The stunning conclusions Murray brings his readers is that the economic plight in middle America is indisputably inter-connected with the complete disintegration of the family, the community, the pillars of faith, and attributes of character within middle America. The data Murray provides on the levels of single parenting, illegitimate births, 25-49 year old males who are able to work but not doing so, divorce rates, church attendance, and a plethora of other such categories leaves you speechless and frozen.

What is remarkable is that with Ross Douthat being who he is and having the prominence that he does, there are a great many people who will take the time to take this in when they otherwise would not come near these ideas with a ten foot pole. Douthat is an accepted member of the American elite, and they will listen to him more so than they would from others hailing from ‘flyover country.’

The answer is yes! Baptists historically have held to covenant theology; the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith makes this fact plain (see chapter 7)

Olasky, Editor in Chief of World Magazine, gives brief, pointed and personal comments on the three new books about Charles Hodge, Jonathon Edwards and……Herbert Butterfield(?). In a sidebar he gives quick reviews of three other new books: (1) Stephen Mansfield’s new edition of The Faith of Barack Obama; (2) Theodore Dalrymple’s The New Vichy Syndrome... Continue Reading

The book’s target audience is that group of Christians who are convinced of evolution, but want to ‘value’ Scripture in some way and hopefully hold on to some of the beliefs they once held dear….Sadly, this book would pull the Christian who is halting between two contradictory worldviews [Naturalism versus Christianity] toward greater acceptance of... Continue Reading

Gleason’s love for the topic at hand is evident from his analysis of others’ work on Bavinck with his own, as well as the sheer volume of details and topics that he skillfully intertwines to tell the story of one this important Reformed man. Ron Gleason, Herman Bavinck: Pastor, Churchman, Statesman, and Theologian (Phillipsburg: P... Continue Reading

“Faith-based marketing is so new on Broadway that it’s hard to quantify the impact, but what I do know is that we now have pretty steady numbers of faithful coming to ‘Memphis,’ ” said Sue Frost, one of the lead producers of the musical, which includes a main character singing in her church gospel choir... Continue Reading

He grew up thinking that God had a political and social agenda, and that if he (Miller) didn’t do his utmost to promote it through his own obedience to the cultural law, he wasn’t a true Christian. When I was nineteen, my former pastor’s wife gave me a book called Blue Like Jazz. I had... Continue Reading

Eberstadt devotes at least a chapter to each group oppressed through liberation: women, men, young adults, and children. Each segment of society, which had been promised freedom from the constraints of forced fertility, has found itself cheated of a devoted husband, a contented wife, an intact family unit, or a young adulthood free from sexual... Continue Reading

G. C. Berkouwer’s book on the providence of God looks at his subject from a post-Second World War perspective and he comments about how difficult it was to speak of providence following the Nazi death camps and the Holocaust. I wonder if there is not a possible book or dissertation that could be written to... Continue Reading