Why God Won't Go Away by Alister McGrath

These Christians are coming out in droves to defend their faith against the New Atheists.

Alister McGrath has written a book attempting to prove that the New Atheism movement has run its course and is about to become obsolete. Why God Won't Go Away is his rebuttal to most of their claims.

Part 1 is all about the New Atheist movement: how it started and what they are promoting now.

Part 2 tries to wrestle with their biggest arguments against religion: violence, science and reason.

Part 3 argues that the idea of God will not leave the psyche of collective thought. Hence, God won't go away.

McGrath includes some additional reading for those who are interested in continuing their search for meatier arguments. But my thoughts are, people will never be able to prove nor disprove the existence of God. We will always have arguments and counter arguments for as long as there are two people alive.

This is just another book that only a select few will be interested in.



This book was provided for review, at no cost, by Thomas Nelson Publishing.

Enemies of the Heart by Andy Stanley

Andy's publishers have decided to re-release a book that wasn't too old. Enemies of the Heart used to be titled, It Came From Within. And I actually liked the old cover, with the giant monster, better.

Andy offers advice as to how we can break free from four emotions that control us. Those emotions are:

Guilt
Anger
Greed
and Jealousy

We've all experienced these feelings at one point or another right? We lose a job, our family will do something that hurts us, maybe we go through a divorce.

These emotions can come in and take over how we interact with the world around us. If we let that happen, we become the bitter old man (or woman) who no one wants to be near.

Inside you'll find practical tips with some biblical emphasis to help discourage those emotions from reigning in your heart. You'll learn where they come from and how they can seem to hit us out from nowhere.

I liked the added 6 week small group study questions that come along at the end of the book.

This is one of the good Stanley books.


This book was provided for review, at no cost, by WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

I didn't think Michael Bay could make a Transformers movie worse than Revenge of the Fallen.

How I sat through this horrid mess called Dark of the Moon, I'll never understand. I think it may have been a case of brain rot. Or perhaps that is what I suffer from after sitting through this pathetic excuse for perverted boys.

Bay shows us that, with the final of his Transformers films, he really could care less for people who enjoyed the first movie. Everything about this last one spat in its face.

Add to that Leonard Nemoy adding his voice to a new transformer (quoting his oft-repeated line from Star Trek), a worthless acting performance by a Victoria Secrets model and you will have the essential Bay puke-fest.

You don't go see these movies for the story, I get that. But man - please give me something more than adolescent lusting and jokes.

This movie should have been a direct-to-DVD. The 3D that Bay initially hated, but then joyously embraced adds nothing to the experience. A James Cameron he is not. Not even close.

Pity me for watching this trash. Pity my brain.