I wish I had Households of Faith: Practicing Family in the Kingdom of God when I lived less than 2 miles from Focus on the Family campus headquarters. It’s no surprise that they prioritize the nuclear family over just about everything else. I attended church with manyread more ➜
I’m repeatedly reminded of and often deeply saddened by how little some understand forgiveness. Despite the need to grasp, receive, and extend this vital virtue into our lives, the human capacity to withhold it, coupled with a tenacious need to maintain a grudge, is troubling.read more ➜
Metaethics: A Short Companion is a small book about a big topic. Authors David A. Horner and J. P. Moreland provide a dense introduction to the field of metaethics that shows their vast knowledge of this space. My own acquaintance with metaethics is neither wideread more ➜
There is nothing here I disagree with and encourage readers to thoughtfully consider these claims. If you agree, then add your signature to the statement (link at end of this post). THE STATEMENT Christian Faith and Democracy The United States confronts a crisis of democracy,read more ➜
I just finished reading Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung‘s Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies. Although it’s been on my shelf for a couple years, this book is so widely referenced that I decided to make time and give itread more ➜
Craig A. Boyd & Kevin Timpe have provided an outstanding introduction to The Virtues in Oxford’s “Very Short Introductions” series. As with the other volumes, The Virtues is an excellent offering. It is clear and uncomplicated, thorough and inclusive in approach, and helpfully outlined and organizedread more ➜
Sandra Richter’s book is difficult. Not intellectually, mind you. Far worse. It’s ethically demanding because it’s an eye-opening portrayal of God’s call for environmental responsibility. It addresses issues only the courageous will consider, but all are called on to engage. The concerns of creation care are not just critical, political, structural; they are ubiquitous. On every page this book is a biblical, practical, and down-to-earth call to action. Readers are not only informed about Scripture’s clear message of environmental stewardship, but challenged to make a difference. Richter’s purpose for writing Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters is to provide a “biblical theology of environmental stewardship.” It is not overly technical and is especially …read more ➜
Kingdom, Hope and the End of the World: The ‘Now’ and ‘Not Yet’ of Eschatology is a concise introduction to a subject that continues to intrigue the Christian world, namely, “end times.” Ian Paul has done the Church a tremendous service in this offering andread more ➜
This post addresses important questions not typically taken into account by a more traditional view of divorce and remarriage, and challenges that view where necessary. A brief account of some key biblical passages will also be addressed in an effort to show a more balanced, nuancedread more ➜
I recently attended a conference on apologetics that was inspiring and very well orchestrated. The speakers are on the front lines of apologetics and they are at the top of their game in their discipline. The topics addressed by astrophysicists, philosophers, historians, and even electricalread more ➜
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