by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jul 18, 2016 | Book (& Other) Reviews, In The News
Image: Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) modification and combination of images showing support of and opposition to homosexuality, acquired through Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons licenses permitting adaptation. Source images are as follows: (1) flags for sale at...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jan 22, 2015 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
The Evangelism Study Bible. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2014. Hardcover. 1564+xiii pages. ISBN 978-0-8254-2662-9.Last time I visited my local Christian bookstore, I admit the one thought that didn’t occur to me was, “You know, what we really need today is a new...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Sep 23, 2014 | Book (& Other) Reviews
Moynagh, Michael. Being Church, Doing Life: Creating Gospel Communities where Life Happens. Oxford/Grand Rapids: Monarch, 2014. 352 pages. ISBN 978-0-85721-493-5. Kregel’s featured $1.99 Kindle book through 26 September 2014.An author who makes a point of...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Apr 23, 2014 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
Washer, Paul. Gospel Assurance & Warnings. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2014. ISBN 978-1-60178-294-6. Overview & Recommendation Some years ago, perhaps, a man asked you, “If you died tonight, are you sure you’d go to heaven?” You...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Dec 10, 2013 | Random Commentary
About the Image: “The Wager” by David M. Hodges, created late 1990s, updated 2013. The version of this image I recovered recently from some old Zip disks dated to 11 September 1998. The late 1990s were the time when my skeptical agnosticism was consuming...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Nov 26, 2013 | Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere, Random Commentary
I’m not sure how this happened with all the barbed wire, “No Trespassing” signs, and roaming attack dogs on the property, but Monday of this week a local Jehovah’s Witness made it to my front door. (Actually, there were two, but I only...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jan 24, 2013 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
J. I. Packer. Puritan Portraits: J. I. Packer on Selected Classic Pastors and Pastoral Classics . Ross-shire, Scotland, U.K.: Christian Focus Publications, 2012. Kindle (Mobi) Format. ISBN 978-1-78191-076-4. (Location numbers in the review are sometimes...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Dec 7, 2012 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
Wegner, Rob, and Jack Magruder. Missional Moves: 15 Tectonic Shifts That Transform Churches, Communities, and the World. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2012. ISBN 978-0-310-49505-5. Cover price $18.99.Rob Wegner and Jack Magruder’s Missional Moves asserts that...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jan 16, 2006 | Annotated Quotations
Photo by Flickr user Andreas Møller, used under Creative Commons license CC BY-ND 2.0.In the 1981 InterVarsity edition of his book Tell the Truth: The Whole Gospel to the Whole Person by Whole People, Will Metzger warned against using a watered-down “feel...