Tag Archives: books

A helpful but incomplete book: my review of Mere Environmentalism, by Steven Hayward

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Jim Jewell

My review of Mere Environmentalism, a small book by conservative writer and policy analyst Steven Hayward, is now appearing in Flourish magazine.  It is a helpful, but incomplete, view of Christians in environmental work, which presents the clear distinctions between … Continue reading →

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Americans: A Novel Experience

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Jim Jewell

One of the most interesting questions in the great experiment that is the United States of America, now in its 235th year, is why the nation survives, prevails, and even thrives when at times it appears there is so little … Continue reading →

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Three Men Somewhere Beyond Death: C.S. Lewis, Aldous Huxley, and John F. Kennedy all died on November 22

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Jim Jewell

Three men of renown died on this date, November 22, 27 years ago–in 1963: C.S. Lewis, Aldous Huxley, and John F Kennedy.  Paul Sailhammer notes three very different quotes from the three men, and points to a book on them, … Continue reading →

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Weekend reading on words in a culture of lies, the nature of movements, God’s creatures, and an atheist’s hymn

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Jim Jewell

 1. Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies  by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre is praised by Alissa Wilkinson at Living Jubilee. She writes: I can say that Christians ought to learn to write well because it’s important that they communicate … Continue reading →

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Bush’s Turn: Now More Popular Than Obama, “W” Offers Counterpoints After Two Years as a Punching Bag

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Jim Jewell

A presidential memoir from George W. Bush that will be released November 9 (note to my Christmas list) will arrive in a political environment very different than the one that saw him leave Washington two years ago.  In a poll … Continue reading →

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Great New Book from Mary Beth Chapman (wife of Steven Curtis)

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Jim Jewell

There’s a great new book, Choosing to SEE: A Journey of Struggle and Hope, by Mary Beth Chapman, wife of Christian recording artist Steven Curtis Chapman, and Ellen Vaughn, a best-selling author who helped Chuck Colson write some of his … Continue reading →

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The successes and dangers of Rush Limbaugh as An Army of One

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Jim Jewell

I’ve just finished the new book on Rush Limbaugh called An Army of One, by Zev Chafets, an interesting and even entertaining read about one of the most influential figures in the modern era. The biography is not authorized, in … Continue reading →

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Green, American Style: Considering daily habits that produce healthy lives, stronger families, and better communities.

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Jim Jewell

My review of a new book on green living has just been published in the Sept./Oct. edition of Prism magazine. It begins with my reflections of working the land with Dad Payton: This week I’ve been working outside with my robust but slowing … Continue reading →

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Ben Arment Pens New Book on Church Planting

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Jim Jewell

Church in the Making is a helpful new book by one of Christianity’s creative lights, Ben Arment. It’s a down-to-earth book born of hard knocks that may change forever how church planters do their work. Ben Arment is an innovator … Continue reading →

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50 Leaders of the Evangelical Generation: #46 Philip Yancey. Literary Plumb Line

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Jim Jewell

[I am working on a project that may become a book on the most influential evangelicals leaders of our generation, since 1976, and the impact they’ve had on the church and their times. I will introduce them briefly on this … Continue reading →

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