I was invited by Milton Stanley, editor, to receive and review an advanced copy of Jeff Weddle’s book The Gospel-Filled Wallet: What the Bible Really Says About Money (Morrison, TN: Transforming Publishing, 2010).
A Pertinent, Pressing Issue: Money
Having read Jeff Weddle’s book, I will offer three stimulating benefits and three pastoral concerns. Because Jeff addresses a [...]
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Craig R. Koester offers both a theologically vibrant and pastorally applicable presentation of Revelation in his book Revelation and the End of All Things. Koester is professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN.
I was trained in what has become a theologically obnoxious and pastorally irrelevant view of the enigmatic apocalypse of John–the [...]
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One Pastor’s Eye on The Book of Eli
By John W. Frye
[This review was posted on Jesus Creed hosted by Dr. Scot McKnight.]
Who would have imagined a 21st century movie made about The King James Version of the Bible? Denzel Washington’s The Book of Eli puts the 1611 Bible dead center in the story. The tag [...]
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Posted in Reviews on Jan 9th, 2010
The following review of Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue: An American Life is by Julie A. Frye, my fantastic wife. I am glad to have Julie join me at “Jesus the Radical Pastor.”
When Sarah Palin was introduced to the 2008 political scene, I was instantly curious to know more about her. I followed the news stories [...]
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SPOILER!
Julie and I walked away from The Invention of Lying discussing the provocative premise of the film. Starring and written by Ricky Gervais, the film has creative British humor and a magnetic story. Human beings only tell the truth no matter how blunt and offensive (to us the viewers) it may seem. The truth-telling people [...]
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Posted in Culture, Jesus, Ministry, Reviews on Dec 15th, 2009
This will be our final reflection on Ben F. Meyer’s The Aims of Jesus, covering chapters VIII and IX. Again, I admit that this is a challenging book to comprehend, but well worth the effort. In these chapters I see the influence of Ben Meyer on N.T. Wright.
I heard New Testament scholar Dr. Scot McKnight [...]
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