No Substitute for Cruciformity: A Review of Lamb of the Free by Andrew Rillera
Ask your average American Christian about the meaning of Jesus’s cross, why he died and what it accomplished, and you’re…
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The Book of Clarence: Some Initial Thoughts
It’s late and I just got home from seeing The Book of Clarence in the theater and I have no…
Top 5 Books of 2023
This year I took a course in Moravian history online through Moravian Seminary in Bethlehem, PA with the esteemed historian,…
RIP Bothsidesing – A Review of Jesus Takes a Side by Jonny Rashid
Confession: Not all that long ago, but while I was still in seminary, I became a Bothsideser. If you’re not…
My Top Ten Books of 2021
Continuing my annual tradition, here’s my 2021 book list. These are the top 10 books I read this year with…
How to Check Your Privilege: A Review of Subversive Witness by Dominique Gilliard
Today in the U.S. a highly effective strategy has been implemented to stifle any attempt to teach about systemic racism…
21-Book Salute (2020)
Every year I set a reading goal. This year, my goal was two books per month. I fell slightly short…
Who Gets to Be Angry? A Review of Might From the Margins by Dennis Edwards
Rev. Dennis Edwards, PhD is such an important theologian, not just to me personally, but for the times in which…
The Global Church History and Theology You Weren’t Taught in Seminary: A Review of A Multitude of All Peoples by Vince Bantu
When I enrolled in seminary at Gordon-Conwell’s Center for Urban Ministerial Education (CUME) in 2006—where Vince and I were classmates—one…
A Deep Dive into Relational Theology—A Review of The God Who Trusts by Curtis Holtzen
If God is Love… and Love Always Trusts… Does God Trust? Several years ago I was serving as a pastor…