Articles for tag: A. J. Jacobs

March 25, 2011

Those who first received the Law viewed obeyingÂ it a privilege, not a restriction. Can New TestamentÂ Christians also see the beauty in these ancient texts? (This is another in a series of articles titled “Reading the Bible for All It’s Worth” that Matt Proctor is writing this year.) ________ By Matt Proctor Imagine it”s New Year”s Day, and you make a resolution to read through your Bible this year. You begin with Genesis, and all goes well that first week. But hold on. Soon you”ll get to Leviticus, and then what will you do? Genesis starts with a bang as God

July 12, 2009

Christian Standard

Book Reviews Reviews

FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us

By LeRoy Lawson A. J. Jacobs, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man”s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2007). Robert Jewett, in collaboration with Ole Wangerin, Mission and Menace: Four Centuries of American Religious Zeal (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2008). “O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!” So wrote the Scottish poet Robert Burns in his little poem, “To a Louse.” Who hasn”t at one time or another wished the same””for other pesky people in our lives whose reformation we most dearly desire?