Book Reviews

So we begin the top ten countdown in this series, and I start it off with a great one. Shantaram: A Novel by Gregory David Roberts is simply brilliant. It might be my favorite novel…

Books can create different worlds that take us to new places. But books can also recreate old worlds that remind us of what once was. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett took me to an…

Rarely do I read a book that puts words to ideas that I wasn’t aware I had. Rarely do I like a book by an author with an immense ego and insults all kinds of…

When I want to learn about another country I will turn to all the usual sources: history books, travel guides, online articles, etc. Turning to a novel would not be my first instinct. But The…

A comment from a friend that made me smile: “That’s a lot of books.” Indeed, 2012 was a good year for my reading habits. Or listening habits, since so many were audiobooks. A record for…

Yes, it’s the time of year when I share my favorite books of the year.  Just in time for Christmas shopping. Actually, if you buy one of these books via my blog, then Amazon gives…

Robert Gundry is a brilliant scholar and theologian, and he remains one of the brightest people I’ve had the honor of knowing.  I took several classes from him when I was a student at Westmont…

A friend mentioned his use of the devotional book Moravian Daily Texts, so I thought I’d give it a try. It’s been with me for almost a year now as I work through the daily…