2008
May
26
Part One- Review Part Two- Politics and the Internet Now we are getting into the controversy with Ford. She is bound to anger some of her readers as she dissects Christians and politics. As she talks about conservative Christians and politics she says, “This attitude is evident ‘in the way political and religious conservatives vigorously [...]
2008
May
23
Part One- Review of the book I think the crux behind independent voters is that they believe there are more than two sides to most discussions, more than two voices that need to be heard, and more than two solutions to all problems. The power of blogging and the internet has changed the way politicians [...]
2008
May
22
When most people think of independent voters they think of people who are undecided, wavering, and unsure of what they believe. Marcia Ford’s book, We the Purple seeks to dispel this notion and to support and advocate for Christians being independent voters. Despite being inclined to agree with Ford, I think she did an excellent [...]
2008
May
13
I just recently finished reading My Beautiful Idol by Pete Gall. The book is in the same vein as Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller. This makes it tough, because Miller’s book is one of the most popular Christian books of the last 10 years. So Gall’s book will be compared to a book that [...]
2008
May
05
Part One, Two, Three, and Four. Who Stole My Church? by Gordon MacDonald This will be my last post on this book and also my post for Creative Chaos. If you are totally confused with what I wrote here, head back to post one, it has a lot of the book’s background info. I want [...]
2008
May
02
Parts One, Two, and Three. Who Stole My Church? by Gordon MacDonald. As I think back on the book, there are a couple of moments that stick out to me as huge turning points for the group. One was diving through the Scripture I talked about in part 3, and another is when the youth [...]