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Year: 2013

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Otherworld by Jared C. Wilson

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 2 Comments

The world needs more writers who take Christians and their world seriously and attempt to capture those characters and ideas in interesting ways. Otherworld sho...

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Quick Hit: The Songs of Power: A Finnish Tale of Magic, Retold from the Kalevala

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Short and easy but enjoyable and evocative. Aimed at readers 10 and up. A great way to introduce the literature and folktales of other cultures.

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A Long Faithfulness: The Case for Christian Perseverance by Scot McKnight

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

If you find these theological debates and discussion interesting, this essay will likely be worth a read. Obviously, if you have a strong opinion about the issu...

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For All the Saints: Remembering the Christians Departed by N.T. Wright

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Wright feels like not only do popular conceptions of holidays like All Saints Day contribute to misconceptions about heaven but undermine the arc of the Christi...

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November is theology month at Collected Miscellany

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Stay tuned for some reviews focused on the New Perspective on Paul, Heaven and Hell, and the Book of Psalms, and more. We will be looking at books by NT Wright...

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The Art of the Negative Review Booker Prize Edition

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

Maybe it was simply that, having trudged through all 836 pages of The Luminaries, they couldn't bear to admit that such an exhausting journey had been in vain. ...

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