Religious Studies

Against Calvinism
Against Calvinism

Review:This review is in conjunction with For Calvinism by Michael Horton.

At the outset, I was pleased that both authors take care in their use of terms like `Calvinism' and `TULIP.' Horton, like many Reformed theologians, avoids the label `Calvinist,' since it is usually caricatured in hyper-Calvinist form, and rightly judges that the traditional TULIP schema distorts the Reformed position (he prefers par... Read more

Unleashing the People of God for the Purpose of God
Unleashing the People of God for the Purpose of God

Review:David Platt urged Christ-followers to jettison the American dream and opt for a life of service to the glory of God in his first book, Radical. His follow-up work, Radical Together takes his proposal one step further by challenging the Body of Christ to extend God's grace to the world. One central question drives the book: "How can we in the church best unleash the people of God in the Spirit of God with the Word of God for the glory of God in the world?"

Platt shows how six key ideas ... Read more

How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships - The Lost Art of Listening
How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships - The Lost Art of Listening

Review:This was suggested to my by my professor and I really don't feel like it gives me anything I haven't already learned in my undergrad and now grad classes in counseling. For a non student I can see where this could be helpful. Read more

One Thing You Can't Do in Heaven
One Thing You Can't Do in Heaven

Review:Challenged me to share my faith and than taught me how to practically do so. Highly recommend for anyone who knows they need to evangelize but is frightened of doing so. This is just the help you need to get started. Read more

What We Talk About When We Talk About God
What We Talk About When We Talk About God

Review:Rob Bell rings the bell again! This book takes up where LOVE WINS left off. It goes where most Christians don't want to go. It asks spiritual questions the church doesn't want us to ask. I like the answers! Read more

The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment

Review:For those skeptical of supernatural claims and theistic versions of Buddhism, Robert Wright continues the quest that his earlier books such as The Moral Animal and The Evolution of God began. These titles hint at Wright's terrain, where fact and speculation, the tangible and the experiential, blur. He explores in Why Buddhism Is True the worldview that in the time of the historical Buddha, could not have been clearly expressed in pre-scientific, and very pre-Darwinian terms to human mindsets.Read more

How to Eat to Live, Book 1
How to Eat to Live, Book 1

Review:Repetitive but I very decent read especially for those of African decent or those with melanin. Has anyone tried the one meal a day protocol?it sounds very extreme. I agree with many aspects of the book and many of them I don't agree with. Read more

The Norse Myths (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
The Norse Myths (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)

Review:You can never learn enough. Knowledge is power and I love knowledge and learning. As an asatruer, I want to know all I can about the past and the people in it. This was a great bookto get started with Read more

An Invitation Worth Considering - Dinner with a Perfect Stranger
An Invitation Worth Considering - Dinner with a Perfect Stranger

Review:This book helps answer many of the questions that we may want to ask but aren't sure who to ask or how to ask. It is a fictional book with a Biblical point of view. Engaging and easy to read. Great gift for those who may be wondering or asking questions about how this god thing works. Read more

One Minute After You Die
One Minute After You Die

Review:On January 2nd my husband passed away. I know he is with the Lord, but had a question for my pastor. His response was to do a Bible Study on this book. It has been very helpful for me and so I ordered the book for Kindle and the work book in print. I am sorry to say, I haven't finished the book although I have read a lot of it, because I also have several other books I am reading for homework. But I fully intend to finish the reading and then go back to do the work book as well. It is very... Read more

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