By Dave Winter on March 7, 2010
The book of Ruth is one of my favourites in the Bible. Of course, who doesn’t enjoy a good love story and a happy ending? Right? But there is much, much more to this small Old Testament book and this is the premise of John Piper’s book “A Sweet and Bitter Providence.”
Sovereignty. Race. Sex. Piper [...]
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By Dave Winter on March 7, 2010
When I used to hear the word ‘Idolatry’ my mind almost immediately went to visions of people bowing before and worshipping a statue. Or maybe it’s a golden calf or a tribe dancing around the fire to the beat of a drum. However as I read Tim Keller’s new book, Counterfeit God’s, I learnt that [...]
Posted in Faith, Reviews, Society & Culture | Tagged Book Reviews, Idolatry, Keller
By Dave Winter on March 6, 2010
So this week I got a new book. Its Richard Phillips’ ‘The Masculine Mandate – God’s Calling to Men.’ The whole subject of Biblical manhood has been on my mind lately especially throughout our recent Middle East trip. So to my surprise when I got home and checked my feedreader – there were a number [...]
Posted in Faith, Musings | Tagged Biblical Manhood, Books
By Jim Hall on February 12, 2010
I recently read a rather stunning article from Christianity Today entitled, ‘Yawning at the Word’ which talked about the trend in churches to read and quote Scripture less and less because people find it boring! (Not to worry, the author was not saying this was a good thing).
This came on the heels of reading a [...]
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