Bill Russell vs Wilt Chamberlain

The Rivalry, by John Taylor, is a narrative of the battle between Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain during the golden age of basketball.
This work takes a look at the players who were the first black superstar athletes outside of boxing, that had complex personalities, that lived in a segregated society (also during the assassination […]

Greatest Sports Moments Contest

Over at the blog, The Blazing Center, there is a contest going on to celebrate the release of a new book called, Game Day for the Glory of God. To enter the contest you must submit your favorite sports moment in history.
Here is the deal (as posted on The Blazing Center):
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Operation Yao Ming, Beijing Olympics

Operation Yao Ming: The Chinese Sports Empire, American Big Business, and the Making of an NBA Superstar, written by Brook Larmer, is a fascinating book that I just finished reading.
The story begins with a groundingbreaking introduction into the forbidden kingdom of China and the communist-style sports system that Yao Ming was […]

Total Truth

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from It’s Cultural Captivity, is a great book that I am reading again, that is very helpful and practical in fully developing a worldview.
Nancy Pearcey affirms that Christianity has a legitimate role to play in every area of our culture and not just regulated to the […]

Do Hard Things

Do Hard Things, is the first book by Alex and Brett Harris, that I just recently picked up as a gift for two high school graduates in our youth group.
I have heard great things about this book and the funny thing is…. I can’t put it down!
I am trying to finish the book […]

Home Court Basketball Goal Photo Project

Thumbing through the pages of Slam Magazine (LeBron James April issue), I came across an interesting article on a basketball goal photo book project.
Bob Redding has created a photo book called Home Court, which consists of homemade basketball goals that were taken on outdoor courts, ranging from Mississippi to California.
Redding is producing a second volume […]

What Missionaries Have Known For Centuries

Breaking the missional code: Your Church Can Become a Missionary in Your Community, is a book that I have just finished reading.

What missionaries have known for centuries is that there are cultural barriers, in addition to spiritual ones, that keep people from truly hearing the gospel. The task is to find a balance between […]

Basketball: It’s Origin and Development

I just finished reading a book by James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. The book was actually a series of writings and articles from over the years incorporated into this volume.
The idea for the book originated when Naismith, already in his mid-seventies, was prompted by his family to put his story on paper. Because of […]

Men of Whom the World Is Not Worthy

This is the title of a MP3 CD collection of Biographies presented by John Piper at his annual conference for Pastor’s. A dramatic title but it get’s your attention! However, what has my attention more is the significant lives of these Pastor’s and Missionaries of Church History. I have been listening to these […]

Making Disciples of Oral Learners

This book notes that there are 4 billion oral communicators in the world today that can’t or choose not to take in new information or communicate by literate means. Oral communicators are found in every cultural group in the world and make up approximately two-thirds of the world’s population. And yet an estimated […]

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