It is in being received as a child of God that we find the love for which we long. We are born longing to become beloved. To feel beloved. Due to our homeless hearts, we have a strong bent toward misplacing this desire in things and people that can never deliver on it.   Editor’s... Continue Reading

The hope we have is not to get through the flaming sword of those cherubim or to go back into those places where those two special trees were. God will accomplish the goal of the garden. It will be through Christ’s work—the glory of what the church’s future is in Christ—but also a new creation... Continue Reading

We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus (Gal. 1:1–5). That is all! However, this does not mean we do nothing (Gal. 5:16). As with a tree’s active photosynthesis, we are called to “keep in step with the Spirit” (Gal. 5:25), which proves that our faith in Jesus is genuine (John 15:8). But we must... Continue Reading

Kennedy’s book is a welcome contribution to the critical discussion of worldview, especially as it affects Christian educational institutions. It provides a substantive history of worldview in German idealism and Dutch Neo-Calvinism. It offers guidance toward a Christian epistemology that is objective, rather than subjective in orientation. And while it does not answer all the... Continue Reading

God Made Me for Worship is Scripturally rich, gospel-centered, and accessible for children aged 4-12. My hope is that God Made Me for Worship will encourage Christian parents to see the preciousness, dignity, and necessity of Sunday worship for their families.   Lately, I have been giving thanks to God for the recent influx of... Continue Reading

In Understanding Transgender Identities: Four Views, five authors, all identifying as Christians, engage in respectful, mostly irenic dialog about transgender identities and how they relate to Christians and Christianity. The book is a window into the many areas of dissent among believers and nonbelievers alike regarding identity, gender, sex, and sexuality. It is well worth your... Continue Reading

Falk is not attempting to pin down the GPS coordinates of the Garden of Eden. Instead, he argues that, in the mindset of the original author of Genesis, Eden is “not located somewhere on Earth but represents the whole earth.” If Eden is reimagined as the whole earth, then the artistic spirit may have awakened on opposite... Continue Reading

According to Dreher, Christian prayer is the primary way to recover a sense of God’s presence and experience enchantment in a secular age. He writes, “It turns out that attention—what we pay attention to, and how we attend—is the most important part of the mindset needed for re-enchantment. And prayer is the most important part... Continue Reading

Throughout history, pagans have often figured out successful legal systems that reflect biblical values because, since God designed the world to work in a certain way, those kinds of systems just work best for the order and prosperity of a society. That’s the reality of common grace politics. The truth is that in matters of... Continue Reading

In the third book of Aaron’s Rod Blossoming, Gillespie argued that suspension from the Lord’s Supper and excommunication from the church are within the jurisdiction of the church—and specifically, under the authority of the elders. Gillespie asserted that suspension from the Sacrament is a step in the process of church discipline, and that one could be... Continue Reading