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Engaging the Powers
Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination
- Review By: G. Stephen Goode
- 7 November 2009
Engaging the Powers is an award winning book written in 1992 - Why have so few read this incredible book? Agree or disagree with Walter Wink but read this book and have the way you view the world shaken up, seriously. He is a brilliant yet humble writer. I cannot believe that I did not read this book when it came out. I had to have referrals by Chuck Colson, Rob Bell, Greg Boyd, N.T. Wright and others. He has influenced a whole lot of other leaders in the Body of Christ. Do yourself a favor and read this book. It is
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No Future without Forgiveness
- Review By: G. Stephen Goode
- 17 April 2009
South Africa is such an incredible country, a beautiful country and beautiful peoples meant to be a blessing to all of its people, to the continent of Africa and to the world. Archbishop Desmond Tutu has written a remarkable story of the impact of apartheid upon its people. Nelson Mandela wrote on the back cover, "The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of South Africa has put the spotlight on all of us...In its hearings Desmond Tutu has conveyed our common pain and sorrow, our hope and confidence in the future."
This is also the story of the most incredible free elections that the
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Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life
Rethinking Ministry to the Poor
- Review By: G. Stephen Goode
- 12 January 2011
I read this book because I saw that Robert Lupton had worked with John Perkins, chairing the board of Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) as well as served the inner city of Chicago for more than three decades. John Perkins is one of my heroes and he has mentored me by his books for more than 25 years. Mr. Lupton must have something to say about poverty, justice and making a difference. He also had something in the title that anyone who has worked with the poor for any length of time becomes aware of and that is the need for, "rethinking
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Half the Sky
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
- Review By: G. Stephen Goode
- 2 November 2009
Half the Sky is a powerful book about women that needs to be read and championed by men. It is written by two Pulitzer Prize winners on China who write for the New York Times. The title is taken from a Chinese proverb, "Women hold up half the sky." This book will change the way that you think about your wife, your daughters, your women neighbors and girls and women around the world and then will move you to do something. You will not be able to walk away and do nothing after reading this book.
The authors have
The Real Mary
Why Evangelical Christians Can Embrace the Mother of Jesus
- Review By: G. Stephen Goode
- 31 December 2010
Scot McKnight gives many reasons why he should write a book about Mary but his reason that stuck with me the most is on page 6 "that she always leads us to Jesus. When we discover the real Mary, the one who lived in first-century Galilee with Joseph...who struggled at times herself, we also discover someone we can embrace because Mary embraced her son as we are called to do."
How much of what we have come to believe about Mary comes from our 21st century Americana picture of Mary rather than the first century reality and context of where she lived? I
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Africa Rising
- Review By: G. Stephen Goode
- 5 October 2009
Working with NGO's, poverty and with key issues like HIV/AIDS in Africa I was so encouraged to read Africa Rising. Most of what one hears from the African continent in the press and media or the perception of Africa is one of war, disease, pessimism, corruption and general bad news. Vijay Mahajan, the Indian author, said that this was the same, bad /negative press that India was getting 20 years ago and now look what is happening and where India is going. In this perception, it is easy to overlook the business opportunities that are occurring. He predicts after multiple visits that
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God at War
- Review By: G Stephen Goode
- 15 June 2008
Since working in the aftermath of the Tsunami in Indonesia and Thailand and with those affected by the earthquake in Pakistan, I have been grappling again with issues such as prayer, suffering, warfare, the destructiveness of creation and the problem of evil. Greg Boyd helped me deeply with his short book, “Is God to Blame?”
I did not have to look much further to delve more deeply. God at War addresses spiritual warfare in a way that I can only say that this book is a must
This is a continuation of the book - Same Kind of Different as Me about slavery and the homeless in the 21st century and what difference has been made in the last two years upon thousands of homeless in the USA and around the world through these two incredible people. People have started to see the homeless through the eyes of God, even if they are not people of faith. People are venturing out of their comfort zones, slowing down, stopping to talk and visit and listen and doing some small things to help and bless those living
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Surprised by Hope
Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection and the Mission of the Church
- Review By: G. Stephen Goode
- 26 July 2009
I grabbed this book as I was heading for another country recently for a funeral. I saw that it was related to death, heaven, the resurrection and hope. It had been referred by several people to me but was I in for an unexpected read and another great one by N.T. Wright, the Bishop of Durham.
This book is not so much about dying as it is about living. This book is not so much about death as it is about the resurrection of Jesus and his transformed body after death and what that means for us now and in the future. This
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If your a business person, this book is for you. If you work with the poor, this book is for you. If you are an educator/trainer, this book is for you. If you are a pioneer, a leader, a parent or in government, this book is for you.
Walter Wink has been on my radar screen for many years but in reading recently from N.T Wright, Greg Boyd and Rob Bell and their references to Walter Wink, I had to get this book. In 1993, Engaging the Powers and the Powers trilogy won several awards. The powers that be are a shortened version, particularly of Engaging
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