Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy: A Journey into a New Christianity Through the Doorway of Matthew’s Gospel by John Shelby Spong My rating: 4 of 5 stars John Shelby Spong argues that a literal reading of the New Testament – specifically Matthew – is an error that developed after the Christ movement left the Jewish… Continue reading Book Report: Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy
Category: Theology and Philosophy
Book Report: How to Read the Bible and Still Be a Christian. By John Dominic Crosson
How to Read the Bible and Still Be a Christian: Struggling with Divine Violence from Genesis Through Revelation by John Dominic Crossan My rating: 5 of 5 stars Justice v Judgement Justice v Judgement I am a Christian; however, I have struggled most of my adult life with the dichotomy of God as described in… Continue reading Book Report: How to Read the Bible and Still Be a Christian. By John Dominic Crosson
Book Report – Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a quick, enjoyable read of forty different possibilities after death. I found all the stories intriguing. Each chapter is just a few pages long. I read it in just a couple of hours; starting it one evening before… Continue reading Book Report – Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman
Radical Grace
I recently finished reading Rob Bell’s Love Wins and Marcus Borg’s Speaking Christian. My understanding of and belief in the concept of radical grace grows stronger and stronger. Simply stated, radical grace is the idea that God loves us wholeheartedly and has no intention of letting us go to hell. The problem over the past 50 or… Continue reading Radical Grace
Jesus Interrupted by Bart D. Ehrman
Title: Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (and Why We Don’t Know About Them) Published by Harper One, and imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. 283 pages. This is the most challenging of the religious books I’ve read in the past few years as I’ve studied what’s becoming known as the New Paradigm: most… Continue reading Jesus Interrupted by Bart D. Ehrman
