Book Review

Book Review: And Yet You Continue To Provoke The Night by Shawn Ness

December 1, 2009
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And Yet You Continue To Provoke The Night is a book of poetry that my friend Shawn Ness has put together. It was something that Shawn decided to do for the Joslyn and Lowrie families after their tragic loss on the night of 10-24-2004. All of the royalties of this book will go to the families… families that Shawn has actually never met or spoken with. This book is a journey on many levels: it is personal, productive, painful, and proactive. Shawn is a great poet and has the ability to really express and get in touch with the feelings that many of us probably feel, but cannot express. Shawn has the unique gift of expressing these feelings, and turning them into a work of art. The book is split into 3 separate chapters. The first is called “Within” and in the author’s words are best described as, “The...

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Book Review: God’s Not Dead (And Neither Are We) by Jerry Wilson

December 1, 2009
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If you are reading this magazine, then you need to get this book. Don’t give me any ‘buts’ or ‘whys’ – just go get the book. All done? Good. Since you have to order it online, I will go ahead and tell you a little bit about the book you are about to get. Because you did go buy it, right? The basic summary of this book is that a long line of musicians from some of Christian alternative’s foundational bands tell their stories. The good, the bad, and the crazy are all recorded here. They tell where they have been and where they are now. They talk about the mistakes they made, the ways they were screwed by others, and the good memories they have of their musical days. Some of them are still at it, but most have moved on to something else. What I like about...

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Book Review: Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music

August 1, 2009
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EncyclopediaCCM

Whether or not you like this book may depend on what you think of the title. You see, this is the most deceptively titled book in recent memory, mainly because it contains a lot of opinion and criticism. I read somewhere that this book was supposed to be called something else akin to “Mark Allen Powell’s Guide to CCM.” That would be a much better title for this book. Any album that Powell doesn’t like gets trashed. But he doesn’t stop with music – any theological stance of any artist that Powell disagrees with gets shredded, too. At some point, you will read an article in that trashes your favorite album or espouses a belief that you disagree with. But I would say to look past all that, because there is a wealth of information here. Obscure indie artists are included in here next to big time CCM faces...

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