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…
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.
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…
Bored By Life, By God
Culture / Ordinary Life / Spirituality
I’ve been thinking about what we Christians experience when we read Scripture. On the one hand, we believe it to be God’s revelation of…
Questions for Lost People
Pluralistic World / Safe Place
I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon…
Glimmers of Light
If we have eyes to see, not all is darkness in this broken world. “Now and then, in some way or another,” Roy Anker…
Reign Over Me (Mike Binder, 2007)
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present. (Journalist Jan Glidewell)…
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…
Bob Dylan, Christmas in the Heart (2009)
Bob Dylan in the Holiday Spirit Margie and I add to our Toad Hall collection of Christmas music by purchasing one new album each…
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…