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Book Reviews and Theological Rants of a Liberal Christian

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Book Reviews and Theological Rants of a Liberal Christian

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Book review: Disciples: How Jewish Christianity Shaped Jesus and Shattered the Church

, May 17, 2014May 25, 2014

Wow. I wish I had written this book. Speculative but convincingly argued, it strikes a perfect balance between reason and wonder, as it traces the evolution and demise of Jewish Christianity.

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Book review: Blueprint for Theocracy: The Christian Right’s Vision for America

, May 12, 2014May 26, 2014

This stuff frightens me. Sanford approaches the topic of the Religious Right much like a journalist struggling mightily to remain unbiased. This goal is too lofty, and though he gives it a good try, the inherent

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Book review: Excommunicating the Faithful: Jewish Christianity in the Early Church

, May 9, 2014May 26, 2014

This is a scholarly look at the evidence, both archaeological and from the written record of the Church Fathers, of early Jewish Christianity. Howard focuses on two sects, the Ebionites and the Nazarenes.

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Book review: STABLE: The Keys to Heaven on Earth

, May 5, 2014May 26, 2014

April Lewis’s book is a pluralistic Christian approach to happiness. She notes that it is God’s will that we be happy, experiencing heaven on earth, and that virtually all religions promote common goals of love, forgiveness, altruism and healthy relationships … the very

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Book review: Judas of Nazareth

, May 1, 2014May 26, 2014

Yes, Jesus lived, he’s no myth … but he’s not who you think. Daniel Unterbrink is a retired forensic auditor who “turned his analytical prowess” to uncovering the real Jesus. In this fascinating, controversial study, Daniel equates Jesus with Judas the Galilean (not Judas the…

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Book review: Things That Must Take Place: A Commentary on Revelation Chapters 4-22

, April 28, 2014May 26, 2014

Though Kessinger’s approach is blatantly canonical and futuristic, I nevertheless enjoyed it a lot. The insights are fresh and well-presented; not merely a rehash of other publications. The

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Book review: Heretics for Armchair Theologians

, April 24, 2014April 24, 2014

An excellent little book covering the major “heretics” of the first five centuries. The authors do not try to present these men as evil or anti-Christian at all. On the contrary, they were sincere people trying to understand the Christian faith in their own context, asking important

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The Miracle Free Gospel

, April 21, 2014

by Gerhard Jason Geick ★★★★ Scholars have long speculated about the existence of an early, miracle-free version of the Gospel of John. It wasn’t until recently that a Palestinian discovery proved this speculation to be true. The miracles of Jesus were added to the text of the Gospel of John…

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Book review: Announcing the Scientific Discovery of God

, April 16, 2014May 26, 2014

Can God’s existence be proven by logic? Demaree takes a shot at it, by providing a reasonable argument for the existence of a being who dispensed to us a moral law. Demaree calls this being “God” and assumes him to be our creator. He then takes a leap of logic:

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Book review: Walking in the Moment between Tick and Tock–From Passover to Pentecost

, April 10, 2014May 26, 2014

King notes that Jewish holidays are different from secular holidays; they’re not just about observing the past, but about bringing the past into the present. We live in the moment, between the tick and tock of

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