The Housewife Theologian

Fools Rush In Where Monkeys Fear to Tread , Carl Trueman (P&R, 2012) What a great title for a book! In the Forward, "Rev. Rodney Trotter" addresses the difficulty in marketing a book filled with various, unrelated essays. But this is Trueman’s second time at bat with such a book, and I devoured...

Every January, a new schlew of fitness videos hit the market to target everyone motivated by New Year’s resolutions. I love this time of year because I take the opportunity to stock up on the new releases made by some of my favorite fitness gurus. One of the videos I purchased promised to serve as...

The Envy of Eve , Melissa B. Kruger (Christian Focus, 2012) When I first moved into my home here in WV, I planted some mums in my side flowerbed. I was eager to have their beautiful fall colors greet me, my family, and guests as we drove up the driveway. But I didn’t realize the work they would...

Tim Fall has written another great guest post for us, after having a "reflection" from one of my articles. Pretty cool. Aimee, my inter-webz friend and blog mentor, posted an article about sisters and noted: I always say that us sisters really help prepare our brothers for marriage to a woman. I...

The White Horse Inn Blog just posted Part 1 of an article by Dr. Michael Horton titled, Generation Me and Youth Ministry Today , lamenting the individualism of our youth. By the time they hit early adulthood, they seem to be dropping from the church in droves. But the big question is whether they...

Exhort is such a powerful word. It’s not one used frequently in casual, contemporary language. I think that maybe it is a little too commanding for our liking; and not in the shocking kind of way that we use to get attention, but in the accountable kind of way that we like to avoid. Encourage seems...

Who Am I? , Jerry Bridges (CruciformPress, 2012) Who the heck am I? A daughter, a wife, a friend, a mom, a sister…a fitness-lover, a blogger, a reader, a talker…somewhat dorky, but too cool to care…Sure, some of the above describes me. Where I really get disturbed is when I try to define what kind...

No one wants to be labeled an extremist. We perceive people to be wise when they can find a middle ground and comfortably reside there. Unless it is a sport, of course. Extreme sports are cool. And the people who compete in them are venerated. One who looks for a middle ground is willing to...

Giving Up Gimmicks , Brian H. Cosby (P&R, 2012) Reclaiming Youth Ministry from an Entertainment Culture —now there’s a subtitle that catches my attention. In this book, Cosby makes the valid point that our youth are much deeper than we think. They want to learn theology. Their questions about...

The Search for God and Guinness , Stephen Mansfield (Thomas Nelson, 2009) I committed a gift-giving crime. I bought this book as a birthday present for my friend Dana. I read a good review on it and thought she would love it. When it came in the mail, I was intrigued. The Search for God and...