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Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World by N.D. Wilson
2.0
I really thought I was going to like this one; I heard some positive reviews from some friends. I just had a lot of trouble keeping up with Wilson's stream-of-consciousness scribblings. He had a really hard time developing any coherent thoughts. To be fair, I gave up at Chapter 5. THe end may have been better, but I'll never know.
Dear Church: Letters from a Disillusioned Generation by Sarah Cunningham
2.0
Disappointed. Sometimes, read that: sometimes, she had some valid points, but I think she failed to give any concrete solutions. It seemed more like another twenty-something rant against organized religion. FWIW, I'm a twenty-something that grew up in the church just like her. I just came to some very different conclusions about it.
Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport: Making Connections in Today's World by Richard J. Mouw
1.0
Fairly easy read by Mouw, but not recommended. He does a fairly good job of explaining the points of TULIP, bit certainly not as well as Sproul (but who can, really?) If he had left the book there I would have probably given him 4 stars...
...but then he wrote Chapter 8, The Generosity Option. I'm very sorry Dr. Mouw, but no matter how difficult you find it to "draw sharp lines in your own mind about who is 'in' and who is 'out'" (85), anyone who does not accept salvation through Christ alone is "out." The jaded young woman who has yielded to a "Higher Power" is out unless she professes faith in Christ. It is a hard truth but one that cannot be approached with compromise.
This poor theology nullifies the value of this book for me. If I were to recommend this book to someone and they took hold of the theology of that chapter, their misguided ideas would be on me.
...but then he wrote Chapter 8, The Generosity Option. I'm very sorry Dr. Mouw, but no matter how difficult you find it to "draw sharp lines in your own mind about who is 'in' and who is 'out'" (85), anyone who does not accept salvation through Christ alone is "out." The jaded young woman who has yielded to a "Higher Power" is out unless she professes faith in Christ. It is a hard truth but one that cannot be approached with compromise.
This poor theology nullifies the value of this book for me. If I were to recommend this book to someone and they took hold of the theology of that chapter, their misguided ideas would be on me.