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Faith Lived Out in Love for Community: A Review of “In Search of Common Good” Book ReviewsBooks

Faith Lived Out in Love for Community: A Review of “In Search of Common Good”

Title: In Search of Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a Fractured WorldAuthor: Jake MeadorPublisher: InterVarsity PressPublishing Date: June 25, 2019Pages: 208 (Hardcover)ISBN: 978-0830845545 A few years ago, our family moved from the West Coast (Los Angeles) to the Midwest (northwest Iowa). A friend questioned whether I would…
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September 5, 2019
The Logic of Limitations: A Review of “The Common Rule” Book ReviewsBooks

The Logic of Limitations: A Review of “The Common Rule”

Title: The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction Author: Justin Whitmel EarleyPublisher: InterVarsity PressPublishing Date: February 19, 2019Pages: 160 (Paperback)ISBN: 978-0830845606 I once had a wise pastor tell me that while my twenties would be about learning what I can do, my thirties would be about learning what…
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June 13, 2019
Putting Grace back in the Doctrines: A Review of “Humble Calvinism” Book ReviewsBooks

Putting Grace back in the Doctrines: A Review of “Humble Calvinism”

Title: Humble CalvinismAuthor: J.A. MeddersPublisher: The Good Book CompanyPublishing Date: March 1, 2019Pages: 128 pages (Paperback)ISBN: 978-1784983727 Collin Hansen describes the popular resurgence of Calvinist doctrine in the first decade of the twentieth century in three words: young, restless, and Reformed. “The New Calvinism,” identified at the time with leaders like…
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April 26, 2019
Belief in a Disenchanted World: A Review of “George MacDonald in the Age of Miracles” Book ReviewsBooksChristian Witness & Apologetics

Belief in a Disenchanted World: A Review of “George MacDonald in the Age of Miracles”

About six months ago, I learned of Timothy Larsen’s forthcoming book, George MacDonald in the Age of Miracles. As the latest publication from the Wade Center’s Hansen Lectureship series, the book was described to me as detailing MacDonald’s approach to skepticism and doubt. Since I am…
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November 17, 2018
Bearing Witness in a TLDR World: A Review of “Disruptive Witness” Book ReviewsBooksChristian Witness & Apologetics

Bearing Witness in a TLDR World: A Review of “Disruptive Witness”

Title: Disruptive Witness: Speaking the Truth in a Distracted AgeAuthor: Alan NoblePublisher: Intervarsity PressPublish Date: July 17, 2018Pages: 192 (Paperback)ISBN: 978-0830844838 There is an acronym that originated on the internet sometime in the early aughts: “TLDR.” It stands for “too long; didn’t read,” itself an abbreviation…
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July 13, 2018
Surviving Secular Apocalypse: A “How-To” Book for the End of the World Book ReviewsBooks

Surviving Secular Apocalypse: A “How-To” Book for the End of the World

Title: How to Survive the Apocalypse: Zombies, Cylons, Faith, and Politics at the End of the WorldAuthor: Robert Joustra and Alissa WilkinsonPublisher: EerdmansPublish Date: May 7, 2016Paperback: 208 pagesISBN: 978-0802872715 September 23, 2017, has come and gone, and we are still here. This despite the recent well-publicized yet widely…
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January 2, 2018
Thinking about Disenchantment: An Assist from C.S. Lewis for Understanding Charles Taylor Popular CultureShort ArticlesUncategorized

Thinking about Disenchantment: An Assist from C.S. Lewis for Understanding Charles Taylor

In pre-modern times, people lived in an “enchanted” world. There was a world of spirits, demons, and moral forces. God acted as the bulwark against evil, the means by which to hold these forces at bay. This means that the world is intrinsically less manageable,…
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October 26, 2016