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Non-Biblical Diagnosis and Solutions

Revisado: 12-14-24

This is a thoroughly psychological take on problems with little reference to the Bible. Sin are presented as psychological problems rather than rebellion against God. The solution is psychotherapy rather than repentance.

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Simple and powerful

Revisado: 10-02-24

What’s striking about this book is that you find yourself going “well I could at least do that!”

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Insightful

Revisado: 09-26-24

This feels like a must read for anyone who needs an understanding of counseling. It’s biblically rooted and insightful.

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Changed my thinking

Revisado: 09-13-24

I had never considered that there could be negative impacts from therapy. This is a well written and horrifying book.

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Comprehensive and Brutal

Revisado: 09-09-24

Basham presents a balanced take on the progressive liberalization of the church. She names names in a honest and straightforward way. This is a great book.

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Ouch. What a good warning!

Revisado: 08-31-24

For someone considering going into ministry, this was a healthy dose of righteous fear. Trip writes compellingly for a pastor’s need for pastoring and devotion.

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There’s no such thing as black interpretation

Revisado: 05-24-24

I find it divisive to speak of “Black Interpretation”. While it would be foolish to ignore trends, would it not be less divisive to identify trends by their method rather than the color of those employing the method? While wordier and more awkward, we could talk about “interpretation that is often found in majority black communities in modern America”. The key difference here is that the interpretation itself is not black. Interpretation has no race. Saying, “black interpretation” implies that the interpretation itself is inextricably tied to a race. It means that there are “black ideas” and “white ideas”, a bitterly divisive notion.

McCaulley writes about “black theology”, “black interpretation”, “black culture”, “black dreams”, “black hope”, and more. I ought to pray and strive for a church where we stop thinking about “black theology” and “white theology” and can just focus on theology. I don’t love Augustine’s theology because he was African, but because he was brilliant.

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Baseless assumptions

Revisado: 04-10-24

Ehrman’s history is extremely helpful, but he often delves into highly controversial territory that he states as fact. He often is willing to pronounce that a text is unreliable when his evidence simply doesn’t measure up.

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Helpful but ethically dubious

Revisado: 03-24-24

Assuredly, all of the contained advice will be helpful and most of it is excellent. Though, there is an air of willingness to bend truth and cheat that I found off putting.

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A healthy dose of humility

Revisado: 09-06-23

This is exactly what all church members need to hear. My only critique, and it is a mild one, is that his characterizations glorifies pastors and criticize laymen. It seems as if every pastor is a saint while every layman is a sinner.

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