missionary musings: on humility in criticism

just read a great blog post by tim keller of redeemer presbyterian church on our attitude in criticism and debating theology. check it out:

How Do You Take Criticism of Your Views?

Benjamin's bookshelf: read

The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society

The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society

by Henri J.M. Nouwen

Nouwen is in this book, as in all his books, deft, compassionate and insightful into the condition of human suffering and despair. He offers a number of insights into the then-current crisis of "nuclear man". While we might have moved be...

The Moviegoer

by Walker Percy

Percy is a vivid writer. He captures inner worlds and the raw honest thoughts that none of us wants to admit we think. The descriptions in the book alone are worth its price. However, that is possibly also the downfall of the book. At ti...

Confessions

by Augustine of Hippo

To be honest, I feel guilty giving such a timeless classic only three stars and that by one of the seminal thinkers of all church history. I will start with the caveat that if the work had stopped after book 10 when Augustine wraps up th...

Lectures on Calvinism

by Abraham Kuyper

After an abandoned attempt at reading through Kuyper's devotional "To Be Near Unto God", I decided to pick up this more theological classic work of his and I'm glad I did. Kuyper here succinctly lays out many of the ideas he is well-know...

Phantastes

by George MacDonald

This work, like MacDonald's other fiction, is very vivid, surreal, and dreamlike. The narrative floats in an out of various sub-stories while following the main character on his wandering quest. Those looking for a simple, linear plot sh...

missionary musings

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

on humility in criticism

No comments: