Applying the Principles of John Maxwell's "Winning with People"
I wrore this in March of 2005, so it's only been about a year.
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In one of the few cases in which I will ever retract a previous, written statement, I have to say that I can no longer completely agree with what I wrote 6 years ago.
While I believe that we, as believers, need to be aware of becoming involved in demonic practices, I have seen far too many Gospel-centered teaching, conversing and Christian connecting happen using the Harry Potter books as a "common ground" for me to dismiss them.
Therefore, I serve myself up a heaping helping of crow, in a delicously, non-judgmentally baked slice of humble pie. Congrats to ya, JK Rowling... you may have been a huge cultural help to Christians everywhere!
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One of my Top 10 favorite fiction books of all time. I can't explain why, but I just love this story. Call it a guilty pleasure read if you want, but it just connects to me.
One of my Top 10 favorite fiction books of all time and a MADMINISTER.COM MUST READ for all those pursuing a vocational ministry career. Seminary students, pastors and those who are currently working out their calling should get a copy of this book ASAP.
One of my Top 10 favorite fiction books of all time. I cannot stand even mentioning the travesty of the same name which was released in theaters other than to say that after that, I became a staunch critic of Paul Verhoeven.
One of my Top 10 favorite fiction books of all time. Caleb Carr is amazingly accurate in his portrayal of forensic technique evolution and his story-telling ability is nigh unparalleled.
Yeah, I know, this could seem a little bit presumptuous, but trust me, these books more than make up for it. Some of them you will have heard about, others you don't even know they exist... but all of them are worth dropping what you're doing right now and finding a copy as fast as you can.