7 Women by Eric Metaxas (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2015)
A couple of years ago, I read 7 Men, a book containing seven brief biographies of great men. Digging into what made these men so great, author Eric Metaxas did a phenomenal job of creating interest in each of the men depicted, and I followed up with other biographies of some of them.
Now Metaxas has released 7 Women. This book does the same thing. It identifies seven great women, and discovers what it was that made them so great. So far, the book is excellent. And I plan on posting a full review in a week or two, after I finish reading it.
In the meantime, you can pick up either 7 Men or 7 Women on Amazon. Enjoy reading it!
The Dark Side Of Charles Darwin by Jerry Bergman (Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2011)
One of the icons of evolutionary science for the past couple of centuries has been Charles Darwin. But was he really all that people think he was? Was he a brilliant scientist? Or did he lie and plagiarize the idea of others in order to establish the theory of natural selection and dethrone Christianity?
In Jerry Bergman’s book, The Dark Side Of Charles Darwin, many of these questions are examined, and more, concluding that Darwin wasn’t all he presented to the world. He had a dark side. And it was pretty dark.
The Dark Side Of Charles Darwin was an extremely interesting book. I highly recommend that you read it. You can pick up a copy at Amazon.com.
Kidnapped By The Taliban by Dilip Joseph, MD, with James Lund (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2014)
Over the past couple of years, I have really enjoyed reading true stories that are almost biographical in nature. I wouldn’t call them biographies simply because they deal with only a certain event or portion of someone’s life. But they are interesting nonetheless.
Such is the case with Kidnapped By The Taliban. This is the true story of medical missionary Dilip Joseph, who was kidnapped while serving in Afghanistan. His story is very interesting.
I am currently about halfway through this book, and I expect to finish it before the weekend. Watch for my full review early next week. In the meantime, you can purchase a copy on Amazon.
Countdown To Zero Day by Kim Zetter (New York: Crown Publishers, 2014)
I am a big Tom Clancy fan. His Jack Ryan novels are some of my all-time favorites. The suspense of almost eerily real fiction captivates me and I can’t put the books down.
This week, I started reading Countdown To Zero Day, a very real account of the world’s first digital weapon, and the means used to deliver it. Tom Clancy’s fiction has proven to be almost prophetic. The world is facing a brand new way of waging war, and we are more vulnerable than we realize.
I’m only a couple of chapters in at this point, but I am intrigued. Watch for my full review when I finish in a few days. In the meantime, you can purchase a copy on Amazon.
Grappling With The Chronology Of The Genesis Flood by Steven W. Boyd & Andrew A. Snelling, Editors (Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2014)
One of my favorite portions of the Bible are the first few chapters of Genesis. The narratives of Creation, the Fall, Noah’s Flood, and the Tower of Babel give incredible insights into the world we live in today. Everything from geology to theology can be explained through the events of these chapters.
One of the major events in this portion of Genesis is Noah’s Flood. And the questions of when it happened, and how long it lasted have been debated for ages.
Grappling With The Chronology Of The Genesis Flood seeks to resolve at least one of these questions by examining in detail the Hebrew grammar found in the Flood narrative. This looks to be a very comprehensive examination of the chronology of Noah’s Flood, and I’m excited to discover what conclusions the authors have reached.
I will post a full review when I finish the book, but in the meantime, you can pick up a copy of Grappling With The Chronology Of The Genesis Flood on Amazon.
Strange Glory: A Life Of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Charles Marsh (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014)
A few years ago, I read Bonhoeffer, by Eric Metaxas. I was very impressed with the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. When I saw this new biography, I grabbed a copy as soon as I could. It’s very different so far, from Metaxas’ work. Marsh deals more with the intellectual and theological aspects of Bonhoeffer’s life, where Metaxas spent more time devoted to life events.
I’m only about a hundred pages in so far, so that could change. It’s well worth the time to read it, especially if you are a fan of biographies. Bonhoeffer was a spiritual giant of the early twentieth century, and there is much that we can learn from him.
I will post a full review when I finish the book, but in the meantime, you can pick up a copy of Strange Glory on Amazon.
Titus For You by Tim Chester (The Good Book Company, 2014)
I’ve been very impressed with The Good Book Company’s new (non)commentary series. So far, I’ve read and enjoyed Judges For You, Romans 1-7 For You, and Galatians For You. This week, I received Titus For You, and I’m looking forward to really digging into it. I read through the first chapter yesterday, and it promises to be as good as the rest.
The biggest question in my mind is that this is the first of the series I’ve read that isn’t written by Tim Keller. The fact that this is by another author, Tim Chester, means that it will be written in a different style. I’m interested to see how it flows.
If it’s anything like the rest of the series, it will be a great resource for understanding the letter Paul wrote to Titus. Look for my full review in a few days. In the meantime, you can find it on Amazon.com.
