I’m no yoga apologist. In fact, my wife Miska does Bikram Yoga where they heat the room to 105 degrees and then strain, contort, sweat great drops of blood and try not to collapse on the floor for one and half hours….
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WINN RECOMMENDS Winn Collier Finding ourselves in the season of Lent forces question of how our practices, our bodily, lived experiences, encourage or distract our spirituality. These two titles explore these questions. The Life of the Body, Valerie Hess…
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Finding ourselves in the season of Lent forces question of how our practices, our bodily, lived experiences, encourage or distract our spirituality. These two titles explore these questions. The Life of the Body, Valerie Hess and Lane M. Arnold (IVP)…
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The Evolution of Adam, by Peter Enns (Brazos Press) In the area of human origins, the theological debate currently brewing is over whether or not the creation story demands a literal, historical Adam and Eve (verses Adam and Eve as…
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How God Became King, N.T. Wright (Harper Collins) Believing that for all our study of the Gospels, we’ve obscured or forgotten what they are actually about, Wright sets out to re-narrate the story. Wright believes the Gospels fundamentally tell the…
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N.T. Wright’s re-telling of the Gospels as the story of a new king who has come to rule over the world; a comprehensive survey of the concept of justice across both Old and New Testaments by Dale Patrick; and a…
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N.T. Wright’s re-telling of the Gospels as the story of a new king who has come to rule over the world; a comprehensive survey of the concept of justice across both Old and New Testaments by Dale Patrick; and a concise introduction…
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A Little Book for New Theologians, Kelly Kapic (IVP) Decades ago, German theologian Helmut Thielicke wrote his wonderful A Little Exercise for Young Theologians. When I read it recently, I wished I’d had it before I went to seminary. I…
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JPS Torah Commentary (available via Logos) This multi-volume set provides an invaluable opportunity for Christians reading the Old Testament. The JPS commentary offers Jewish exegesis from the Tanakh (the Jewish name for the Hebrew Bible). This resource gives insight we…
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Noticing God, Richard Peace (IVP) The noise in our world is incessant, relentless. The clamor during November every four years hits a new fever pitch. Amid all the ominous drumbeats, Peace invites us to notice God all around us, in…
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Noticing God, Richard Peace (IVP) The noise in our world is incessant, relentless. The clamor during November every four years hits a new fever pitch. Amid all the ominous drumbeats, Peace invites us to notice God all…
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François Fénelon: A Biography, Peter Gorday (Paraclete) Given the election cycle we find ourselves in the midst of, I’m picking three titles that help us engage this political moment from new angles. Fénelon was a bishop in King Louis’ court,…