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‘What Is the Relationship Between Church and State?’ by RC Sproul [Saturday Morning Review]


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What does it mean to follow Romans 13, to submit to governing authorities, when those authorities have not submitted themselves to God? RC Sproul would like you to go right on submitting, up until those authorities come up against the law of God in what they require of you. That's not a very popular opinion today, as many Christians want to express their "freedom of speech" and ostensibly use it to ignore God's requirement of submission. However, this is not how it should be. ... Read More

‘How Should Christians Vote?’ by Tony Evans [Saturday Morning Review]


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Here in the USA, it's almost time to step into the voting booth and make a choice between a shady grandma and an offensive grandpa. (Is my patriotic fervor palpable?) Shoving our current reality aside, let's talk about our philosophical approach to politics. To that end, Tony Evans wants you to stop asking "Who should I vote for?" and begin to ask the better question, "How should I vote?" If we study that question and look to the Scripture, we might find an answer to our other political ... Read More

The Saturday Morning Review [Index]


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Over the past several years, ChurchMag has posted various book and music reviews. Book reviews have traditionally been posted on occasion without any kind of consistency and the music reviews have been off and on just the same—titled: Turntable. I've never been interested in ChurchMag becoming some kind of music and book review site, but I am interested in reviewing media that is relevant to the ChurchMag community. This would include music of various genres—not just worship—and the books would ... Read More

‘Ready Player One’ by Ernest Cline [Saturday Morning Review]


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One of the big technology discussions in the news right now is about the development and implementation of virtual reality (VR), so I was intrigued by a book that took my favorite hobby of gaming, along with this topic of VR, and looked at how the future could be shaped. Ready Player One is a smash-up of these two realms where reality is miserable and everyone spends their day online, in-game including going to school, vacationing, and working a full-time job. But the book adds drama as an ... Read More

‘The Power of Fifty Bits’ by Bob Nease [Saturday Morning Review]


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If you are interested in how to get people to change their behavior, especially when it comes to signing up for something, buying your product, or using it in a different way, this is your book. It was such an eyeopener to me! The Power of Fifty Bits refers to the tiny amount of data our brain actually processes consciously per second. Everything else goes on the automatic pilot, meaning people make most decisions unconsciously. As the author states: our brains are wired for inertia and ... Read More

‘The Inevitable’ by Kevin Kelly [Saturday Morning Review]


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Kevin Kelly was one of the cofounder's of Wired and is one of the godfathers of the internet. Over his long and illustrious career, Kevin has proven himself to not only have been an indispensable part of starting the information revolution but has become something of a prognosticator, generously pulling back the current so that we can see where technology may be leading us. Subtitled as Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future, The Inevitable is a chapter by chapter ... Read More

‘Off To Be The Wizard’ by Scott Meyer [Saturday Morning Review]


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For all my coders and programmers out there, whether you are deep into the C language with pointers and classes or writing the basics of HTML code, you are creators in your own write. In many ways, you are doing the very thing God was when He created the world. By no means do I intend to put myself or you on a godlike status, far from it, but we make something amazing when we are given a blank document. It truly is amazing. But what if that document that you can change attributes to the CSS ... Read More

Bookcision: Saving Your Kindle Highlights


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I love reading. In fact, my goal is to read thirty books this year. (I've made it through eleven so far! When I read, I often highlight interested or challenging passages, especially if it's something I could use in a book or blog post or share in a sermon. That's why, for the longest time, I was so frustrated with my Kindle and how it had all of my highlights on lock-down. Thankfully, I seen found a service that allowed me to pull notes off of my Kindle device. But then, two years ago, I ... Read More

‘Peak’ by Anders Ericsson & Robert Pool [Saturday Morning Review]


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One topic I’ve been truly fascinated by recently is how to become better at things. I know, things sounds rather vague and ‘stuff’ isn’t cutting it either, but I’m talking about a wide range of things, sorry, I’d love to get better at. Running for instance. Playing the drums. Writing. The kind of things that are ‘measurable’ in some way, where progress can be quantified. Peak is the latest book I read on this journey and it’s been another great read. First author Anders Ericsson is a ... Read More

‘Is Your Church Ready to Quit?’ by Kevin Hendricks [Saturday Morning Review]


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Do you ever feel like you are running ragged? Sure, you haven't burnt out yet, but you can see it in the distance. You'd never get there because you are mildly aware of your own capacities, but let's be honest, you are not achieving amazingness right now either. Creating is hard. Being a parent is hard. Serving in a ministry is hard. Wait... what about you... what about God? We give and give and give. Feels like we are spinning our wheels, our self-esteem is dropping, and all is ... Read More