Book Reviews

This was a story I needed to hear. It reminded me that the world is a lonely place filled with lonely people but healing can be found in community. The kindness of others, even strangers, is cleansing and when we open our lives to others with transparency and honesty, we may just find the cure to what ails us whether we recognize what ails us or not.

On Living Well gives us Peterson from the 1970s and 1980s, when he was at the height of his pastoral ministry, saying what needed to be said. These are words worth repeating.

I wanted more clarity at certain points, more work in defining the distinctions of the doctrine of deification in relation to the various traditions represented. But, most of all, I just wanted more. And I think you will, too.

Ashford and Bartholomew have written a wonderful exposition of biblical teaching that praises God the Creator. I am grateful to have read it, and I shall return to it.

Throughout her book, Simard braids the science story with episodes from her personal life, revealing what her work has cost her as well as how it has offered wisdom in return.

As recent books on the problem of evil frequently fall into either hyper-philosophical specialization or unorthodox theologizing, Schwarz's biblically-oriented inquiry, which affirms a trinitarian God in control, is an ironic breath of fresh air in the field.

Love assumes the best and that’s why despite what critics might say, I read Kwon and Thomspon’s words as a tough-love letter to an audience that they seek to walk with and not away from. 

This book is a model of good teaching with a “here is what we will do,” “here is a new idea,” “here is what we did” approach. 

This novel is a masterpiece. Its themes stick with you and it is the best thing I’ve read in a very long time. Pick it up, share it with a friend, read it with your book club, then talk together about its provocative themes over a glass of wine or a cup of coffee. It is a novel worthy of extended time.