This time next week I’ll be in St. Louis for the annual International Christian Retail Show (ICRS). This will be my second year in a row to attend the trade show and I couldn’t be more excited. Last year I co-taught a workshop on church relations. This year my workshop is on “Overcoming Obstacles to … Continue reading »
Why Have We Reduced Jesus to “Meek and Gentle?” Peter Kreeft Responds
I’m reading Peter Kreeft’s book Back to Virtue and found this paragraph particularly interesting: Why have we reduced him [Jesus] to ‘meek and gentle Jesus’? Because we have reduced all the virtues to one, being kind; and we measure Jesus by our standards instead of measuring our standards by him. But why have we reduced … Continue reading »
“Love Jesus but Hate the Church” – A Wesleyan Response
I’ve been reading a little book called Key United Methodist Beliefs by William J. Abraham and David F. Watson. It’s fairly basic but an excellent introduction to its topic. In the chapter on the church I read the following which I thought was extremely well stated: A lot of people want Jesus but they do … Continue reading »
May 2013 Best Sellers
Here are the best sellers for my department for May 2013. I think this is the first time I’ve had two sets show up on the list. # 10 – Pope Francis by Thomas J. Craughwell (Saint Benedict Press) # 9 – One Bible, Many Versions by Dave Brunn (IVP) # 8 – Church Dogmatics … Continue reading »
“Chasing Francis” – A Review
Last week our fiction buyer, Chris, asked me to read Chasing Francis by Ian Morgan Cron. She knows I don’t read much fiction and said, “If you get 10 pages into it and don’t like it just let me know, that’s fine.” Fair enough. I started it and for the most part I enjoyed it … Continue reading »
Anthony N.S. Lane on “Justification by Works in Reformation Theology”
Last week I listened to a lecture give by Anthony N.S. Lane on the topic of Justification by works in Reformation theology. He gave the lecture at the Meeter Center on April 11 of this year. Here’s the summary from the website: On April 11, 2013, Professor Anthony Lane of the London School of Theology challenged popular assumptions … Continue reading »
What Was God Doing Before He Made Heaven and Earth? Augustine’s Reply
I’ve been told that it was Augustine who answered the question, “What was God doing before he made heaven and earth?, with “He was preparing hell for those who ask such questions.” The citation comes from The Confessions of Saint Augustine and I’ve discovered that it is not correct. Here’s what Augustine wrote (bold print … Continue reading »
