Loving one’s country includes urging it toward righteousness, engaging in peaceful and principled public life, and speaking prophetic truth when needed. Darling notes that America’s finest reformers—Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King Jr.—did precisely this. Each pointed the nation back to its noblest principles while calling for repentance where it had gone astray.... Continue Reading

Tim Challies shares his most helpful Christian books of the year—plus a bonus pick—that offered biblical wisdom on everything from aging gracefully to navigating tech, disagreement, and ethical investing.   As another year draws to a close, I wanted to take some time to consider the books I read in 2025 and to assemble a... Continue Reading

I certainly know that not all elders are qualified or godly. Before resorting to a soft feminism, try this: Vote out bad, unqualified elders. After reading this book and its sexist claims against godly elders, re-read the qualifications for elders and see if any of those are reflected in the disdain elders are treated with... Continue Reading

The great pastor/theologian states that, if all the glory of the Kingdom was revealed all at once (or too soon), we would simply not be able to handle it; (and we would not fully appreciate it). Of course, according to this schema, the first two stages have already been reached.  Two more are to come.  Even in the 18th century (when Edwards lived), “Antichrist” was very much still a force... Continue Reading

Buy ten copies. Give one to every man in your church. Give one to your elders and ask them to preach its content from the pulpit. Give one to the twenty-something who just confessed his struggle and was told by the last book he read that his desires are “part of his story.”   Jared... Continue Reading

If we are to appreciate the full vision that Augustine lays forth in this monumental work, then we should read it from beginning to end. His writing rewards the patient reader, and following him through the twists and turns of his prose will gain an education in how to think with integrity and intensity from... Continue Reading

Building a family-friendly culture, in general, must start in the household of God. Churches are to be the soil in which young men and women learn the sacrifice required to be good husbands and wives, fathers and mothers. And if this family friendly culture is to have any stability…then there must be revival in our... Continue Reading

‘Stockholm Syndrome Christianity’ is an accessible yet rich read that diagnoses a pathology coming from within modern Christianity. Especially troublesome is that many leading and previously venerable Christian figures show clear symptoms of the pathology. In a firm yet kind way, West’s book provides ample evidence that the diagnosis is correct, and that Christians must address... Continue Reading

Martin’s attempts to “unclobber” these six passages fall short. He rehearses well-worn liberal interpretations of the six common passages from Scripture that are used in the homosexual debate. His theological interpretations are false because he does not use a biblical-theological approach to interpret Scripture and he does not properly consider Genesis 1–3 in his examination. ... Continue Reading

“In the biblical view, truth is that which is ultimately, finally, and absolutely real, or the ‘way it is,’ and therefore is utterly trustworthy and dependable, being grounded in God’s own reality and truthfulness. . . . Belief in something doesn’t make it true; only truth makes a belief true. But without truth, a belief may... Continue Reading