Book: Fit Bodies Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals Don’t Think and What to Do About It A survey of the history of the Evangelical approach to academic thinking over the past few centuries, and in particular what is wrong with the Evangelical anti-intellectualism that has become a part of its culture. A good survey of history …
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Book: How To Hold An Audience Without A Rope
Book: How To Hold An Audience Without A Rope A little gem, packed full of wisdom on how to present a talk (and specifically a Christian talk) clearly, and in an engaging way. Shame it’s out of print.
Book: Pocket Guide To Clear English
Book: Kel Richards’ Pocket Guide To Clear English This is a tough little book to get hold of. I had to have it shipped into a bookstore for me, and when it arrived, I ended up in a conversation with not one, but two of the bookshop staff about punctuation and writing style. A lot …
Book: Balancing life’s demands
Book: Balancing life’s demandsJ. Grant Howard makes the case that the very notion of "priorities" is the wrong one: under God, we have a number of areas of responsibility, each tied to a particular relationship. We need to organise our life not based on which thing is the most important, but rather on making sure …
Book: Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God
Book: Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God A theology book, written by a prominent Charismatic theologian isn’t the kind of thing I usually find myself reading through, but I found it a useful book nonetheless. I found that I agreed with much of what he had to say, in spite of evangelical prejudices …
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Book: Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design
Book: Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design This has been sitting on my shelf for a long while, and while it’s mostly illustrations, the text – a history of instructional design (think instruction booklet, not training courses) – was one of those “I’d never thought about this before” fields. A range of ideas, and …
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Book: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Book: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Yes, it’s mostly just filler for the final book, but it doesn’t disappoint: if you enjoyed the first five, you’ll enjoy this one. Somehow, Harry has ended up being less of an annoying git in this book.
Book: Islam in our backyard: a novel argument
Book: Islam in our backyard: a novel argument After an evening where we looked at the beliefs of a range of faiths, I realised how poor my knowledge was in this area, so I grabbed this book to help deepen my understanding of both Islam, and of how Evangelical Christians understand Islam. This book certainly …
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Book: Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Book: Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Malcom Gladwell has written a book that feels like a long magazine article. Covering a wide range of research that’s been done on the “gut-feel” decisions that we make without even being aware of them. An enjoyable read, challenging the reader to consider their own instinctive …
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Book: Keep It Simple Guide to Photography
Book: KISS Guide to Photography (Keep It Simple Series) – to help me better understand SLR photography, and photography in general, I grabbed this from a second-hand bookshop. Rather out of date with regard to digital cameras – as you’d expect from a book of its age, it is still packed with good ideas, and …
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