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“The Bible becomes a confusing mess when we expect it to function as a rulebook for faith. But when we allow the Bible to determine our expectations, we see that Wisdom, not answers, is the Bible’s true subject matter.”

How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers--and Why That's Great News by Peter Enns

October 11, 2022 by The Chancellor Leave a Comment

How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers—and Why That’s Great News by Peter Enns My rating: 5 of 5 stars I first heard of Peter “Pete” Enns on the “Bible for Normal People” podcast and greatly appreciated not only his own commentary but also the guests and discussions that he hosts on each episode. This lead me to hearing that he had written a book. So I went out […]

Filed Under: Religion Tagged With: #Bible, Christianity, How the Bible Actually Works, Peter Enns

The Chancellor's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Religion · Tags: #Bible, Christianity, How the Bible Actually Works, Peter Enns ·
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Learning About but Don’t Appropriate

Jewish Holidays: A Brief Introductions for Christians by Kerry M. Olitzky

September 10, 2022 by The Chancellor Leave a Comment

Jewish Holidays: A Brief Introduction for Christians by Kerry M. Olitzky My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book is a really good overview of Jewish holidays for those that are curious about their origins and practices, particularly from a Christian context. If you are looking for a “how-to” this is not that book. Like the title says, it’s brief. Each holiday is presented in it’s context from the Torah followed by a socio-historical context. There is an overview of how the holiday is practiced […]

Filed Under: Religion Tagged With: Christianity, holidays, Judaism, Kerry M. Olitzky

The Chancellor's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Religion · Tags: Christianity, holidays, Judaism, Kerry M. Olitzky ·
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this is the sort of book that requires some quiet wallowing time post-finish

The Everlasting by Katy Simpson Smith

June 9, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

I picked this one up because of the cover. I saw it featured at my local bookstore and put it in my basket without even reading the blurb on the back. Had I read the blurb, I would have KNOWN that it was meant for me none the less, but something about the neon pile of bodies reached into my brain and demanded to be brought home. Unfortunately, “brought home” was as far as the demand went. It sat in my literal TBR pile until […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Religion Tagged With: Catholicism, Christianity, coming-of-age, Death, historical fiction, Katy Simpson Smith, Love, lust, medici family, Religion, Rome, saint prisca, Satan

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:30 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Religion · Tags: Catholicism, Christianity, coming-of-age, Death, historical fiction, Katy Simpson Smith, Love, lust, medici family, Religion, Rome, saint prisca, Satan ·
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Choose this day whom you will serve.

The Kingdom of God Is Within You: Christianity Not as Mystic Religion But as a New Theory of Life by Leo Tolstoy

May 20, 2021 by Halbs Leave a Comment

I took a long, weird road to this book. I grew up in Texas with public-service-minded parents of faith. I was a political science major turned public-interest lawyer turned political staffer. Public service, making the world a better place, all of it. In my mind, Jesus’ line about rendering to Caesar what’s Caesar’s meant that, in my democratic context, I had to work the system for good. I navigated the classic political argument of the “problem of dirty hands” with all of that in mind […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: anarchy, Christianity, Leo Tolstoy, politics, Russia, theology

Halbs's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: anarchy, Christianity, Leo Tolstoy, politics, Russia, theology ·
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A surprisingly earnest (and not surprisingly literal) exploration of the Bible.

The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs

March 1, 2021 by narfna 2 Comments

Feels good to finally knock this off my TBR after 13 years, and it was a pretty good read, but I think I wanted more from it. This mindset is puzzling, because I was actually expecting less than what I got here. I was expecting this to be more of a satirical, humorous, critical exploration of the Bible. And it was not that! At all! Jacobs is extremely, beyond-call sincere in his exploration. He’s funny, but the humor is secondary. His quest comes first. (He […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: #memoir, A.J. Jacobs, Christianity, experimental journalism, humor, Judaism, narfna, non fiction, Religion, The Bible, the year of living biblically

narfna's CBR13 Review No:19 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: #memoir, A.J. Jacobs, Christianity, experimental journalism, humor, Judaism, narfna, non fiction, Religion, The Bible, the year of living biblically ·
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As the crow flies we are already there. As the human walks, it will take a little longer.

As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman

February 22, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

As the Crow Flies was on several reading lists, award lists and being promoted for a while. I decided maybe I would investigate it after I noticed a couple schools had ordered it. When I noticed the price, I was “Um…okay, this is a library book.” However, it is worth the price of the book, if you decide it is after reading it from a library. You see, this graphic novel by Melanie Gillman is not … well it is a story that goes from […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Religion, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: camp, Christianity, friendship, glbtq, hiking, Melanie Gillman

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:95 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Religion, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: camp, Christianity, friendship, glbtq, hiking, Melanie Gillman ·
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