Blueprint: Biographies as a Model for Life
I recently invested in a number of new books. My new acquisitions come in all sizes and colors – large and small, hardcover and softcover, red, black, green, and brown. Several of the books were biographies, and they cost a…
16 Books from 2016
Earlier this year, when I published 15 Books from 2015, I started a precedent – one that will get harder and harder to accomplish every year! This year, however, the goal is still manageable. The following selections might help you…
Six Guidelines for Choosing a Good Book
Every New Year demands a new reading list, but how do you find a good book worth your time? The following six guidelines help me to select the most worthwhile books, since I can’t read them all. Identify and fill…
The Luke Challenge
Every year ends the same: I scramble to finish my yearly projects. This year is no different, and several weeks ago I realized that I needed to do extra Scripture reading. At my current rate, I wasn’t going to complete…
Journaling and Commonplacing
You might think of journaling as a hobby for your nonexistent free time, and most likely, you’ve never even heard of commonplacing. For myself, these two activities are not just a hobby, but vital tools for my life. In fact,…
Book Review: The Great and Holy War
The Great and Holy War: How World War I Became a Religious Crusade, by Philip Jenkins, copyright 2014. ISBN 978-0-06-210509-7, 438 pages, four stars. Living in the secular west, most of the information that I encounter on the Great War…
Evidence for the Bible
ENCOMPASS Evidence that God is the author of the Bible Matt McGinnis & Daniel Pentimone “Is God really the author of the Bible?” “Why are Christians so insistent that the Bible is special?” If you are wondering about questions like…
Four Facts about the Apocrypha
The CIA and the Apocrypha are similar. We know that both exist, and we know that both are important. But beyond this, most people don’t know much about either. We are in the dark, ignorant of, and perhaps a little…
Book Review: The Guns of August
The Guns of August, by Barbara W. Tuchman, copyright 1962. ISBN 978-0-38623-6, 640 pages, five stars. How could a seemingly civilized and settled world suddenly erupt into a bloody, four-year-long riot of mechanized massacre called the First World War? This…
Infographic: Reading in America
In light of the decline in America’s reading culture, Christians need to reconsider their approach to evangelism. This infographic presents the shocking reality.
