The Christian Critic

I'm reading Broken right now. I'm on page ...

2011-11-28T22:12:58.424-05:00

I'm reading Broken right now. I'm on page 157.

Question: is God revealing theological principles,...

2011-02-26T20:33:33.776-05:00

Question: is God revealing theological principles, or the Principal of all theology? I think scripture presents the history of God creating, pursuing, redeeming or judging human beings. From this history we draw theological principles about our relationship, or lack thereof, with God.

The Bible focuses on divine/human relationships first. The theological principles emerge from God's history of relationship with us. I don't see God's intention in history to teach theological principles, but to reestablish relationship with creatures created in God's image. If so, then God uses Bible study to lead us to Him. The theological principles help us know how God relates to us and how we rightly relate with God, but one can pass the theology test and fail the relationship test. We hope to pass both, but we need the relationship.

I hope you see no criticism in this rumination. It's just that--a response growing out of a chewing and rechewing of a comment you made, "it is compilation of history in which God manifested theological principles." Your comment touched some nerve in me that I attempted to identify in these few words.

Thanks for the review. I was looking for an overview by someone who had read it before I expend a few of those shrinking dollars on it.

Bill Hutcheson, from north Georgia

Thank you for your Christ-like love! It's so w...

2010-12-04T15:18:18.447-05:00

Thank you for your Christ-like love! It's so wonderful to see that there are men out there that care about our hearts. :)
Blessings,
Kailey

make another book with thomas hunter please!!!!!!!...

2010-12-02T12:55:25.875-05:00

make another book with thomas hunter please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I read this book just a few weeks ago. I am glad t...

2010-09-08T12:05:45.632-04:00

I read this book just a few weeks ago. I am glad to have finally read a book that puts things in better perspective for me about Muslims. Specifically how different their culture/politics/religion differ than mine. The author gave historical information that I did not know. My copy has now been passed along to several other people--making the rounds amongst others that are curious.

I stayed up till 1 am to finish reading Solitary--...

2010-09-08T12:01:05.603-04:00

I stayed up till 1 am to finish reading Solitary---a review copy. What a great night to read this book---Tropical Storm winds and heavy rain. I loved this book, I would say it's a phenomenal read!

Well put Nicole.

2010-08-21T23:43:42.699-04:00

Well put Nicole.

Pat, since Country Girl did not send me her inform...

2010-05-22T01:43:37.619-04:00

Pat, since Country Girl did not send me her information by the deadline, I redrew names, and you are our new winner. Email me at josh (at) thechristiancritic (dot) net with your address to claim your prize!

And Country Mom is the winner of our random drawin...

2010-05-18T00:37:48.641-04:00

And Country Mom is the winner of our random drawing! Please send me your address at thechristiancritic (at) gmail (dot) com!

I like that Mr. Thrasher is involved in so many di...

2010-05-17T13:28:33.418-04:00

I like that Mr. Thrasher is involved in so many different genres - adult, teen, thriller, romance. All of them benefit from his varying perspectives.

I have the book, Josh, so I don't need to win ...

2010-05-17T01:22:01.351-04:00

I have the book, Josh, so I don't need to win a copy. Just finished this one today. It may sound cliched, but it's haunting. I'll be reviewing it for the CFBA Tour. It was a daring venture, but Travis pulled it off.

Okay I must start reading his books! The idea of b...

2010-05-16T20:02:46.334-04:00

Okay I must start reading his books! The idea of basing a novel on a song intrigues me.

the more I hear from you about it, the more I like...

2010-05-16T19:30:32.632-04:00

the more I hear from you about it, the more I like the sound of this book.

I love hearing from authors about what they are th...

2010-05-16T18:52:25.282-04:00

I love hearing from authors about what they are thinking. Can't wait to read this book.

The Hosea story is one of my absolute favorite Bib...

2010-05-16T18:48:51.758-04:00

The Hosea story is one of my absolute favorite Bible stories, so this story intrigues me very much! :)

I gotta say, I think I'm the most excited abou...

2010-05-16T17:17:09.335-04:00

I gotta say, I think I'm the most excited about the novel written about the song :) I write poems and stories from songs a lot of the time and that will be interesting!

I have many of Travis's books, and think Gun L...

2010-05-16T16:31:44.367-04:00

I have many of Travis's books, and think Gun Lake is his best. Looking forward to future works of his in this vein.

I've never read one of Thrasher's novels.....

2010-05-15T22:00:29.446-04:00

I've never read one of Thrasher's novels...this sounds really good!

Sounds great. Have yet to read one of Thrasher'...

2010-05-15T19:24:56.226-04:00

Sounds great. Have yet to read one of Thrasher's novels.

This sounds like an amazing concept and I can'...

2010-05-15T17:47:33.188-04:00

This sounds like an amazing concept and I can't wait to read it!

This sounds great. As always, I keep wishing I cou...

2010-05-15T17:34:54.187-04:00

This sounds great. As always, I keep wishing I could read Travis Thrasher's novels, but my college library has an understandably tiny fiction section. One day...

I just ordered another of his books, and can't...

2010-05-15T17:34:23.368-04:00

I just ordered another of his books, and can't wait to read this one. (another one was really cheap on Kindle and I have a free kindle app on my phone!)

It sounds like an excellent story. And free is har...

2010-05-14T15:29:47.216-04:00

It sounds like an excellent story. And free is hard to beat. *wants book*

I love his other books - can't wait to read th...

2010-05-14T13:23:55.292-04:00

I love his other books - can't wait to read this one!

Hosea is one of my favorite biblical stories. soun...

2010-05-14T08:58:06.172-04:00

Hosea is one of my favorite biblical stories. sounds like this would be a great read! :)