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Great Theology, Teachableness, & John Calvin [Balm in Gilead / Summer Read…Quote…Reflect]

July 12, 2019 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

In an essay on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, [Marilynne] Robinson declared that “great theology is always a kind of giant and intricate poetry, like epic or saga. . . .”

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Filed Under: Devotional, Quotes Tagged With: Balm in Gilead, dietrich bonhoeffer, intervarsity press, John Calvin, Marilynne Robinson, Read...Quote...Reflect, Timothy George

Best Christian Book: What Have You Added to Your Reading List?

April 9, 2013 by Micheal Hickerson 5 Comments

Thank you, Andy, for your amazing breakdown of the advanced metrics of the Best Christian Book of All Time Tournament. One of Andy’s findings was that the Tournament seedings came much closer to an ideal seeding than the most recent NCAA Men’s Basketball tournaments. (However, I do note as a proud UofL alumnus that this […]

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Filed Under: Best Christian Book of All Time, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: henri nouwen, John Calvin, Julian of Norwich, Marilynne Robinson, Shusaku Endo, thomas aquinas

Best Christian Book of All Time: First Round Update

March 21, 2013 by Micheal Hickerson 1 Comment

The first round has closed in the Theology & Apologetics and Christian Life & Discipleship brackets of our Best Christian Book of All Time tournament. Download the updated bracket for your office pools, and head to Facebook to vote for your choices for the Sweet Sixteen. Vote for Round 2! First Round Results Theology & […]

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Filed Under: Best Christian Book of All Time, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: Augustine, Blaise Pascal, C. S. Lewis, dallas willard, dietrich bonhoeffer, Eugene Peterson, g. k. chesterton, John Calvin, john stott, Lessle Newbigin, Martin Luther, n. t. wright, Pascal, Richard Foster, thomas aquinas

Best Christian Book of All Time: Early Nominations

March 5, 2013 by Micheal Hickerson No Comments

The nominations are coming in for our Best Christian Book of All Time Tournament (BCBATT for short). So far, more than 140 different books have been nominated, ranging from the 2nd to the 21st centuries. Here are a few of the books receiving multiple nominations: Augustine, Confessions Augustine, City of God Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The Cost […]

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: Augustine, books, Brother Lawrence, C. S. Lewis, dante, dietrich bonhoeffer, dorothy l. sayers, g. k. chesterton, J.I. Packer, john bunyan, John Calvin, john stott, Thomas a Kempis

Insights from works by people from other worldviews?

November 23, 2012 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

How To Read Slowly

James W. Sire addresses another excellent question from Micheal Hickerson, ESN Blog Contributor: Should Christians worry if they find themselves enjoying or gaining insight from artistic, literary or academic works by people from other worldviews? I know that this has been a question within the Christian world from the ancients to the present. Didn’t Tertullian (c. […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, Question and Answer Tagged With: A Theology of Reading, alan jacobs, Albert Camus, Augustine, C. S. Lewis, How to Read Slowly, James Sire, James Sire on ESN, John Calvin, knowledge, relativism, Tertullian, Virginia Woolf, worldview

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