Pisteuomen - πιστευομεν - T. Michael W. Halcomb

While I haven't had the opportunity to blog as much as I'd like to lately, I did want to drop a note to my readers today regarding the book I co-authored with my buddy Tim McNinch.  As you all know, we wrote People of the Book: Inviting Communities into Biblical Interpretation together (see the sidebar to get your copy or click HERE or for the Kindle version click HERE ).  Today, Brian Fulthorp who runs the site Sunestauromai (which in Greek means "I am being crucified with him") has written a very favorable review of People of the Book which you can read HERE .  Thanks to Brian for reviewing the book and sharing his thoughts about it.

Beyond events such as 9/11, the Gulf War, the War in Iraq, and the War in Afghanistan, I have witnessed in my lifetime countless other acts of violence in our world.  On a more personal level, I have both seen and experienced physical violence and abuse against me and other family members.   Less than 2 years ago, during a church service, my wife, who was standing next to me during worship, was robbed by two street thugs who fled from the service with her purse.  Several years before that, while in college, I along with two friends who were with me on a camping outing, was attacked by a group of men who threw a homemade bomb near us and then emerged from the woods to hold us up at gunpoint for money.  In short, I have seen violence happen from a distance and on a massive scale as well as up-close on a personal level.   Some psychologists say that experiencing violence on a personal level changes someone forever; they are never quite the same.  ...