Month October 2006

It might be worth our while listing what we might think the fifty most influential books have been for us, don’t you think?  Let’s start listing some and after a while we’ll compile a reformation21 wish list!  For me, it…

Imagine a prison with such a positive atmosphere that the guards don’t need to carry guns to protect themselves. Imagine a prison where inmates begin each day with Bible reading and prayer, leading some to faith in Christ. Imagine a…

I just received today my copy of his latest book, An Essential Guide to Public Speaking: Serving Your Audience with Faith, Skill, and Virtue. Some quotes from the introduction: “…the materials available for learning how to speak publicly have become…

Not a parody: When was the last time your class saw how “HOT” God’s Word is? Open this authentic looking “bible” and begin to share the scripture for the day as real flames are seen coming from your “bible”. This…

Quentin Schultze is an astute commentator on issues in Christianity, technology, and the arts.  In a recent issue of the PCA’s ByFaith magazine he writes: “Young people witness some of the cheesy video and computer ‘art’ in worship and see…

As Phil has commented, the Christianity Today list of the 50 most important Christian books of the last fifty years shows a decided tilt towards Christian experience over Christian truth.  In other words, it depicts a pietistic era spanning a half-century…

In looking through Christianity Today‘s list of the most influential evangelical books of the last half century, one can’t help but notice the dearth of substantive theology.  There are plenty of experiential biographies, lots of “practical” books for family life…

Bob Brady — who serves as Executive Vice President for the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals — tells me that the Reformation Society in Alaska recently had a very encouraging first meeting.  One of the visitors was a high school student who has…