Category: Books

Sometimes I get these little pleasant surprises when I walk into a Christian bookstore. And seeing the book above at Glad Sounds was one of them. In Malaysian ringgit before the special discount it cost RM76.95. I recall during theology classes during my seminary days, we took some time reading significant paragraphs from Clark Pinnock’s…

Here’s 2 confessions (which I may have made before). First, There are many times when I post up a book which I think is worth reading … most of the time I haven’t finished reading the whole book yet. It’s more of saying this is a book I plan to read or has caught my…

When I was asked to be one of the writers for Asian Reflections Year 2 by Scripture Union. I felt very honored to be given this chance to contribute. It was a lot of hard work … writing the reflections I mean. But I found the whole process very helpful for me to connect the…

I stumbled on The 2disc Mp3 version at Glad Sounds Jaya SS14. I’ve always wanted to “listen” to the Bible … and this version really raises the bar and sets the standard in terms of the quality of audio Bible reading. I’ve just finished listening to the whole Gospel of Luke (started last night), continued…

After spending some extended conversationsat the Lausanne YLG-06 with Brad Smith (Thanks Brad for the stimulating conversations and questions posed) on Asian theologies, and all that’s related to that. My consciousness about Christianity in Asia is heightened 🙂 So, I decided to spend some time checking out some of the articles in the Dictionary of…

The paper back version of this book has discussion questions which is an added value. I’ve asked a local bookstore to bring it in. Hopefully soon 🙂 I read the chapters on “Homosexuality” and “Sin” again in preparation for the workshops I was conducting and found them most helpful. One key thing I appreciate about…

“Can Christians be civil in a world falling apart? In these wild and diverse times, prolifers square off against prochoicers, gay liberationists confront champions of the traditional family, husbands and wives face each other in court, artists attack legislators, and “politically correct” intellectuals abhor crusading fundamentalists. Philosopher and ethicist Richard Mouw is concerned that, too…

I just came back from Labuan so I’ll need myself to get reorientated. Thanks to John Frye again for giving us part 2 & Part 3 of his review of a book I hope comes to Malaysian bookstores soon, and more people will begin so how the insights might help them as a Christian and…

Special Thanks to John Fyre for sharing his review series with us. I’m away from internet access for a couple of days. So I decided to pre-post from other blogs point to stuff that’s “nourishing” & “nurturing” (as opposed to “draining!”) _________________________________________________________________ What is the gospel? Scot McKnight’s Embracing Grace: A Gospel for All of…

Looks good 🙂 Thanks Mark Priddy and everyone at Allelon for making these resources available (and the ongoing goodies online)! The sky is falling .. … the earth is moving …