I was encouraged recently to read some books by Edward de Bono - of Six Thinking Hats fame. So I went to the library and picked up How to have creative ideas . The book takes the premise that creativity isn’t just something you have or don’t have but that it is something you can develop. As someone [...]
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Phil has posted on the Poverty and Justice Bible, that the Bible Society has published. The gist is that it highlghts more than 2000 verses that speak of God’s attitude to poverty and justice.
My views on this would be similar to Phil’s, I’m not a fan of special Bibles, I think study and life application [...]
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The Archbishop on writing.
Here are a couple of clips:
I started out as a theologian thinking that it would be fairly straight forward to write large books about Christian doctrine. I’d spent quite a few years reading them as a student and, you know, it looked fairly straight forward. You started at page one and you [...]
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I really enjoyed Branson’s account of his life and business ventures.
It is a book that captures the imagination, and left me wanting more. He comes across as caring person centred guy who tries to have real integrity in his dealings. I love the way in which he takes pleasure from breaking the business mould both [...]
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The First Casualty by Ben Elton was a great read.
It is set in the First World War, and has an intricate story line that it includes a British officer and famous poet shot dead in France while recovering from shell shock. Another soldier is arrested and charged with the murder. A police detective is put [...]
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Care for the Family have got a new booklet out called Pester Power. It is full of tips on how to set boundaries to deal with parent perstering. You can access the booklet here.
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From an interview: Carl Trueman on the books that have influenced him most:
GD: Fair enough. Who has most influenced your theological development?
CT: Theologically, I’m deeply indebted to J I Packer. Martin Luther is a constant part of my theological diet. Other theologians I love to read are Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, John Owen, Blaise Pascal, [...]
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I was tagged for this a while ago by Ian
The rules as given are thus.
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five other people.
Here are sentences 5 to 7 of The Jesus of Suburbia:
But the [...]
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Life Together is a short theological text by Bonhoeffer reflecting on community and being together. Here are a few interesting quotes from it:
Christian brotherhood is not an ideal which we must realize; it is rather a reality created by God in Christ in which we may participate. (p. 1
Many people seek fellowship because they [...]
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Speaking to Teenagers by Doug Fields and Duffy Robbins is a must for all youth workers. Whilst you may not want to do everything they say in this book, over 249 pages they share in a really easy to read manner so much on sharing the gospel with young people. I found many practical tips ranging [...]
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