Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
In April 1999, some brave souls spoke for many when they tacked 95 theses on the Internet at cluetrain.com. The basic message went like this: "A powerful global conversation has begun. Through the Internet, people are discovering and inventing new ways to share relevant knowledge with blinding speed. As a direct result, markets are getting smarter—and …
Continue reading Book Review: “The Cluetrain Manifesto: 10th Anniversary Edition”
It is rare when I am blown away by a book, but that has happened this week upon reading Kyle Idleman's Not a Fan. Idleman is a teaching pastor at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, one of the largest churches in the U.S. Until a week ago today, I confess I had no idea who …
It seems far too presumptuous of anyone - especially me - to review one of the greatest Christian classics of all time, so let me say up front that this is not a review in the sense of a critique of this timeless allegory first published in 1678. It is, rather, a reaction to having …
Continue reading Book Review: “The Pilgrim’s Progress” by John Bunyan
Sometimes you get a lot more than you bargained for in a book - in a good way - and that's what happened to me in reading Rupert Sheldrake's Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home (And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals). As a dog lover, and given the title of the book, I …
Continue reading Book Review: “Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home” by Rupert Sheldrake
I've been a church member ever since I made a profession of faith and was baptized at First Baptist Church of Winchester, Kentucky as a freshman in high school in the early 1970s. Growing up in the church prior to that experience and being an active church member in several churches since then, being a …
Continue reading Book Review: “I Am a Church Member” by Thom Rainer
