In the past two days I read Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church by D.A. Carson, who is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
Archive for the 'Books' Category
Kansas Trip Journal 7
July 18, 2009
Look It Up
June 8, 2009
Evidently the story about a panda has been around for quite some time, but it came to me only recently.
From Moliere to Bill Bryson
March 12, 2009
Recently I finished reading two completely different works.
One was a collection of plays by Moliere. Somewhere I had noted a reference to the fact that Moliere, the French playwright and actor, is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature, so I decided that if he’s so good, it’s about [...]
Dark and Disturbing
January 21, 2009
I have just finished reading That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis – a novel about dark powers taking over society.
The book is the last in a space trilogy, but it is not space fiction in the way we usually think about that term. Instead, these absorbing and mind-expanding books are about God and good [...]
Thinking about Life, the Universe and Everything
December 4, 2008
I am reading through five novels and one story by Douglas Adams, laughing out loud and alternately shaking, nodding and scratching my head.
The first book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and the rest follow the same theme, if there is one.
I think I will eventually post some observations about this series, but first [...]
