What is your favorite version of the Bible and why?

What is your favorite version of the Bible and why? I recently made a switch. For the past couple of years I’ve been very happy with “today’s new international version” because of several factors (and its new form in the NIV 2011). First, I always look for a gender inclusive translation as this is more [...]

Godspeed: Making Christ’s Mission Your Own

Check out the Patheos Book Club page for Godspeed here! God is on a mission. This God invites humanity into the Trinitarian dance of being sent for the sake of the world and to the glory of God. In Godspeed – Making Christ’s Mission Your Own, Britt Merrick invites evangelicals to reconsider the nature of [...]

“Dallas and the Spitfire” reminds us that discipleship is messy.

*This post is part of the Patheos Bookclub review for “Dallas and the Spitfire” *** Leave a comment on this post, with adequate contact information and I might pick you to get a free copy of the book! I sit on my couch and ponder my youth ministry days. Discipleship, in a student ministry setting, [...]

How Does God Talk Back to You?

THIS IS PART OF THE PATHEOS BOOK CLUB FOR “WHEN GOD TALKS BACK.” Today I want to tell you about a book that is one of the newest to my personal collection: When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God. It was written by Tanya (TM) Luhrmann, a psychological anthropologist. She was [...]