Books
The Incomparable Christ
The Incomparable Christ (John Stott): Book Review At the moment I’m reading about 10-15 authors on Christology. They range, via their theological presuppositions, from ‘right’ to ‘left’ – or ‘high’ to ‘low’ Christologies – respectively: the Creeds of the first five centuries CE, Pope Benedict XVI, Josh McDowell, CSLewis, Leon Morris, John Stott, Gordon Fee, […]
Confessions of An Economic Hit Man
Book Review-“Confessions of An Economic Hit Man” by John Perkins( B.K.’05) A Book that Reads Like a ‘James Bond’ Version of “Pilgrim’s Progress” Rev. Alan Wright (April 05) I use the ‘James Bond’ and ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ images advisedly. Jenkins himself suggests the former-he had those fantasies when he was an adolescent, and the role of […]
Under the Unpredictable Plant
Eugene H. Peterson Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness Summary Eugene Peterson draws on his thirty plus years of pastoral ministry to explore the story of Jonah and what it has to offer to pastors as they work at their vocation. We travel with Jonah as he flees God’s instruction to go […]
Using Art to understand the impact of childhood trauma
March 7, 2005 10am to 4 pm Childhood trauma is not something I know about in an intensely personal way, but I have had exposure to my own family stories, to stories in the counseling context, press report stories, film – eg Rabbit Proof Fence -, and in particular the Bringing Them Home report* into […]
Models of Art
Models of Art: or the Usefulness of Art Libby Woodhams 7th March 2005 I should like to start out this morning by saying that I doubt anything that I will say will be new to any of you. What might be new, perhaps, are the links that can be drawn between some aspects of the […]
Hotel Rwanda film
Rated (M) Don Cheadle, Joaquin Phoenix This fine film from director Terry George operates on two levels. On one, we have the remarkable true account of a Hutu hotelier who managed to shelter his family and dozens of Tutsis amid the madness of 1994 when Interahamwe militia terrorised Rwanda’s Tutsi population. On the other, it’s […]
Book Review: The (magic) Kingdom Of God
THE (MAGIC) KINGDOM OF GOD, BY MICHAEL L. BUDDE | BOOK REVIEW. Reviewed by Thomas Scarborough. “Whatever power the Catholic Church wields in today’s world is ultimately a reflection of its cultural power.” So writes Michael L. Budde in his book The (Magic) Kingdom of God. He continues: “The Church operates primarily as a cultural […]
Transforming Culture, By Sherwood Lingenfelter
TRANSFORMING CULTURE, BY SHERWOOD LINGENFELTER | BOOK REVIEW Reviewed by Thomas Scarborough. Sherwood Lingenfelter is a well known author in the field of Church and culture. In his book Transforming Culture, he writes about “social and cultural systems” which exert “powerful pressure” both on the Church and on unredeemed society. These are “prisons of disobedience” […]
God of the Empty-Handed
BOOK REVIEW: GOD OF THE EMPTY-HANDED, BY JAYAKUMAR CHRISTIAN. Reviewed by Thomas Scarborough. Why has the world been losing the war on poverty, despite humanity’s best efforts and intentions? How should the Christian Church integrate personal faith with issues of poverty? These are some of the questions which underlie this book. Jayakumar Christian, in God […]
Hotel Rwanda
(from Gary Heard) I was able to see the preview of this film on the weekend… I found it a deeply disturbing and moving film. It is not a gory or glorified retelling of the events. In fact, I found its simplicity, and its understatement to be one of its strengths. It is hard not […]
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