books about: commentary

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Commentary

Mother Angelica's Private and Pithy Lessons from the Scriptures

Raymond Arroyo

Doubleday, 2008

Avid fan
This book is great...I will reread it again. It is written like she talks on her TV show, EWTN, the chapters are quick, easy reading, and makes me stop and meditate. Thoroughly enjoyable book

Stepping Up: A Journey Through the Psalms of Ascent, Member Book

Beth Moore

LifeWay Christian Resources, 2007

Stepping Up: A journey Through the Psalms of Ascent
A very special study of Psalms 120 through 134. Very well laid out instructions for study. Very comporting to learn how to step up to a relationship with our Lord.

Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine

Wayne Grudem

Zondervan, 1995

Outstanding and Unsurpassed
The title of my Review says it all, and since there are already over 130 Reviews, I will make this short. This is simply the best comprehensive modern systematic theology in one volume on the market I have seen in 40 years of ministry. Why? It covers charismatic, ...

The Apostles

Pope Benedict XVI

Our Sunday Visitor, 2007

The Apostles
I consider that nowadays Pope Benedict XVI is currently "an universal moral reference" for mankind, the Catholic Church is all over the world the only one of churches growing vigorously among the young and the intellectuals .. The message of Jesus is as fresh as always ...

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

Alfred A. Knopf, 1923

Eight Decades Later: Still Relevant, Insightful and Eloquent
These days, Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet" often gets dismissed as "hippie" literature. Yet, this book had been a bestseller LONG before the 1960s. Originally published in 1923, it almost instantly became a hit and even did well through the Great Depression. Today, ...

The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible

A. J. Jacobs

Simon & Schuster, 2008

Light, Serious, and Reverend at the Same Time
A few months ago, I was going on a trip to Italy, including Rome, and thought this book would be a good travel companion. It was: light and funny enough for casual reading, but serious and reverend enough for its subject matter. The subject matter being: "What ...

Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers
Eugene H. Peterson

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008

Just as God used words both to create the world and to give us commandments, we too use words for many different purposes. In fact, we use the same language to talk to each other and to talk to God. Can our everyday speech, then, be just as important as the words and prayers we hear from the pulpit? Eugene Peterson unequivocally says Yes! Tell It ...

Why Faith Matters

David J. Wolpe

HarperOne, 2008

A great book for believers and non-believers too
Like many Americans, I have endured at various times in my life periods of faith and doubt in the existence of God. I was surprised to read that in his youth, Rabbi Wolpe also was a practicing atheist. So, from the beginning of the book it was easy to equally ...

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

Chuck Klosterman

Scribner, 2004

brilliant, poignant and deliciously clever.
A fond reflection and provocative portrait of the culture in which you were raised. Right on and an extremely entertaining read.

Stuff White People Like: A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions

Christian Lander

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008

A MUST READ..........
This book was introduced to me by a friend......loved it so much I bought 3 copies on Amazon. One for me, 2 others to pass on to friends. This book is loaded w/witty sarcasm.......a trait I share w/all my close friends. You've got to appreciate Landers truthful look ...

Shocked by the Bible: The Most Astonishing Facts You've Never Been Told

Joe Kovacs

Thomas Nelson, 2008

Amusing and informative
Joe Kovacs has written an amusing, informative and thought-provoking book. Though not a Biblical scholar, Kovacs takes aim at myths and misunderstood passages with facts that may shock even the most ardent Bible readers. This is not an interpretation of the Bible. ...

No One Sees God: The Dark Night of Atheists and Believers

Michael Novak

Doubleday, 2008

Excellent, if a little deep.
This is an excellent book presenting both a Christian reply to athiesm and an attempt to create a dialogue with athiests. It is very referential, though, so even though you are very well read, I recommend having reference materials available to clarify minor points.

Things Hidden: Scripture As Spirituality

Richard Rohr

Saint Anthony Messenger Press, 2008

richard releases the freshest breeze of resurrection air
with this book, once again richard releases the freshest breeze of resurrection air within the catholic tradition. i entreat mr bunbury to read the book again, but this time with easter-eyes and thus enter the joy of being wrong (to paraphrase james alison, ...

unSpun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation

Brooks Jackson, Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007

Un Spun- Finding Facts
I loved the Book! Great information for someone that wants to learn the political system. Since there is so much propaganda out there, this was a great book to understanding some of it. Short and to the point...not a big book...but long on fact finding.

The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible

Scot McKnight

Zondervan, 2008

Deconstructing How we Interpret the Bible.
About the book; It is definitely a deconstruction of how one reads the bible. Upon reading the book I notice that there are a lot of passages in the bible that are somewhat off key with how we interpret them with our basic systematic theology or neatly structured ...