I have read another book by Andrew Pettegree — Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion — which I really enjoyed, and I enjoyed this one even more. Brand Luther is well-researched, scholarly, detailed . . . and an easy read. Think of it as a mash-up of history and biography written from the vantage of …
Review: Phantastes
Phantastes by George MacDonald My rating: 3 of 5 stars I know that I read this once before, many moons ago. But my only recollection of it consisted in the fact that I had read it. I recently decided to read it again because of the impact it had on Lewis. Having done so, I …
Review: Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe by Walter Scott My rating: 4 of 5 stars On my short list of books I am actively reading, I include a “bucket book,” defined as a book I really should have read by this time in my life, but which for various reasons, I have not. In this category, I just finished Ivanhoe, …
Review: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass My rating: 4 of 5 stars Well written & moving. View all my reviews
Invite to Grace Agenda 2016
Grace Agenda 2016 Announcement from Canon Wired on Vimeo.
Review: Preaching in the Holy Spirit
Preaching in the Holy Spirit by Albert N. Martin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Very fine little booklet. I commend it to all preachers — really good stuff here. View all my reviews
Review: The Prince and Betty
The Prince and Betty by P.G. Wodehouse My rating: 4 of 5 stars Continuing to work my way through the entire Wodehouse corpus, and continuing to enjoy it. View all my reviews
Review: The Pilgrim’s Regress
The Pilgrim’s Regress by C.S. Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars Excellent. Finished the audio version in February 2016. In the Afterword, Lewis apologizes for the book, an apology I refuse to accept. Just delightful. View all my reviews
Why the Angels Speak
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.” (Rev. 1:20). The last …
Review: God Is Not a Story: Realism Revisited
God Is Not a Story: Realism Revisited by Francesca Aran Murphy My rating: 4 of 5 stars Good book, but dense. It is sad that she had to write it, what with so many bright souls writing so much theology with six-syllable words in such a way as to require an answer. But she did …