Book review – Pontius Pilate

Pontius Pilate was another terrific piece of historical fiction by Paul L. Maier.  As noted in my comments on another one of his books, The Flames of Rome, Maier is very disciplined with his rules for historical fiction: No proper names are invented, nothing knowingly contradicts historical facts and great care is exercised to fill in [...]

Book review: Hey! That’s not what the Bible says!

When the girls were young we enjoyed reading a book titled Hey! That’s not what the Bible says! by Bill Ross.  From Amazon:
. . . unique and very creative look into some of the Bible’s most popular stories including the Garden of Eden, Moses and the burning bush, and Jesus’ birth. 10 stories in all are told [...]

Book recommendation: The Flames of Rome

If you like historical fiction, check out The Flames of Rome by Paul L. Maier.  He is a professor of Ancient History at Western Michigan University.  I have heard him on various radio shows and read a few of his books and have always been impressed with his passion and accuracy. 
The story of Emperors Claudius and [...]

Book recommendation – The Question of God

The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life by Armand M. Nicholi Jr. was a terrific book about two men with some ironic similarities in their upbringing but who arrived at radically different worldviews.  Based on what I have read elsewhere about both men, I [...]

Book review: The Death of Right and Wrong

Hold onto your hats, people.  Tammy Bruce is an openly gay, pro-choice, non-Christian, but I’m a fan of hers.  Seriously.  Of course, I disagree with her on those topics, but I appreciate her style and we have a lot of common ground elsewhere.  And she is willing to draw some lines where others will not.
I read [...]

Book review – Good Dog, Carl

 When the girls we young we read them countless books.  We really enjoyed the “Carl” series, including Good Dog, Carl. 
Carl is a rottweiler who is left in charge of the baby in different places.  Everything in the book is normal except for the part where the mom says, “Look after the baby, Carl. I’ll be back [...]

Book review: Share Jesus Without Fear

I have read many books on evangelism and haven’t found a one-size-fits-all version yet.  But Share Jesus Without Fear by William Fay is at the top of the list because it had so many useful features. It was easy to read and very practical.  I have used this format or something similar to it many times when sharing the Gospel.
He [...]

Book review: “The Life You’ve Always Wanted”

I’ll post book reviews from time to time. I’ll skip a rating system because I screen books fairly thoroughly before reading them and I’ll usually just post about the ones I like. (It reminds me of the episode of The Simpsons where Homer becomes a food critic, and of course he loves everything!)
Our Sunday School [...]

Amusing interview with Ann Coulter on God, Faith and Liberals

Click here. This is an excerpt:
I cannot speak to individual cases–only God knows who is truly following Him–but claiming to be Jewish or Christian doesn’t immunize one from bad ideologies. Some slaveholders claimed to be Christians, too. Howard Dean, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Teddy Kennedy and John Kerry all belong to a church that believes [...]