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Book Review: The Vertical Self by Mark Sayers

Where does our identity come from? How is it formed? These are questions that each of us wrestles with.  Some derive their identity through the organizations to which they belong, the jobs that they perform, the titles which they hold, and the relationships of which they are a part.  Mark Sayers, in his book The …

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June 2, 2010 – 12:44 pm | By joshrhone | Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged , , , , | View Comments

Book Review: “The Gospel According to Lost”

LOST is in its sixth and final season. Mysteries abound. What is this mysterious island? Will everyone be rescued? Who will survive? Who will die? What was with the polar bear? Why was the black smoke monster so darn angry? The writers of LOST have done a tremendous job of keeping their audiences attention and …

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February 11, 2010 – 11:02 pm | By joshrhone | Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged , , , | View Comments

Book Review: “CRAVE: wanting so much more of God”

There’s so much more to life and faith than this.  And we all know it.  We all crave something that will vanish soon.  Many people chase their cravings into sex, money, work, service, or religion without ever realizing none of these will satisfy.  But others of us are beginning to see our cravings were for …

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February 11, 2010 – 10:37 pm | By joshrhone | Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged , | View Comments

Trolls and Truth: 14 Realities About Today’s Church that We Don’t Want to See

“The church of Jesus Christ exists to be a sign of the kingdom of God in the culture in which it exists.  It is the light and hope in a reprobate world that suggest there is an alternative worldview where giving, losing, serving, and turning our cheeks are higher values than hoarding, gaining, controlling, and …

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January 11, 2010 – 1:13 pm | By joshrhone | Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged , , , | View Comments