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A Writer’s Life, Not Pretty

John Cheever never gained the recognition he so desperately craved, even though he won many awards, including the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.  Born in 1912, Cheever got himself thrown out of prep school and soon set his sights on being a writer. ...

April 29, 2009

The Evolution of Catholicism

One cannot understand the theology of the Reformers without first understanding the theology of the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century.  Similarly, an understanding of contemporary Catholicism is necessary for any comprehensive understanding of ...

April 27, 2009

The Modern Age vs. The Bible?

The very essence of the age we call modern represents a challenge to authority.  Ultimately, the greatest authority an anti-authoritarian age must topple is the authority of the Bible as the Word of God.  In Ancient Word, Changing Worlds: The Doctrin ...

April 20, 2009

John Calvin at 500: A Good Resource

The 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin has prompted numerous conferences, special observances, and books -- and rightly so.  For some, the anniversary offers a first opportunity for an introduction to the great Genevan Reformer and his leg ...

April 16, 2009

The Kingdom of Our God and of His Christ

2009 marks the fifth anniversary of the publication of The Kingdom of Christ: The New Evangelical Perspective [Crossway] by Russell D. Moore.  Okay, so a fifth anniversary is not such a big deal, but I was grasping for an excuse to put this book wher ...

April 13, 2009

Hunting Eichmann — The Moral Burden of History

The arrest and trial of Adolf Eichmann took place almost a half-century ago now, and though his name lives in infamy, the story of his capture and its significance is largely lost to the current generation.  Now arrives Hunting Eichmann by Neal Basco ...

April 6, 2009

Revisiting Christ and Culture

Here is a simple rule to keep in mind:  When D. A. Carson writes a book, buy it.  This is certainly the case with Carson's recent book, Christ & Culture Revisited [Eerdmans].  Readers will immediately recognize the reference to the classic 1951 w ...

January 6, 2009

The Last European War

John Lukacs consistently writes some of the most interesting and informative work on the history of the twentieth century.  I recently turned to one of Lukacs' older and larger works and I was not disappointed.  In The Last European War, Lukacs turns ...

January 5, 2009

Five Who Changed the World — Heroism in Service to the Gospel

"Real heroes are in short supply in our day," says Daniel L. Akin.  In a world fascinated with celebrities and disenchanted with greatness, true heroism is hard to define, much less to find.  But Dr. Akin is certain that true heroes do appear in this ...

December 8, 2008

The Transcendentalists and the Making of the Modern Mind

Transcendentalism constitutes one of the most significant moments and movements in the making of the American mind.  As a matter of fact, we cannot understand the contours of American thought without reference to this formative period and intellectua ...

December 3, 2008

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