Category Archives: Reviews

Reviews on mate­ri­als such as books or music albums that I have found of inter­est. Extend­ing beyond sim­ple cur­sory impres­sions this sec­tion pro­vides in depth com­men­tary as it relates to the prin­ci­ple themes of this blog, authen­tic Chris­t­ian liv­ing and as opposed to reli­gions such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Review — The Coldest Hour (Is Just Before The Dawn) by Akai

A look at the The Cold­est Hour Is Before the Dawn by Akai. It is a dis­ser­ta­tion eval­u­at­ing the music album an artis­tic, reli­gious state­ment of Jehovah’s Wit­nesses. It exam­ines the views of Jehovah’s Wit­nesses toward the world around them as well as their own hopes and fears. Com­par­i­son are drawn between this view­point and what is offered by Jesus.

February 24, 2010 – 11:45 pm | By Anthony | Posted in Jehovah's Witnesses, Reviews | Tagged , , , | Comments (4)

Book Review — I’m Perfect, You’re Doomed: Tales from a Jehovah’s Witness Upbringing

The extended three day week­end of decid­edly unso­cial, social oblig­a­tions pro­vided me with the lux­ury of being able to lounge around and read Kyria Abraham’s humor­ous mem­oir, “I’m Per­fect, You’re Doomed, Tales of a Jehovah’s Wit­ness Upbring­ing.”
When it comes to talk­ing about her life, Kyria is a very good story teller, par­tic­u­larly adept at find­ing the lighter …

July 10, 2009 – 7:47 am | By Anthony | Posted in Reviews | Tagged , | Comments (5)

Book Review — From Eternity to Here

From Eternity to Here

A book review of Frank Viola’s book “From Eter­nity To Here: Unveil­ing the Pur­pose Behind Every­thing” pub­lished by David C. Cook.

March 31, 2009 – 11:32 am | By Anthony | Posted in Reviews | Tagged , , , , | Comments (3)

Book Review — Reimagining Church

Reimag­in­ing Church; Pur­su­ing the Dream of Organic Chris­tian­ity is the fol­low up to Frank Viola and George Barna’s Pagan Chris­tian­ity.  In much the same way Pagan Chris­tian­ity was a rewrite of an ear­lier book by the same name, Reimag­in­ing Church is fresh take on two of Frank’s ear­lier, self-published books, Rethink­ing The Wine­skin & Who …

February 18, 2009 – 10:16 pm | By Anthony | Posted in Reviews | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (4)