Strange Fire: The Danger of Offending the Holy Spirit with Counterfeit Worship
A review of John MacArthur's book on the charismatic movement
We can be thankful for MacArthur’s longtime passion for the truth of the gospel and for his unswerving commitment to the Word of God. He rightly reminds us that we must be bold and courageous in renouncing false teaching. At the same time, the charismatic movement is painted with too broad of a brush in Strange... Continue Reading
Christians Get Divorced Too
A review of John Greco's book, Broken Vows: Divorce and the Goodness of God
Christians get divorced too. And it is horrible. Oftentimes friends, family, and church members don’t know how to help. Sometimes divorced Christians are treated like leprosy in biblical times. That’s why I really appreciate how Greco shows us how the gospel is applied in even this devastation. He shows that while God’s purpose in marriage... Continue Reading
Housewife Theologian: A Review
A review of Aimee Y. Byrd's book
I also appreciate the ways Byrd interacts with cultural values. She does a good job of distinguishing between cultural standards of beauty and God’s values, calling us to embrace aging with grace. She points out ways in which the self-absorption and self-esteem that seem so prevalent inhibit a wholehearted pursuit of God where we seek... Continue Reading
Recoveries, Crises, and Falls
Three books about evangelicals and intellectualism
Ginsberg does offer good information in his chapter on “The Realpolitik of Race and Gender,” showing how the “moral imperatives” of the professoriate give administrators the opportunity to grab hiring decisions from the faculty by forging “tactical alliances with representatives of minority groups.” But neither Worthen nor Ginsberg apparently grasps how corrupt academia has become.... Continue Reading
Is N.T. Wright’s Book on the Psalms a Dangerous Gateway Drug?
What do you do with a helpful book on an important subject written by a man who is in serious error in a central and crucial area of Christian doctrine?
I started reading Wright’s book on the Psalms a few days ago, not really expecting much from it, and was immediately overwhelmed by the power of his prose, the force of his arguments, the startlingly fresh insights, and especially the beauty of his writing. I posted a couple of quotes on social media and within... Continue Reading
“Somebody Has To Preach In This Hell”
Paul Schneider was a WWI veteran and also a Reformed pastor in Germany during the 1920’s and 30’s.
As he drove to preach for the evening service of his first Sunday back, he was stopped, arrested, and imprisoned by German police. In prison, Schneider had a Bible and at one point he asked his wife Gretel for a copy of the Reformed creeds and confessions. Also in prison, along with many of the... Continue Reading
Why Public Prayer Is About More Than Culture Wars
Most of us support voluntary public prayer not because we oppose the separation of church and state but because we support it
A prayer, by definition, isn’t a speech made to a public audience but is instead a petition made to a higher Being. For the government to censor such prayers is to turn the government into a theological referee, and would, in fact, establish a state religion: a state religion of generic American civil religious mush... Continue Reading
A Review of A Year of Biblical Womanhood
With all the research that Evans does, she seemingly doesn’t understand the basic principles of biblical hermeneutics
Evans believes that we read what we are looking for in Scripture, that it really is like a wax nose. Therefore, she encourages readers to read with a prejudice of love rather than power, self-interest, and greed. Ultimately, I’m afraid that my concerns move beyond Evans’ problems with interpretation, and straight to her view of... Continue Reading
Mind and Cosmos
A review of Thomas Nagel's book, Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False
The core thesis of Mind and Cosmos can be simply stated. Darwinian materialism has failed to account for several undeniable features of human existence: consciousness, reason, meaning, and moral values. The problem is not that the answers haven’t yet been found, but rather that the paradigm itself precludes any satisfactory answers. All attempts to explain the mental and... Continue Reading
God in My Everything
A review of Ken Shigematsu's book directed at helping Christians develop a full-orbed spiritual life
There were, to my mind two significant shortcomings to the book, that are related. The first is an real appreciation for the role of the church in the spiritual life of the individual. He does have a place for attendance at worship, but that seems to be the extent the involvement of the church. The... Continue Reading
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