Whenever a book is written by someone who works with the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding I take notice. Make College Count is by Derek…
Revolution in the Air: The songs of Bob Dylan, 1957-1973
Still On the Road: The Songs of Bob Dylan, 1974-2006 (Clinton Heylin, 2009/10)
Dylan's Songs: 600 songs in 2 volumes and counting Bob Dylan is not merely an entertainer, though he has entertained millions over the years,…
Reading the Word: Calvin on offense
When Christians offend Christians Several years ago I was speaking at a large weekend annual conference on the East Coast, leading several breakout sessions…
Calvin and Culture: Exploring a Worldview (David W. Hall and Marvin Padgett, 2010)
Across all of life When I first stumbled across a book by Francis Schaeffer in 1968—the year his The God who is There was…
Science, Creation and the Bible: Reconciling Rival Theories of Origins (Richard F. Carlson and Tremper Longman III, 2010)
Science, Creation and the Bible Understanding the Genesis creation storyAs Christians a basic and essential article of our faith is that we believe that…
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition (Daniel Okrent, 2010)
A sober experiment From January 17, 1920 through December 5, 1933, the United States underwent a nation-wide experiment in using law to curb what…
Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith (Francis Collins, 2010)
On November 20, 1959 a bank teller named Henry Bemis slipped into the vault to find a moment of quiet during his lunch break…
American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood (Marc Eliot, 2009)
Raw Life It was impossible to predict that the tall rugged actor who played Rowdy Yates in all 217 episodes of the TV western,…
Snow (Orhan Pamuk, 2002)
Trying to Find Our Way We have friends who work for the U.S. State Department, and over the years they’ve accepted posts in countries…
The Drama of Doctrine: A Canonical Linguistic Approach to Christian Theology (Kevin J. Vanhoozer, 2005)
Common sense and cannon sense I suspect everyone knows what common sense is, though not everyone exhibits it. It’s that almost inexplicable practical wisdom…