Denis Haack

Denis
Denis is the author of The Rest of Success: What the World Didn’t Tell You About Having It All and has written articles for such journals as Reformation & Revival Journal, Eternity, Covenant, and World. He holds a Master of Arts in Theological Studies degree from Covenant Seminary in St. Louis.

“No More of This”

Culture / Ordinary Life

Pentecost Sunday, May 31, 2020. 5:30 pm. The House Between. Margie and I did something we rarely do—we turned on the television news, WCCO…

The Green Frontier (Netflix); Ragnarok (Netflix); Evil (CBS)

Movies

Supernatural realities Although perspectives shaped by the Enlightenment—within or without the church—will have barely noticed, the world is rife with mystery, principalities, mystical voices,…

Murder Most Foul (Bob Dylan, 2020)

Culture / Music

I am writing this isolated during the coronavirus pandemic. Writing is a solitary vocation, but this is different. Isolation sucks delight from life, replacing…

Finding hope in a pandemic

Pluralistic World / Spirituality

The coronavirus is a terrible scourge, leaving a devastating trail of illness, death, strained relationships, loneliness, economic hardship and business loss in wide swathes…

The Seamless Life (Steven Garber, 2020)

Books / Faith / Ordinary Life / Spirituality

The Seamless Life Over many years of mentoring and teaching, Steve Garber has rightly insisted that the Lordship of Christ should transform our view…

Tom Waits (Matt Mahurin, 2019)

Books / Music / Visual Art

Tom Waits by Matt Mahurin This large format, coffee-table art book will be of interest to people who love music album cover art, collaborations…

Christ the Cornerstone (John Stott, 2019)

Books

Christ the Cornerstone Between 1971 and 1981, the Rev. Dr. John R. W. Stott (1921-2011) wrote a regular column in Christianity Today. In it…

Architect of Evangelicalism (Carl F. H. Henry, 2019)

Books / Faith

Architect of Evangelicalism If biblically orthodox Christians are not to be merely reactionary about evangelicalism now that it is in some turmoil, it is…

Sticky Fingers (Joe Hagan, 2017)

Books / Music

Sticky Fingers Rolling Stone magazine has always ranked high on my reading list. The reason is that from its beginning in 1967, the magazine…

Poetry 180 (Billy Collins, 2003)

Books / Poetry

Poetry 180 While Billy Collins was United States Poet Laureate, he launched a series of efforts to bring poetry into the lives of ordinary…