In The Truth About You, Marcus Buckingham seeks to provide tips on how to achieve success in your professional life. He breaks it down into five steps, five pieces of advice he wished he had and calls the best advice you’ll ever get. Performance is always the point Your strengths aren’t what you’re good at, and your [...]
by clay on September 16, 2010
Frederick Fyvie Bruce, more commonly called F.F. Bruce, was a highly respected theologian and frequent author, penning more than thirty-three books and serving as editor for some theological journals. He was the Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the University of Manchester. Bruce was known as a distinguished scholar on the life of [...]
by clay on September 4, 2010
Bibliographical Entry Reid, Alvin L. The Radically Unchurched. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2002. Author Information Alvin L. Reid is currently the Professor of Evangelism and Student Ministry and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He received his M.Div and Ph.D from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, majoring in evangelism. Reid is a prolific [...]
by clay on September 2, 2010
Bibliographical Entry Thompson Jr., W. Oscar. Concentric Circles of Concern: Seven Stages for Making Disciples. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1999. Author Information W. Oscar Thompson pastored in various churches for 20 years becoming a faculty member at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Forth Worth, Texas. He specialized in the study of evangelism. During [...]
by clay on August 28, 2010
Bibliographical Entry Fay, William. Share Jesus Without Fear. Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 1999. Author Information William (Bill) Fay provides his own background story in Appendix 5 to his book. He recounts his testimony of how he came to be a Christian out of a life of money, greed, gambling, and selfishness. He was raised into [...]
(This was a book critique I wrote for my Systematic Theology II class at LBTS. Buy it here: Four Views on Hell) I. Introduction Four Views on Hell presents, as the title suggests, four different theological viewpoints on the existence of hell. Each author discusses their unique conclusion as to the existence and definition of [...]
by clay on January 24, 2010
Right up front I want to say that I’ve been looking forward to this book for quite some time. I’ve honestly never read any of the rest of Joshua Harris’ books, but because of a personal experience with the author last summer specifically related to the title of this book, I was anxious to read [...]
by clay on December 15, 2009
(This was written back in December 2009 for my friend Amy’s website. However, like the terrible person I sometimes am, I didn’t get it finished in time for her to publish it when the album was released. I could blame it on the hospital stay and the appendectomy, but that’s just an excuse.) What can [...]
by clay on October 12, 2009
(This was a book critique I wrote for my Systematic Theology class at LBTS. Got a 98 on it. Needless to say, I’m happy about it.) Introduction In God In The Wasteland, David F. Wells argues that we have transitioned “from a world in which God and his truth were accorded a central and often [...]
by clay on August 11, 2009
Going undercover at the nation’s largest Evangelical Christian university is no small accomplishment. For a person who was born and raised a liberal, sometime Quaker, it must be nearly impossible. Kevin Roose managed it, spending a semester as an undergraduate student at Liberty University. He just happened to be writing a book about his experiences, [...]