by Ben Bowden, Marketing Assistant This is the second blog post in a series that goes through The Bible and Your Work study Series focusing on the book of Proverbs. After reading, feel free to comment below. And in case you missed it, here is the link to the first post. Diligence is one of … Continue reading Working through Proverbs: The Wise Worker is Diligent
Sabbaticals Can Be For Everyone
by Wayne Kirkland, co-author of Where's God on Monday? I’d had a difficult year. Despite my intense commitment to working with unchurched young people, I was feeling tired and drawn. Everything was an effort. And the challenges I was presented with just served to overwhelm me. At the end of the year I sat with … Continue reading Sabbaticals Can Be For Everyone
Working Through Proverbs: The Wise Worker is Trustworthy
by Ben Bowden, Marketing Assistant. God begins and ends the Bible working; He starts by creating the heavens and the earth and ends by bringing about the new heaven and the new earth. If work is this important to God, shouldn't it be important to us too? These blog posts will work through this book … Continue reading Working Through Proverbs: The Wise Worker is Trustworthy
Are You Working?
by Wayne Kirkland, co-author of Where's God on Monday? Imagine this scene: It’s 6pm and John walks in through the front entrance of the house he shares with Liz, his wife, and their three children. He puts down his briefcase and Liz immediately gives him a kiss, inquiring, “How was your day at work, dear?” … Continue reading Are You Working?
Review: Reflecting the Eternal
Reflecting the Eternal Finds its Way into C.S. Lewis’s Library
Visitors to the Kilns library in Oxford can now enjoy a cup of tea in C.S. Lewis's former home while reading Marsha Daigle-Williamson's Reflecting the Eternal. Daigle-Williamson's book shows how Lewis uses Dante's Divine Comedy as his primary narrative model in his most famous novels. Dr. Bethany Sollereder, who manages the library for C.S. Lewis's … Continue reading Reflecting the Eternal Finds its Way into C.S. Lewis’s Library
Review: Jesus and the Remains of His Day
A wonderful review of Jesus and the Remains of His Day
Jesus and the Remains of His Day: Studies in Jesus and the Evidence of Material Cultureby Craig A. Evans is a captivating collection of up-to-date essays on a number of archaeological discoveries related to the earthly ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. In this book, Evans helpfully exposes the misuse of archaeology in relation to claims about Jesus and early Christianity, and rightly seeks to demonstrate the usefulness of archaeology within the discipline of biblical studies. Evans is an accomplished scholar and his work here is consistently well-documented and easy to read—the latter being one of the most surprising aspects of the book given the typical flavor of similar works.
Jesus and the Remains of His Day begins with an excellent discussion surrounding some of the most recent archaeological work at Bethsaida and Magdala. The reader will find the discussion both engaging and enlightening, and it sets the stage well…
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God’s co-workers?
Although work is the dominant activity of our everyday lives, our Monday-Friday work and Sunday worship can sometimes feel disconnected, even worlds apart. Too many Christians feel that their spiritual life doesn't relate to their work life--or that somehow they're not serving God unless they're in full-time ministry. But we need to realize that all … Continue reading God’s co-workers?
Reflecting Eternal Light: Eyes to See in Pilgrim’s Regress
By Carl Nellis, Editor Marsha Daigle-Williamson’s Reflecting the Eternal: Dante’s Divine Comedy in the Novels of C.S. Lewis, now available, traces the relationship between C.S. Lewis and Dante’s Divine Comedy. This is the third post in our series of excerpts from Dr. Daigle-Williamson’s book that show Lewis imitating and adapting Dante’s images and metaphors of … Continue reading Reflecting Eternal Light: Eyes to See in Pilgrim’s Regress
Reflecting Eternal Light: Dante’s Spiritual Geography
By Carl Nellis, Editor Marsha Daigle-Williamson’s Reflecting the Eternal: Dante’s Divine Comedy in the Novels of C.S. Lewis, now available, traces the relationship between C.S. Lewis and Dante’s Divine Comedy. This is the second post in our series of excerpts from Dr. Daigle-Williamson’s book that show Lewis imitating and adapting Dante’s images and metaphors of … Continue reading Reflecting Eternal Light: Dante’s Spiritual Geography