Spring 2012 List of Books & Resources
Theology, spirituality Atonement, Justice and Peace: The Message of the Cross and the Mission of the Church. Darrin W. Snyder Belousek. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2012, 668 pages. Belousek explains in great detail why he believes the penal substitution theory of atonement is faulty. He believes that nonviolence is the message of the cross if…
Thirty years of A Christmas Carol
Thirty years ago this Christmas, my wife Annemarie and I began a Christmas tradition we’ve continued year after year, with variations. Our first child was in utero the first time we read Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella and morality tale, A Christmas Carol, together. I had grown up watching both the Alastair Sim (1951) and Mr.…
Fall 2011 Listing of Books & Resources
Theology, spirituality 1,2,3 John, Believers Church Bible Commentary. J. E. McDermond. Herald Press, 2011, 344 pages. This is the 24th volume of the Believers Church Bible Commentary series. Ecclesial Repentance: The Churches Confront Their Sinful Pasts. Jeremy M. Bergen. T&T Clark International, New York, N.Y., 2011, 338 pages. Bergen explores public apologies made by churches…
The Bible and the billionaire
Billionaire media titan Rupert Murdoch has made headlines over the phone-hacking scandal that forced him to shut down his British tabloid, News of the World. But few people know that News Corp, the company Murdoch heads, also owns Zondervan, the world’s leading Bible publisher. News Corp, which took in $32.7 billion last year, also owns…
Yearning for Home
“By embracing what they had most wanted to avoid they gained what their hearts yearned for” – Yearning for Home The title captured my attention first. Wandering through the stacks of the library, getting distracted from my research focus by the section on peacebuilding with its fascinating topics and authors, Yearning for Home in…
