Smashing the Idol of White American Folk Religion: A Review of Twelve Lies That Hold America Captive by Jonathan Walton In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, many Christians in the U.S. are soul-searching. How can it be that… Continue reading “Smashing the Idol of White American Folk Religion: A Review of Twelve Lies That Hold America Captive by Jonathan Walton”…
The Popular and Problematic Race-Relations Model: A Review of Beyond Colorblind by Sarah Shin InterVarsity Press has been on a roll lately! With titles like Seeing Jesus in East Harlem by José Humphreys and… Continue reading “The Popular and Problematic Race-Relations Model: A Review of Beyond Colorblind by Sarah Shin”…
A Provocative and Pastoral Theodicy: A Brief Review of God Can’t by Thomas Jay Oord As I finished reading God Can’t by Thomas Jay Oord, I could hear the iconic chorus from Bobby Caldwell’s 1978… Continue reading “A Provocative and Pastoral Theodicy: A Brief Review of God Can’t by Thomas Jay Oord”…
2018 Book List with Recommendations It’s that time of year again! No, I’m not talking about Advent or Christmas. It’s end-of-the-year book list time! In… Continue reading “2018 Book List with Recommendations”…
The Shalom Justice Lens – A Review of Rethinking Incarceration by Dominique Gilliard Justice summons the church to social stewardship, to the toilsome work of cultivating communities where communal flourishing and shalom are… Continue reading “The Shalom Justice Lens – A Review of Rethinking Incarceration by Dominique Gilliard”…
Reforming Justification, Again: A Review of Salvation by Allegiance Alone in Light of the Protestant Quincentennial Still Reforming Today, all around the world, Protestants will commemorate 500 years since the Reformation. October 31st is called “Reformation… Continue reading “Reforming Justification, Again: A Review of Salvation by Allegiance Alone in Light of the Protestant Quincentennial”…
Shalom Sistas Launch Week Last week, Osheta’s first book, Shalom Sistas: Living Wholeheartedly in a Brokenhearted World, was released by Herald Press and is… Continue reading “Shalom Sistas Launch Week”…
Evil and the God Who is Love: A Review of Thomas Jay Oord’s The Uncontrolling Love of God When Blueprints Fail In 15 years of full-time Christian ministry, I had not presided over a funeral service until yesterday.… Continue reading “Evil and the God Who is Love: A Review of Thomas Jay Oord’s The Uncontrolling Love of God”…
How Not to Worship a Black Hole: A Review of Young, Restless, No Longer Reformed by Austin Fischer Over the last 15 years, I’ve engaged in far more discussions, “debates,” and arguments over the subjects of election, predestination,… Continue reading “How Not to Worship a Black Hole: A Review of Young, Restless, No Longer Reformed by Austin Fischer”…
The Worst Book on Racial Reconciliation Ever?—A Critical Review of One New Man by Jarvis J. Williams Ephesians 2.11-22 is one of my favorite passages in Scripture. It’s one of the passages that most inspires me to… Continue reading “The Worst Book on Racial Reconciliation Ever?—A Critical Review of One New Man by Jarvis J. Williams”…