Book Review: A System of Bible Doctrine
The final review for this course involves the book, System of Bible Doctrine, by John Thornbury. As a Baptist minister of fifty four years, Reverend Thornbury seeks to communicate what seems to be a very complex system of doctrine into layman’s terms, as stated in the rear cover’s summary: “For too long it has been thought that the study of doctrine should only be undertaken by trained theologians and professional academics. Many believers are intimidated by complicated and obscure terms and are put off by concepts that bear the names of scholars who have been long dead. Teaching has been considered outdate

Book Review: The Case for Christ
Nearly ten years ago, my spiritual mentors told me about a book involving the story of an atheistic journalist who sought to disprove Christianity and instead found himself becoming a follower of Jesus. Being busy in my career at the time, and being at a different place in my spiritual journey, I thought the story was interesting, but it wasn’t something that I would be willing to invest my time in reading. Now being in a new place in my journey, and discovering that one of the required reads for this course was that story, The Case for Christ, I found that the intrigue had returned and then some. The Case for

A Review of C. S. Lewis' "Mere Christianity"
In recognition of resuming my Masters' studies, I am putting up the three book reports I just completed for my Apologetics class.If one were to generate a list of the greatest Christian writings of the Twentieth Century, C. S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity would very likely be found at or near the top. The book originates from a series of radio talks done by Lewis during World War II. In 1952, these talks, “The Case for Christian

Is This What We're Coming To?
I just read an article on Yahoo about a ring of young adults (college age) who were running a crime ring intent on stealing from celebrities. My first thought is that they were stalkers. Turns out that they were motivated by a desire to own designer clothes and jewelry like the celebs wore; so they stole it.My intial reaction was, "Is this what we're coming to?"I'm not g

Randomness
DISCLAIMER: The thoughts expressed on this blog are mine and mine alone. They do not represent the thoughts of my wife, any other member of my family, or my friends. You want to know what they think, ask them personally.OK...now with that out of the way...RANDOM UNRELATED THOUGHT: Was watching the World Series last night and saw the home plate umpire was Mike Everitt. I actually went to college with Mike. He was a senior trumpet player in the Pride Marching Band at NMSU when I was just a freshman tuba. Even back then he talked about his dream to be a major league umpire. Now he's calling World Series games. Well done Mike!