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Dan Brown’s America
An interesting Op-Ed from the NY Times. “It isn’t just that he knows how to keep the pages turning. That’s what it takes to sell a million novels. But if you want to sell a 100 million, you need to preach as well as entertain — to present a fiction that can be read as fact, and that promises to unlock the secrets of history, the universe and God along the way.”
An Interview with Max McLean
JT interviews Max McLean, focusing on his new one-man show which is simply a presentation of the Gospel of Mark.
God Made This Man Rich
Canada’s The Globe and Mail pens an article about William Young. “Young thinks a big part of the novel’s appeal derives from it not being explicitly Christian. There’s little or no Scripture in it. The novel, to Young’s mind, ‘has given to people a language to have a conversation about God, evil, suffering and healing. … a language they didn’t have before because all the language before has been very religious, loaded with religious land mines and everything else.’”
A Divine and Supernatural Light
This blog is dedicated to the life, works and legacy of Jonathan Edwards. Sounds like a good bookmark for those who love Edwards…
An interesting Op-Ed from the NY Times. “It isn’t just that he knows how to keep the pages turning. That’s what it takes to sell a million novels. But if you want to sell a 100 million, you need to preach as well as entertain — to present a fiction that can be read as fact, and that promises to unlock the secrets of history, the universe and God along the way.”
An Interview with Max McLean
JT interviews Max McLean, focusing on his new one-man show which is simply a presentation of the Gospel of Mark.
God Made This Man Rich
Canada’s The Globe and Mail pens an article about William Young. “Young thinks a big part of the novel’s appeal derives from it not being explicitly Christian. There’s little or no Scripture in it. The novel, to Young’s mind, ‘has given to people a language to have a conversation about God, evil, suffering and healing. … a language they didn’t have before because all the language before has been very religious, loaded with religious land mines and everything else.’”
A Divine and Supernatural Light
This blog is dedicated to the life, works and legacy of Jonathan Edwards. Sounds like a good bookmark for those who love Edwards…
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Comments (8)
My parents saw the Gospel of Mark presentation by McLean and said it was an amazing performance. They said it really made the gospel come alive.
Thanks for the Edwards blog…that’s awesome!
JThttp://redeemingriches.wordpress.com
Is it not telling that Young admits the Shack really uses little scripture and implies a conversation wit a deity that suits our won image and needs , not the sovereign God truly revealed in the word . This book is still flowing through my home church and most people do not see the harm . Its scary the lack of discernment that exists in most of even so called Evangelical churches on this matter.
The last comment by Young about the church is very telling. I think our friend Kevin DeYoung did an excellent job refuting such silliness.
http://www.revkevindeyoung.com/2009/05/chuch-of-shrinking-definition.html
(Tim, maybe you can link to this article I am a novice at the computer stuff)
The last comment by Young about the church is very telling. I think our friend Kevin DeYoung did an excellent job refuting such silliness.
http://www.revkevindeyoung.com/2009/05/chuch-of-shrinking-definition.html
(Tim, maybe you can link to this article I am a novice at the computer stuff)
All that bad stuff in Young’s life and it didn’t drive him closer to the Bible? That explains a lot.
The problem with Young’s book is not that he doesn’t quote the Bible throughout, or that he avoids religious jargon. It is that he presents truths that seem to be at odds with the teaching of scripture. There are a lot of good authors that write things from time to time without quoting verses, and they do a good job communicating the truth. C.S. Lewis comes to mind.
Grrr, the Pilgrim’s Progress comparison again. Sigh.
Reg #2: I have no problem with a book that is somehow related to Christianity but doesn’t explicitly reference scripture. The Shack may have its problems, but I don’t consider that to be one of them.
Hayden #3: Young and I probably disagree on some things regarding what “the church” is, but I’m in full agreement with him that “the church is people”, regardless of where they may be meeting.