Where cynicism reigns In the traditional Christian view of things, the temptation to feel, think, and live in ways that are less than virtuous…
Denis Haack
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.
Vital Questions About Your Life
Discernment / Maturity and Flourishing / Spirituality
In a brief piece posted online on The Huffington Post (03/02/2014), Susie Moore, a life coach in New York City listed “5 Killer Life…
Discernment Exercise: Responding to a Changing World
Hans Rookmaaker, art historian and colleague of Francis Schaeffer published Modern Art and the Death of a Culture in 1970. It was written, in…
Under Fire (Fred Burton & Samuel Katz, 2013);
The Good Soldiers (David Finkel, 2009)
The View on the Ground The world remains a troubled, and troubling place. Wars have proliferated into seemingly never ending skirmishes in numerous places…
A Man For All Seasons (Fred Zinnemann, 1966)
Is anything worth dying for? A few years ago I was part of a weekend film festival in England sponsored by the British branch…
Echoes of Eden (Jerram Barrs, 2013)
Echoes of Eden A few days ago when the staff of Ransom met for prayer, the liturgy in Common Prayer included a line that…
The Art of Guy Chase (2011), Beauty Given by Grace (2012)
Distinctly different, distinctly Christian visions Guy Chase crafted art that was sharply contemporary, the sort of work that causes me to stop and look…
Anarchy Evolution (Greg Graffin & Steve Olson, 2010)
Resisting authority, embracing anarchy Over the past few years I have read the authors known in the media as the New Atheists, and have…
Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City (2013)
A soundtrack for our time Vampire Weekend is four musicians who met as students at Columbia University. Modern Vampires of the City, their third…
Neko Case, The Worse Things Get…(2013)
Music for When You’re Lost I’ve heard Neko Case only once in concert—she opened for Emmylou Harris—and ever since I’ve wished I could hear…