A Book Club for Thinking Christians

My wife and I believe strongly that our faith should be well-informed.  One good way to be well-informed is to read, and to discuss what we read and believe.  Hence, we started a Book Club at our church several years ago, back in 2013 - I believe.  

Over the years we have read and discussed many books on a wide range of topics: The History of the Jews; Sons of Abraham; Yazidi, Islamic State, Caliphate & Faith; Church History; When Buddha Meets Christ - a dialogue between Christianity and Buddhism, Radical Islam, Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning; Daoism and Christianity, Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Cost of Discipleship; … 

Recently we just finished a study on Martin Luther & The Reformation.  We studied Martin Luther’s life, how he arrived at his criticism of the then church, and some of the more controversial aspects of his life and faith.  We studied how the various Protestant denominations came about: Lutherans, Reformed, Anglicans, Anabaptists, Amish, Puritans, Baptists, …  We also discussed some of the major relevant challenges such as wars, slavery, colonialism, …  

In the coming months we may discuss the books of Yuval Noah Harari: Sapiens, Homo Deus and 21 Lessons for the 21th Century.  We wish to better understand how humans are trying to use modern technology such as artificial intelligence and biotechnology to become more like god, and the Christian response to that.  

Our objective is become thinking Christians - that our faith should be based upon sound knowledge and reasoning, that our faith is relevant to the real life challenges that we face in this day and age.  We usually meet on the first Saturday evening of the month.  Please contact us if interested.