Today, I posed the following question on Twitter: “What is the most formative book you ever read (other than the Bible)? And why was/is it so impactful?” I received many interesting replies from a bewildering diversity of texts. Here are those replies edited only by the addition of italics to book titles: Stephen J. Graham: […]
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Chocolate Cake, Chicken, and Other Metaphors of Truth and Error
Back in 2009 when I was doing the interview circuit for my book Finding God in the Shack (a theological exploration of the themes in Paul Young’s best selling novel The Shack) I had an interesting exchange with radio host Bob Dutko. Dutko was not a fan of The Shack and viewed it as including […]
David as Goliath and Goliath as David
In this fascinating TED Talk Malcolm Gladwell turns the story of David and Goliath upside down by reading David in the role of Goliath and Goliath in the role of David. As Gladwell puts it, “Goliath is a sitting duck. He doesn’t have a chance.” This is a familiar biblical narrative as you’ve never heard […]
