First of all, I really like biographies about people in the music industry. The stories of people or bands who make it big in rock or even in other genres are fascinating to me – probably because it’s so outside of my experience. I also really like music from the sixties and I especially like […]
The Beatitudes The word ‘beatitude’ roughly means ‘blessing.’ Jesus starts His sermon with a list of attributes that characterize those who are blessed – who receive God’s approval. Said another way, He lists the attributes of those for whom this sermon is intended. The Sermon on the Mount is Jesus’ manifesto explaining how to live […]
Interesting book that was an easy read. Each invention is a chapter that essentially stands alone, so it’s an easy book to pick up and put down. The author’s self-described purpose is not to list the fifty most economically significant inventions. It’s instead to tell of interesting inventions that shaped the economy by tugging on […]
The subtitle to this book is “Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder.” It’s a fascinating book written with a thesis that Woodrow Wilson and Vladimir Lenin actually had a lot in common in their view of and approach to the world. The author’s contention is that both men used the end […]
1 Amos is a sheepherder and keeper of figs from Tekoa, a city just south of Jerusalem in Judah, sent by God to prophesy against Israel. Though he lives in the Southern Kingdom, he is sent to speak against the North. The words he speaks come from visions that God has sent to him. He […]
Amos is a book of prophecies and condemnations proclaimed by a shepherd from Tekoa – a town just south of Bethlehem in Judah. Not a prophet by trade, Amos describes himself in the book as a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs (7:14). Amos is called by God to prophesy against the Northern Kingdom […]
First of all, this isn’t a particularly well-written book. The authors introduce characters and events with no background or context, and their ability to stay on topic is a little lacking. I also don’t know that they’d be considered good writers generally. Second, though the book is essentially a biography, it’s not really written that […]
I’ve read probably three or four books by Mark Bowden, and enjoyed them all. This book is about the battle of Hue, the second largest city in South Vietnam, that took place as part of the Tet Offensive in January and February of 1968. The Tet Offensive was largely a military failure – the North […]
Lucy turns 15 today. In her honor I thought I’d relate the story of her birth. When Cheryl and I married in June, 1991, we spent the first two years enjoying our freedom. We both worked (I’m a CPA, Cheryl was an RN), and we had fun being with each other without a lot of […]
Paul ends the letter by sending greetings from those who are with him and giving instructions regarding the distribution of the epistle. These verses do not contain doctrine per se, but by discussing people in the ministry they provide both encouragement about life in Christ and a sobering reminder of the fallibility of man. 7-9 […]
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