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Matt Chandler’s New Book & the Neo-Reformed (New Calvinist) Movement

September 5, 2013 By Frank Viola

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I Don’t Know

September 4, 2013 By Frank Viola

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This blog post has been revised and turned into a chapter in The Rethinking Series. The series includes each book in PDF, Kindle, and Nook formats. Click here to view the Table of Contents for each book and how to get it Read more

A Unique Online Discipleship Course – Discover How to Live by the Indwelling Life of Christ

September 2, 2013 By Frank Viola

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A Shift in Ministry

August 27, 2013 By Frank Viola

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Rethinking Religious Freedom in a Diverse Culture

August 27, 2013 By Frank Viola

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The Global Square is Os Guinness’ newest book. The book is about religious freedom and the attempt to provide safe diversity in a very diverse world. 7 billion people share our planet. How do we navigate freedom and diversity and blend it with safety? Guinness seeks to give a vision of religious freedom that allows for competing truth claims in a safe environment. Guinness’s proposals are reasonable. So much so that some are calling the book a “a blueprint for… Read more

“I’m Praying for You” – Really?

August 26, 2013 By Frank Viola

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Conquering Your Giants with Five Stones

August 26, 2013 By Frank Viola

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Five Stones: Conquering Your Giants is a new book by Shane Stanford and R. Brad Martin. The greatest battle the Christian faces is very often the battle with himself or herself. Shane Stanford and R. Brad Martin use the story of David and Goliath to model how to fight and overcome our giants today. The book seeks to inspire, challenge, and enhance self-discovery. The author creatively apply the story of David and Goliath to every believer today. Each stone represents… Read more

Is It Always Wrong for a Christian to Use Violence?

August 24, 2013 By Frank Viola

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Preston Sprinkle’s new book Fight: A Christian Case for Non-Violence is a helpful addition to the many books on the subject of war, violence, and the Christian ethic. This is a “popular” book instead of a scholarly tome. That is, it’s for the average reader, not the academic. Preston does a nice job surveying the troublesome passages in the Old Testament where God tells Israel to kill everything that breathes. His interpretations are reasonable and thoughtful. He goes through church… Read more

Must Read: Spending Your Time and Money on What Matters Most

August 23, 2013 By Frank Viola

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A lot of books pass through my hands every year. And the ones that impress me are rarer than chicken molars. However, Free: Spending Your Time and Money on What Matters Most by Mark and Lisa Scandrette took me by surprise. This is an excellent piece of writing. And it impressed me. Free is not your typical book. It’s like a workbook for your life. An assessment test. A life plan. A practical manual for reviewing the major aspects of your life… Read more

A Question of Faith

August 20, 2013 By Frank Viola

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Today I interview Tor Constantino of The Daily Retort on his excellent book A Question of Faith. Why did you decide to write this book? Tor Constantino: I was raised in a strict, conservative, Christian household. Even though I had loving parents, I was not allowed to satisfy my curiosity about other religious beliefs and faith traditions. When I got to college, I was unprepared and ill-equipped to adequately defend my own faith, let alone address the truth claims or tenets… Read more