In 2:3-11, John lists and discusses three tests of the faith that he says must be true of the believer. The follower of Jesus will keep His commandments (3-5a); walk in the same manner as He walked (5b-6); and love other believers (7-11). If these three things are not true of him, a person cannot […]
This book was recommended to me as an interesting read about a very little-known event of major significance. My take on it is that it’s a fairly compelling read, but the event it describes didn’t seem as groundbreaking as the author tried to make it sound. The story takes place in the Jim Crow south […]
John completes the thought expressed in 1:5-10 and makes sure that what he wrote about confession and sin in 1:8-10 is not abused or misunderstood. 1 John’s tone changes in verse 1. He addresses his readers as my little children. John is likely an old man as he writes these words. He is the teacher […]
The book is ostensibly about two college football powers in the early twentieth century and specifically about a game where they met in 1912. What the book is really is a detailed account of the Carlisle Indian School and its football coach – Glenn “Pop” Warner – and its most famous athlete – Jim Thorpe […]
John discusses the first of two major themes about the nature of God – God is light. John shows how this truth about God has ramifications for those who claim to be His. 5-7 John says the message we have heard from Him – the Word of Life (Christ) – is that God is light. […]
This is a true story that took place at the turn of the 20th Century in New York. The essential facts of the story are as follows: A sixteen-year-old girl – Evelyn Nesbit – arrives in New York in 1901 and meets a wealthy, influential man three times her age – famous architect Stanford White […]
Written as a social commentary on race, class, politics and greed in the eighties, this book came out in 1987 and is Wolfe’s best-known work of fiction (and rates with The Right Stuff as one of his best-known books overall). I’m a little late to the party in reading it, but when he died earlier […]
John explains the reason for his writing and begins to lay out his case for a true risen Messiah and what that means to those who follow Him. He makes it clear that Jesus was a man in every sense of the word and not simply a spirit. In this short text he also communicates […]
This is the third book by Bowden that I’ve read this year and probably fifth or sixth overall. I’ve yet to be disappointed – he’s really good at whatever subject he takes on. In this case, it’s the NFL Championship Game played on December 28, 1958, between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants – […]
I read this book on vacation because I ran out of reading material and my daughter had it along as her assigned summer reading for high school English class. I’d never read anything by Agatha Christie and am not a seasoned mystery reader. That being the case, I wasn’t used to the rather abrupt ending […]
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