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All Hallows

The Last Halloween Author: Christopher Golden A small, seemingly innocuous neighborhood in Coventry Massachusetts is preparing for a night of delightful frights and chills – a haunted forest, some creepy outfits, and lots of suburban parents handing out candy and telling their kids to say “please” and “thank you.” But beneath the bustling preparations, old and new tensons live. Families harbor dark secrets, children are growing up and discovering the flaws in their parents and their friends, and for many this is the last night to trick-or-treat, the last night to be a kid. It is a night for goodbyes, for [...]

2023-06-13T18:08:38-07:00June 13th, 2023|Tags: , , , |

Prodigal God, The

A New Look at a Beloved Parable Author: Timothy Keller We’re all familiar with the story of the prodigal son. It’s a Biblical parable that gets repeated often, but we rarely spend time on the elder brother – the one who is left, distanced and angry at the rampant forgiveness of his errant, spendthrift brother. The parable is about unconditional grace, about flagrant forgiveness, after all, and the aside about the elder brother is just that – a reminder that a good person forgives his brother. Author Timothy Keller, however, has a completely different view of the parable, not the “forgiveness [...]

2023-06-11T13:13:48-07:00June 11th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

Biblical Theology, Volume 1: The Common Grace Covenants

A Look at Covenants in the Bible: the Adamic and Noahic Author: Jeffrey J. Niehaus For the last several months, I’ve been trying to mature as a Christian. I started with a few of the more beginner level books, such as Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought and God Is a Man of War I enjoyed them, and they made me want more, something a little heavier, something to get my theological teeth into and challenge myself. Enter Jeffrey J. Niehaus’ three volume deep-dive on covenants in the Bible. I have always known that the Bible is [...]

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