During the late 18th Century the nation of France underwent a time of turmoil which is now known as the French Revolution. Many thinkers of the time gave their support to this revolution; one such thinker was Richard Price. Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France is written as a rebuttal to Price, as … Continue reading Book Review: Reflections on the Revolution in France – By Edmund Burke
AJourney in Grace follows the progression of a young pastor as he is confronted with the question "Are You a Calvinist?" Not knowing the answer to the question, he goes out to discover whether or not he is. In his endeavor he is aided by fellow pastors, his friends, his professors and his fiance, as … Continue reading Book Review: A Journey in Grace – By Richard P. Belcher
During the early seventeenth century the group known as the Puritans left England and settled the area of New England, there setting up their colony. They would do this due to a combination of wishing to escape religious persecution in England and the desire to create for themselves a sanctuary where they could develop their … Continue reading The Puritans: Church and State
Author James B. De Young's preface opens with the line "Western civilization has been undergoing as dramatic a shift in its ways of thinking and living as at any point in history." This book is his analysis of that shift. Yet De Young does not merely wish to analyze that shift on its own, but rather as the … Continue reading Book Review: Homosexuality ~ Contemporary Claims Examined in Light of the Bible and Other Ancient Literature And Law – By James B. DeYoung
In the realm of Christian eschatology there are three primary schools of thought: premillennialism, postmillennialism, and amillennialism (with dispensational premillennialism serving as a sort of fourth). In this short pamphlet (at ~56 pgs I hesitate to call it more than that) author Duane Garner makes his case regarding the issue. The argument being presented in … Continue reading Book Review: Why The End Is Not Near – By Duane Garner
In the realm of thought the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were a time of scholasticism, in the realm of politics a time of guilds and the roots of nationalism, in the realm of religion a time of monastic reform, and in the realm of expression it was a time of the Gothic, in painting, sculpture, and primarily … Continue reading Gothic Cathedrals & Medieval Symbolism
In the wake of the Enlightenment it became more and more clear as people began to try and doubt everything that there was to doubt, that eventually one runs into a dilemma, either to doubt their-self away or to posit some first principles, some axiom, some presupposition. We have become more and more self-aware from … Continue reading Book Review: The Universe Next Door – By James W. Sire
Biblical Economics is, just as the title would lead you to believe, an explanation of just what Scripture puts forth as a guide for the economic process. The author notes that the Bible is not an economics textbook, yet the truths set forth therein still have some applicability to that realm of study. As the … Continue reading Book Review: Biblical Economics – By R.C. Sproul Jr.
There are no shortage of books on the topic of leadership. Indeed, pointing out this fact is the first thing that most books on leadership seem to do. These books also point out that there is a crisis of leadership in the world today, such as having traded true leadership for celebrity. In order to … Continue reading The Art of Christian Leadership
In the realm of counseling books, Dr. Larry Crabb is quickly becoming a favorite author of mine. This is the second book which I've read by him. I picked it up one evening planning on doing some light reading before bed and ended reading the book through in one sitting, simply because I didn't want … Continue reading Book Review: Hope When You’re Hurting – By Larry Crabb & Dan Allender
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