So you want to be a better writer? Maybe its for a blog, maybe its for your creative fiction, or maybe its just for essays assigned to you at school. Either way, over the next few days I will be giving you 4 Tips that will help you become a better writer. A few daysContinue reading “4 Ways to Become a Better Writer (Pt. 2)”
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4 Ways to Become a Better Writer (Pt. 1)
So you want to be a better writer? Maybe its for a blog, maybe its for your creative fiction, or maybe its just for essays assigned to you at school. Either way, over the next few days I will be giving you 4 Tips that will help you become a better writer. Here’s Tip #1:Continue reading “4 Ways to Become a Better Writer (Pt. 1)”
Finding Your Way Back to God Review
Finding Your Way Back to God DVD. Dave and Jon Ferguson. Multnomah Books, 2015. Not too long ago I received a copy of Dave and Jon Ferguson’s DVD for their book Finding Your Way Back to God. Now I’ll be honest – I love the stuff the Fergusons put out, especially anything related to Exponential.Continue reading “Finding Your Way Back to God Review”
Renew Your Life!
This book, written by Pastor Mark Kai Nilsen, is birthed out of a story that has become so familiar among churches. The Pastor feels tired, trained burned out. He winters around with his spirit diminished and his relationships drained. Even though he appears to have it all together, on the inside his energy has beenContinue reading “Renew Your Life!”
Every Word Biblical Commentary Volume is on Sale for Just $9.99!
Right now, each Word Biblical Commentary is just $9.99! For a brief time all WBC volumes are on sale at Logos, Accordance, Olive Tree, and WORDsearch. You’ll save an average of 70% off the original price! Just act fast, because this sale ends soon. Here are the deals: Browse at Logos Browse at Accordance BrowseContinue reading “Every Word Biblical Commentary Volume is on Sale for Just $9.99!”
So You Want to Be a Professor?
I’m not a Ph.D. student yet – and I’m far from applying for teaching jobs – but I’m on my way! I do teach at a small bible college and I am working on my second graduate degree, hoping to apply to a PhD program really soon, so when I saw this book – TheContinue reading “So You Want to Be a Professor?”
Exploring Christology and Atonement with CMT
In Exploring Christology and Atonement: Conversations with John McLeod Campbell, H.R. Mackintosh and T.F. Torrance Andrew Purves unites two often divided aspects of Christology – the person and work of Christ. Through engagement with the work of Campbell, Mackintosh, and Torrance Purves shows how this Scottish “school” of theology can help shape the practice ofContinue reading “Exploring Christology and Atonement with CMT”
Structured for Mission
The technological revolution, transformed economies, capitalism, globalization, decentralization, individualism, commodification, fragmented communities, fragmented identities, alienation…. At the end of the 20th century these transformations converged creating a radical shift in social culture. (94) Many churches have tried to respond to these changes with a greater emphasis on programs, structures, and new initiatives. Yet time afterContinue reading “Structured for Mission”
Paul’s Theology of Preaching
The argument of Paul’s Theology of Preaching can be broken up into two steps: 1)Begin by showing the distinctives of Greco-Roman rhetoric. 2)Show How Paul’s first four chapters in 1 Corinthians is meant to address preaching done in view of Greco-Roman Rhetoric. The fundamental assumption behind Greco-Roman Rhetoric is that the audience + the speaker’sContinue reading “Paul’s Theology of Preaching”
Joy in the Journey
I probably would have never picked up Steve Hayner’s Joy in the Journey on my own – but I’m really glad that IVP sent me a copy of it. Joy in the Journey is a collection of entries from the CaringBridge website, written by Steve (president of Columbia Theological Seminary) and his wife Sharol, asContinue reading “Joy in the Journey”
CWoznicki Think Out Loud 