In 1997 a group of rock musicians from Tallahassee, Florida, calling themselves Creed pooled $6000 and recorded their first CD, My Own Prison. Four…
Bob Dylan, Love and Theft (2001)
I listened to Bob Dylan’s latest CD for the first time a few days after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. I…
Over The Rhine, Drunkard’s Prayer (2005)
In 1990 a band began performing in small venues in Cincinnati; it took its name from a notorious neighborhood called Over the Rhine. It’s…
Aimee Mann, Lost in Space (2002)
Aimee Mann does not try to produce singles that will become hits; she writes and sings songs that are meant to get under your…
T Bone Burnett, The True False Identity (2006)
In the fourteen years since his last album, The Criminal Under My Own Hat, T Bone Burnett has been in the background, neither touring…
Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling
One of the formative experiences of my spiritual pilgrimage involved reading The Universe Next Door by James Sire. It helped me understand what a…
The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era: Exploring the Background of Early Christianity
When my copy of The Greco-Roman World arrived, I scanned the table of contents and the first page, as I always do with new…
The Great Experiment: Faith and Freedom in America (Os Guiness, 2001)
More than once in these pages we have recommended this series of study guides, and we remain convinced that though the marketplace is awash…
God’s Plans for You (J.I. Packer, 2001)
I have only been in J. I. Packer’s presence once. He lectured at a conference, and I approached him afterwards with a question. “Oh,…
Getting the Message: A Plan for Interpreting and Applying the Bible
A Christian can not be truly discerning without Bible study. That’s why we sometimes refer to Ransom’s goal as helping believers gain skill in…