Impossible Christianity
“This book is about how the line ‘how God loves us even though we are spiritual failures’, however well-intentioned is unbiblical, inaccurate, and unhelpful.”
Do Not Be True to Yourself
Don’t be true to yourself?! But that’s not what we hear alllll the time… !
The Lord’s Prayer
“If prayer usually feels dull and boring, I have to conclude that in large part I’ve lost a sense of who it is I’m praying to.”
Men and Women in the Church
Though I was vaguely dissatisfied with this book, I believe it to be biblically sound.
Taking God at His Word
“We should not abandon faith in anything God has taught us merely because we cannot solve all the problems which it raises. Our own intellectual competence is not the test and measure of divine truth. It is not for us to stop believing because we lack understanding, but to believe in order that we may understand.”
What is the Mission of the Church?
I picked up this book because we've been tired of hearing the word 'mission' or 'missional' and feeling like we don't know what it means anymore.
Just Do Something
“The only chains God wants us to wear are the chains of righteousness—not the chains of hopeless subjectivism, not the shackles of risk-free living, not the fetters of horoscope decision making— just the chains befitting a bond servant of Christ Jesus. Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God’s glory.”
What Does the Bible Really Teach About Homosexuality?
“The God we worship is indeed a God of love. Which does not, according to any verse in the Bible, make sexual sin acceptable. But it does, by the witness of a thousand verses all over the Bible, make every one of our sexual sins changeable, redeemable, and wondrously forgivable.”
The Hole in Our Holiness
“Is it possible you look at personal holiness like I look at camping? It’s fine for other people. You sort of respect those who make their lives harder than they have to be. But it’s not really your thing?”