As Christians we should be grateful for every aspect of society that allows human beings to flourish. Each is evidence of the common grace…
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.
Resilient Ministry (Burns, Chapman and Guthrie, 2013)
The Church Must Not Consume Its Own One of the most striking metaphors in all of Holy Scripture describes the sworn enemy of our…
Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? (John Fea, 2011)
We the people It is difficult to get Americans to agree on how Christian America was at its founding. It’s not just that Christians…
I Want to Show You More: Stories (Jamie Quatro, 2013)
Living faithfully as embodied creatures In her debut book of fiction, a collection of short stories, Jamie Quatro has bequeathed a deliciously subversive gift…
Religion for Atheists: A Non-believers Guide to the Uses of Religion (Alain de Botton, 2012)
Trying to see… more clearly One way we express our raison d'être in Ransom is this: we desire to help Christians deepen their discipleship…
What to do with liberty?
In his thoughtful and intriguing Religion for Atheists, Alain de Botton argues that the libertarian fear of a paternal State can have unfortunate consequences.…
Charlie Peacock, No Man’s Land (2012)
Grit, Gumption & Faith My office window looks out over the front yard of Toad Hall. I can see the thistle feeder where the…
Andrew Bird, Break It Yourself (2012)
Mistaking clouds for mountains This week I went to my first Andrew Bird concert. I have his albums so knew I would enjoy the…
Popologetics: Popular Culture in Christian Perspective (Ted Turnau, 2012)
Popular culture in Christian perspective Some of you may recognize the name Ted Turnau. On Ransom’s website you can find an eBook by Dr.…
Political Visions & Illusions: A Survey and Christian Critique of Contemporary Ideologies (David Koyzis, 2003)
I have found the last couple of election cycles in America to be disappointing. Not because of the astounding amounts of money raised and…