N.T. Wright, Eerdmans Ebook Sale, Thriving Local Churches - April 16

N.T. Wright, Eerdmans Ebook Sale, Thriving Local Churches - April 16 - ERB Daily Book Morsel

Published: Fri, 04/16/21

April 16, 2021

“We want so much,
When perhaps we live best
In the spaces between loves,

That unconscious roving,
The heart its own rough animal.
Unfettered.”

- Tracy K. Smith,

poet

Today marks her birthday...

Kindle Ebook Deal of the Day!

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

by Cal Newport

Only $2.99!!!

FREE Ebook of the Week!

*** The Life and Times
of St. Kateri Tekakwitha
(the first Native American Saint)

[ Our Weekly Used Book Sale ]

New / Featured on our website...

Five Important books for the Thriving of Local Churches! [April 2021]

2020 was a difficult year for most churches. Not only did the raging global pandemic mostly confine churches to virtual gatherings, but it also was a year of public reckoning with our histories of racism and sexism, sins that have both plagued (and continue to plague) churches. And on top of all these struggles, churches face an escalating exodus of members that began well before 2020. So, what are churches to do in the face of these manifold challenges?

Eerdmans Theology Ebook Sale –
April 2021

Some excellent theology ebook deals in the HUGE Eerdmans sale for April that is running now… (500+ titles on sale)
Willie Jennings, Grace Ji-Sun Kim, John Swinton,
Kelley Nikondeha, Michael Gorman, Nijay Gupta, MORE

N.T. Wright, et al – What did the Cross Accomplish? – [Feature Review]

Illuminating the Atonement. A Feature Review of
What Did the Cross Accomplish?: A Conversation about the Atonement by N.T. Wright, Simon Gathercole, Robert Stewart
(Paperback: WJK Books, 2021)
Reviewed by Taylor Craig

*** April is National Poetry Month!

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Poems – Five of our Favorites

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an abolitionist, suffragist, poet, teacher, public speaker, and writer. She was one of the first African American women to be published in the United States. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, Harper had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at the age of 20. At 67, she published her widely-praised novel Iola Leroy (1892), placing her among the first Black women to publish a novel

In Case You Missed It...

Book Giveaway – Two New
Eugene Peterson Books! [3 winners]

We’re excited to run this giveaway of THREE sets of these two new Eugene Peterson books: A Burning in My Bones: The Authorized Biography of Eugene H. Peterson, Translator of The Message by Winn Collier
and This Hallelujah Banquet: How the End of What We Were Reveals Who We Can Be by Eugene Peterson
Enter now to win this pair of new books:

Lectionary Poetry –

3rd Sunday of Easter (Year B)

Featuring poems for BOTH Narrative and
Revised Common Lectionaries!
Our weekly post of poetry that resonates with the lectionary
readings for this coming Sunday, including poems by Denise Levertov, Malcolm Guite, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, George Herbert, MORE. Features TWO poems for most lectionary readings: one classic poem that can be read on a livestreamed service, and one contemporary poem...

Here's to energizing reading today!

Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books