Final words of wisdom Over the years, John Stott’s writings have nourished my soul. His faithful exposition of Scripture, always beguilingly simple, never fails…
Souls in Transition (Christian Smith, 2009)
Christian Smith has been following a nation-wide sample of teenagers, using surveys and extensive interviews to track their religious beliefs and values. In 2005…
Learning Evangelism from Jesus (Jerram Barrs, 2009)
The longer I am an elder in the church the more dismayed I am at so many of the ideas held by Christians about…
The Road (Cormac McCarthy, 2006)
They are on a road, alone, surrounded by devastation, blasted by the cold. Houses stand empty, doors ajar, windows broken, floors and ceilings buckling…
Hidden Worldviews: Eight Cultural Stories That Shape Our Lives (Steve Wilkins & Mark L. Sanford, 2009)
Some Lies That Seduce In a fallen and pluralistic world we are surrounded by beliefs, values, and presuppositions that we hardly ever notice. But…
Not Your Average Comic Books
They are usually shelved in the teen section at your local library, or near the comic books at your local book store; but these…
How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind: Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity (Thomas C. Oden, 2007)
Out of Dark Africa...LightAfrica was long known in the West as the “Dark Continent.” The explorer Henry Stanley (of “Dr. Livingstone I presume” fame)…
The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Unbeliever (Christopher Hitchens, 2007)
Arguments for Unbelief To be charitable, one may admit that the religious often seem unaware of how insulting their main proposition actually is. Exchange…
Johnny Cash and the Great American Contradiction: Christianity and the Battle for the Soul of a Nation (Rodney Clapp, 2008)
What do country music legend Johnny Cash, Swiss Reformed theologian Karl Barth, and George W. Bush have in common? By most reasonable estimates, little…
The Reason for God (Tim Keller, 2008)
Engaging Doubt for Clarity’s Sake Some things should become habits of the heart. Things like not agreeing to commitments until we’ve had an adequate…