It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted up the books I’ve been trying to read. Very often, I’m overwhelmed with the amount of stuff I want to reflect on and yet have not seriously dwelt longer on. It’s the I glance through lots of material widely but have a deeper desire to plunge in…
Category: Books
Nails and Thorns
Here’s the Nails and Thorns: Lent Meditations (pdf) where I’ll be posting daily meditations from. Some months ago, my fellow Methodist pastor Rev. Ting Moy Hong invited me to write for the Malaysian TRAC Methodist Youth version lent Meditations. I said why don’t we make it a joint Lutheran and Methodist project. Of course, all…
The Shape of Practical Theology
I read this less than an hour ago and found that I needed to hear this l … “It is bad theology to have to love the world more than God, and to confuse our service to God with our being sent into the world. It is bad theology to interpret the calling of God…
The Community of the Word
I’m always drawn to books on ecclesiology … I think it’s because it’s become part and parcel of my life and ministry as well as my thinking process (informally in conversations and formally in my MTheol Program) – so when this gem arrived in SUFES bookstore I grabbed it.
Google Print
This REALLY brightened up my day! It’s a Sunny day too!
A New Kind of Conversation
I’m a little left behind this “ongoing conversation” since it started. Partly because I’m “in transition” in a number of ways 🙂 I hope to catch up once things are more settled at least at our new place of refuge. I personally find this “book project” fascinating .. first, in it’s title and topic and…
Scot’s Top Ten Books Series …
Since we’re still on the topic on books Prof. Scot McKnight has been serving us with a whole menu of books. My wife might not be too happy about the “temptations” due to these links to buy the books Scot recommends … but then again …. 🙂 Top Ten Books: Spiritual Formation Top Ten Books:…
My first Meme
Like him I don’t really know what Meme is (now I do after reading the link), but since I got tagged by Shermen Kuek new kid on the blog! .. I will respond … 1) Total Number Of Books You Own: I’ve actually don’t know the exact number … (many people know I’m lousy with…
Reclaiming God’s Original Intent for the Church
Wes Roberts and I had a short email exchange regarding the late Stanley Grenz. This is another occassion where I know someone through their blog first before their book. The co-author Glenn Marshall pastors a congregation of about ninety members (in the past I’d probably pick up a book by one who pastors maybe 9000…
The Journey from Texts to Translations
someone asked me about the Apocrypha last night … I realised though I had some basic answer and reponse which I think is ok – my historical and content details are very rusty (*grin*). I think many of the new Christians who come to our church have asked this before why there are more books…