(review)I’m fine with God…It’s Christians I can’t stand.

February 13, 2008 · Posted in Books, Reviews, acm · 7 Comments 



Title:I’m Fine with God… It’s Christians I Can’t Stand
Author(s):Bruce Bickel & Stan Jantz
Publisher:Harvest House Publishers
Pages:183

I’m fine with God…It’s Christians I can’t stand (Getting past the religious garbage in the search for spiritual truth). That is one long title/subtitle, there I got that off my chest. Now lets get down to the nitty gritty. This is one of those books that can make you think, a lot. It can also make you cringe, until you get the point. They cover several different kinds of Christians that they can’t stand in the book for example: Christians who think they have a monopoly on the truth, Christians who believe God wants them to be rich, Christians who don’t know what they believe, as well as several others.

I saw myself in a few of the ones they covered, and felt rightly ashamed as I hadn’t realized how annoying the habits I had were. I think most people will find a little of themselves somewhere in this book, which brings me to my biggest point. Unfortunately, the ones who really need this book would never pick it up because of the title alone. I have dealt with my share of modern day pharisee’s and I can tell you right now that they would never read this book. They are convinced that they are perfect and need no help.

Oop’s, I got sidetracked a bit there. All in all this is a really good book. It may help you, it may anger you, actually I am sure it will anger you at some point but stick with it, it is all worth it in the end. There were a few chapters where I was quite annoyed with the authors until they made their point. That only happened a few times before I realized that the way it was laid out was kind of like a roller coaster. Were going up a hill, very big hill, seems to take too long, you start to get annoyed then voila, you’re at the top of the hill, you can see where it is going and down you go, full speed. That may not be the best way to describe it but the only other one I can think of is slightly offensive. :)

I am giving this book 5 stars and it deserves every one of them. They worked me hard and brought me to realize a few things about myself, not sure if that was their intent, but hey, it happens.
Rating: ★★★★★

The book, I’m fine with God…It’s Christians I can’t stand, was provided to me at no cost by Active Christian Media and Harvest House Publishers for review purposes. To become a reviewer for ACM you may click here.

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New toy

December 5, 2007 · Posted in Photography · 1 Comment 

I got a new toy, probably bad timing on my part but it is needed.




I have a crap load of photos of my girls, unfortunately they are all on cd’s or my hard drive. My wife would like to enjoy them too. So I got the printer in the hopes of making her happy and making my event photography a little more profitable.

Oh and it snowed here last night. Not as much as I hoped but I guess it’s better than nothing.

Yes Linda, I changed it back to the old template. I am surprised at how quickly I got tired of looking at the lamp one.

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(Book Review) Can We Trust the Gospels by Mark D. Roberts

July 4, 2007 · Posted in Books, Reviews · Comment 

Let me say first off that I have always felt that the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were trustworthy. That said, I feel that this book has really reinforced what I already felt to be true. Mark D. Roberts has taken portions of the theology behind the New Testament and made it accessible to those who don’t have a degree in theology.

When I first got Can We Trust the Gospels I was afraid that it would be a difficult read as my last experience with a similar book ended with me surrendering halfway through. Mr. Roberts has succeeded where that book failed. I was able to read through it and understand what he was talking about without having to get out my Bible dictionary.

In the book he explains how scholars have determined which documents were genuine and accurate by a system called textual criticism. He also covers when the Gospels were written, what sources did the writers use and even if the writers knew Jesus personally.

He covers quite a bit of ground in this book. From “does archeology support the Gospels” to “do sources from the era of the Gospels support their reliability”. The amount of ground he covers really surprised me since the book is only 195 pages, not including the index.

Since my writing style cannot begin to do justice to what Mr. Roberts has accomplished in Can We Trust the Gospels, I am going to have to take the easy way out and recommend that you get a copy. Even if you already know all that you need to have faith you can still use this book to help a non-Christian friend or relative to understand and maybe even come to have faith in Jesus Christ and the Gospels that tell us of His ministry.

I am giving this book five stars and a high recommendation to anyone who may be curious about the historicity of the Gospels.
Rating: ★★★★★

The book, Can We Trust the Gospels, was provided to me at no cost by Active Christian Media and Crossway Books for review purposes. To become a reviewer for ACM you may click here.

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