Reality
\”Humankind cannot stand very much reality: the strongest doses of it are invariably dismissed as silliness.\” (Robert Farrar Capon, The Romance of the Word, 46)
5 Tips For Choosing Books To Read
1. Ask your friends. Ask them why they liked or disliked it, where it ranked compared to other books, if they would read it again, etc. Once you find a friend or two with similar taste in a specific genre, you can really narrow down which books you should read. 2. Find out what your favorite
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Live First
\”Men who have lived nowhere are buried nowhere.No Monument shall mark his head; no local roots clutch his breast.Richmond and Kew have not undone him; Syracuse and Albany have not destroyed him.No place wore him away, and nowhere receives him at last.He shall return no more to his house; neither shall his place know him
Historical Jesus
\”For my money, the only historical Jesus there is, for better or worse, is the Jesus the Holy Spirit has disclosed to us on the pages of the New Testament – every word of which, one way or another, represents something the Spirit thought supremely worth mentioning about Jesus.\” (Robert Farrar Capon, The Romance of the
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
About 80 years ago, there was a man who gained unparalleled power in the modern era. He was literally worshipped by many around the world, going so far as to change church creeds to include his name. He was a brilliant military leader, controlled most of Europe, and was thought to be the German Messiah
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Scot-free Grace
\”Grace is wildly irreligious stuff. It’s more than enough to get God kicked out of the God union that the theologians have formed to keep him on his divine toes so he won’t let the riffraff off scot-free. Sensible people, of course, should need only about thirty seconds of careful thought to realize that getting
Sinning Ministers
\”Fuss long enough with running sinners out of ministerial employment, and you’ll knock all the crockery of grace off the church’s shelf.\” (Robert Farrar Capon, The Romance of the Word, 6)
The Romance of the Word
Wow. If I had to summarize this book in one word, I don't think I could do any better than that. The Romance of the Word is the first Capon book I have read, but I will almost definitely read the rest of his books now. It is easily the most entertaining and well-written theological
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Collision DVD Review
Collision is a powerful documentary that highlights two of the smartest men alive going head to head in a fierce debate. It is aptly titled Collision to describe the lives of these two men that are opposed clashing, and this film captures the sparks between them for our edification and entertainment. There are things that
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Tactics
Tactics is a great book on an apologetic approach that you will actually use. Gregory Koukl has done a great job outlining a plan that is easy to use and very effective. Most apologetic books outline arguments that you commonly run into, but very little is said about style and presentation. This book takes the opposite