Book Review: Western Christians in Global Missions – By Paul Borthwick

In his book Western Christians in Global Missions: What’s the Role of the North American Church?, author Paul Borthwick works to analyze the global context of the missionary endeavor and to determine what the role of the North American church should be in that endeavor, given our particular missional history along with other social, cultural, … Continue reading Book Review: Western Christians in Global Missions – By Paul Borthwick →

Book Review: Concise Theology – By J.I. Packer

Concise Theology is what might be called a Reformed and evangelical survey of what author J.I. Packer deemed "the permanent essentials of Christianity." Theology for the purpose of this text is defined as "first the activity of thinking and speaking about God, and second the product of that activity... theology is for doxology and devotion - … Continue reading Book Review: Concise Theology – By J.I. Packer →

Book Review: Misquoting Truth – By Timothy Paul Jones

In 2007 atheist/agnostic professor Bart Ehrman published his book Misquoting Jesus, which attempted to discredit the reliability of the texts of the Christian New Testament. Misquoting Truth is pastor Timothy Paul Jones' response to that book, in which he attempts to point out the errors in Ehrman's scholarship. As Jones goes about addressing the various … Continue reading Book Review: Misquoting Truth – By Timothy Paul Jones →

Book Review: Reflections on the Revolution in France – By Edmund Burke

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 →

Book Review: Homosexuality ~ Contemporary Claims Examined in Light of the Bible and Other Ancient Literature And Law – By James B. DeYoung

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 →

Gothic Cathedrals & Medieval Symbolism

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 →

Book Review: Introducing Covenant Theology – By Michael Horton

My first exposure to Michael Horton came through reading essays of his online. This text counts as the first full book which I read by him, and it came highly recommended. Introducing Covenant Theology is, as the title so aptly puts it, Michael Horton's introductory text to the idea of Covenant Theology. Horton begins his … Continue reading Book Review: Introducing Covenant Theology – By Michael Horton →

Book Review: Christianity & Liberalism – By J. Gresham Machen

Christianity & Liberalism is what might be rightly called the pinnacle of the Christian defence for orthodoxy. The landscape in which the book falls into is one of increasing religious Liberalism, a movement which overtook Christianity in the years following the Enlightenment up through the early Twentieth Century (and even into the present) in the … Continue reading Book Review: Christianity & Liberalism – By J. Gresham Machen →

Rereading the Faith for Today – Gnostic Tendencies and Defending Against Them

In his book The Everlasting Man G.K. Chesterton asserts that “the whole world once very nearly died of broadmindedness and the brotherhood of all religions.” Chesterton is here referencing the way the early church had to deal with their contemporary culture attempting to bring all religions into one accord; the solution as Chesterton presents it was … Continue reading Rereading the Faith for Today – Gnostic Tendencies and Defending Against Them →

Two or Three Uses? – The Law in Luther & Calvin

Within the realm of Christian theology there are many fiercely debated topics. One such topic is the question of the how the Law is to be understood in the Christian faith, especially in the light of the gospel and in the life of the Christian. Taking on this task, Reformation thinkers Martin Luther and John Calvin … Continue reading Two or Three Uses? – The Law in Luther & Calvin →