Category Archives: Books

Love Wins and Logic Loses: The Fallacies of Rob Bell (part 2)

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Jim Spiegel

Chapter two of Love Wins is entitled “Here is the New There” and is about heaven.  Bell’s principle concern in the chapter is to correct some popular misconceptions about the point of the Christian life, especially the notion that redemption … Continue reading →

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Love Wins and Logic Loses: The Fallacies of Rob Bell

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Jim Spiegel

Rob Bell’s book Love Wins isn’t just popular.  It’s a cultural phenomenon.  With an extremely effective pre-publication ad campaign, the book sold like hotcakes weeks before its release.  And since its release it has perched high on the New York … Continue reading →

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Book Notes

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Amy Spiegel

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot: This one has taken me a long time to get through. I have been listening to it in bits and piece for months but finally finished it this month. Skloot does … Continue reading →

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Book Notes

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Jim Spiegel

Persuasion (Jane Austen) — Regular readers of this blog know that my wife loves all things Jane Austen (she consumes Austen books and film adaptations like Garfield devours a plate of lasagna).  Years ago—perhaps as part of our wedding vows—I … Continue reading →

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A Failure of Nerve: A Guest Review by Gary Ross

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Gary Ross

Every now and then, a book comes along that is truly insightful.  There may be any number of reasons for this.  Possibly the book espouses revolutionary ideas.  Or, like a lamp that is lit in a darkened room, maybe it … Continue reading →

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Sean Dorrance Kelly and All Things Shining

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Jim Spiegel

Sean Dorrance Kelly, chair of the Philosophy department at Harvard University, is the author (along with Hubert Dreyfus) of a new book entitled All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age (Free Press, 2011).  … Continue reading →

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Unreasonable Doubt—Answering Some Critics

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Jim Spiegel

An article of mine, entitled “Unreasonable Doubt,” appeared in last month’s issue of Christianity Today.  It is now available on-line here.  In the article I discuss the major themes of my book, The Making of an Atheist, which aims to … Continue reading →

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Younger, Restlesser, Reformeder—A Review

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Jim Spiegel

It is sometimes lamented that evangelicals take themselves too seriously and don’t have a sense of humor.  If that’s true in general, then authors Ted Kluck and Zach Bartels are striking exceptions to that rule.  In his many books, Kluck … Continue reading →

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Hodgepodge

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Jim Spiegel

Here’s a review of a new biography of Frank Sinatra.  The greatest male vocalist of the 20th century wasn’t interesting just for his singing.  His life off the stage and away from the studio was a fascinating tumultuous drama. Here … Continue reading →

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The Best and Worst of 2010

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Jim Spiegel

It’s been another exciting year, and we want to thank you all for reading and, if applicable, posting comments on our blog.  Once again, we would like to close out the year with some summary remarks about good and bad … Continue reading →

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