The Weekly Hit List: April 6, 2012

The April issue of our newsletter “Border Crossings” was just sent out.

You can read it here. To sign up, click here.

Two Brazos books were selected among the finalists for the Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Awards:

Miroslav Volf’s A Public Faith was selected in the “Religion” category.

Daniel Taylor’s Creating a Spiritual Legacy was selected in the “Body, Mind & Spirit” category.

See the full list of finalists here.

 

Several blogs have given attention to Christian Smith’s The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture. Many have been linking to the terrific interview with Smith by Frank Viola on the “Beyond Evangelical” blog. If you haven’t read this interview yet, check it out here.

Here are some blogs that have posted on The Bible Made Impossible:

“I Call You Friend” Blog

“Can’t Catch My Breath” Blog

“Court Can Write” Blog

 Quick Hits:

Peter Enns’s The Evolution of Adam was reviewed on the “Falling Off a Cliff Backwards” blog.

Brian Walsh’s Kicking at the Darkness was mentioned in a Vancouver Sun article.

Many great posts came from David Benner’s Spirituality and the Awakening Self being a part of the Patheos Book Club. Be sure to check out Tony Jones’s post (he’s giving away a copy of the book!).

Miroslav Volf’s A Public Faith was reviewed on the “Ends & Means” blog.

Harold Cameron reviewed Samuel Well’s Be Not Afraid on his blog.

The Weekly Hit List: December 16, 2011

Tony Jones wrapped up his three-part blog series on Christian Smith’s The Bible Made Impossible with Entry 3: The Fatal Flaw.

In the comments section of the third entry you can follow an exchange between Tony and Christian Smith.

Tony Jones’ previous entries:

Entry 1: The Ailment
Entry 2: The Cure

 

Greg Metzger wrote a piece for Books & Culture titled “Applying Volf,” in which he uses principles from Miroslav Volf’s A Public Faithas he discusses Christian leaders who become active political voices.Check out the article here.

 

Christian Century also recommended A Public Faith on a list of ‘Theology and Spirituality’ books. Check it out here.

Daniel Taylor’s Creating a Spiritual Legacy was listed among five “Great Gifts to Give: For the Spiritual Seeker” on the Spirituality & Health magazine website. 

Publishers Weekly recently posted a positive review of David Benner’s upcoming Brazos book Spirituality and the Awakening Self: The Sacred Journey of Transformation.

Broken Hallelujahs Giveaway

Don’t forget to enter our latest giveaway.

Five winners will receive a free copy of Christian Scharen’s Broken Hallelujahs: Why Popular Music Matters to Those Seeking God.

To enter, click here.

Winners will be announced in next week’s Hit List.

The Weekly Hit List: December 9, 2011

Several blogs have referenced or reviewed Christian Smith’s
The Bible Made Impossible this week:

Matt McCullough reviewed it at the Gospel Coalition website.

Tony Jones did several posts on the book:

Entry 1: The Ailment
Entry 2: The Cure

Scot McKnight made a reference to The Bible Made Impossible that points to the necessity of Smith’s book. Check it out here.

A piece from Samuel Wells, which is an excerpt from his book
Be Not Afraid: Facing Fear with Faith, was posted on RelevantMagazine.com:

A Gospel for the Rich

Lee C. Camp’s Who Is My Enemy? was reviewed by Joe James on the blog “Ends & Means.”

 

Daniel Taylor’s Creating a Spiritual Legacy was reviewed in the latest Englewood Review of Books.

Creating a Spiritual Legacy Giveaway Winners

Congratulations to the winners of The Brazos Blog Giveaway.

Karl Persson, Kyle Stevens, Craig Higgins, Dan Jesse, and Duane Young will each receive a free copy of Daniel Taylor’s Creating a Spiritual Legacy: How to Share Your Stories, Values, and Wisdom.

Check back next week for our next giveaway.

The Weekly Hit list: December 2, 2011

  An excerpt from the recent Brazos release Be Not Afraid: Facing Fear with Faith by Samuel Wells will be featured in the December issue of Christianity Today.

You can check it out online here.

Lee C. Camp’s Who Is My Enemy? was reviewed by Dan Martin on the Nailing it to the Door blog.

John Mark Hicks also reviewed the book on his blog.

Several blogs have recently posted reviews of The Bible Made Impossible by Christian Smith:

John Byron at The Biblical World

Tim Perry at Texas Flood Blog

Crispin Schroeder at My Life as a Wrestler

Matt Rawlings at Pastor Matt Blog

Creating a Spiritual Legacy Giveaway

Don’t forget to enter our current giveaway at The Brazos Blog.

Five lucky winners will receive a copy of Daniel Taylor’s Creating a Spiritual Legacy.

To enter, click here.

Giveaway: Creating a Spiritual Legacy

Yesterday we started a series of posts by Daniel Taylor introducing the new Brazos book Creating a Spiritual Legacy: How to Share Your Stories, Values, and Wisdom.

In celebration of this release, we are giving away five copies of Taylor’s important book.

To enter, simply fill out the form below. Winners will be announced December 9th.

Keep checking back for more posts from Daniel Taylor!

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