Repost: Review – Church History in Plain Language

It was always my goal in college to read books in their entirety. Truth be told, I love reading. But it may be truer still to say that I love to read what I love to read. That being said, I often skipped or substituted books in high school. I got through the first page …

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Repost: Review – The Angels’ Portion

As the author mused at the beginning of the book, The Angel’s Portion is not the book most would expect from a pastor, let alone a Lutheran one. For one, it has very little to do with “churchy things.” For another, it is about Scotch, not beer, so it may offend the German Lutheran. But if you …

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Repost: Review – Ten Ways to Kill a Pastor

A repost from another blog I write for. Perhaps you do not recognize yourself doing it. Perhaps you do not acknowledge the effects. Perhaps you think you are alone, without hope. Rev. Thoma’s Ten Ways to Kill a Pastor highlights various ways congregations, laypeople, other ministers, and friends can slowly, but surely, destroy their pastor, or any …

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Review – Creation: Basics & Beyond

Publisher: The Institute for Creation Research Authors: Morris III, Morris, Lisle, Johnson, Jeanson, Guliuzza, Tomkins, Hebert, Shwerwin, and Thomas. The Institute for Creation Research's book Creation: Basics & Beyond provides, as the cover indicates, an in-depth look at "science, origins, and evolution." More explicitly, this book explains in detail the relevancy of Genesis in regard to science, history, morality, …

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Review: The 5000 Year Leap

Author: Cleon Skousen Publisher: National Center for Constitutional Studies For a book that has incurred quite a bit of hostility and derision, The 5000 Year Leap by Cleon Skousen is discerning, non-aggressive, simple, and direct in its explanation of the Founders' ideas for forming the United States. Skousen's book is divided into what might be called three …

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