bad” to say this, but it has been more important to me than reading the Bible. Without The Barbarian Way I never would have read the Bible, let alone seen the beauty of it. McManus has [...]
what I’m reading: This We Believe
Posted in book review, feeding my brain, sharing faith on August 24, 2007 | Comments Off
When I first realized I had become a Christian, I had no idea what to do with that knowledge. So I did what came naturally to me – I began to read as many books and articles as I could about Christianity. I figured if it was a good enough technique to learn psychology in [...]