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“Easy” – That is the word I would describe our age today. More specifically, our information age is easy. We have the easiest access to information than ever before. It is literally at our fingertips. And though having easy access to information can be helpful, it can also have negative effects for living wisely in […]
The last book in our Faith and Politics Book Review Series is entitled A Gentle Answer: Our “Secret Weapon” in An Age Of Us Against Them. Scott Sauls is the senior pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville and has authored several others books including Jesus Outside the Lines and Irresistible Faith. Whereas the previous […]
In part 1 of this blog series we reviewed Johnathan Leeman’s How the Nations Rage as it laid a foundation for talking about faith and politics. Leeman helped us think through important topics such as the purpose of government and the church. Robert Benne’s book, Good and Bad Ways to Think About Religion and Politics, […]
This is part one of three in a book review series on faith and politics. As the political war ensues, making its crescendo in November, it is crucial for Christians to ground themselves in humility. This book review series will seek to highlight resources to help us think through ways we can interact with the […]
In our current time, where self-help books abound, a book about suffering can be a breath of fresh air. “Really?” you might ask. “How can a book about suffering be refreshing?” At some point in life, you will go through some sort of suffering. It is in these moments that self-help mantras will fall flat. […]
My shop teacher in middle school was famous for always uttering the phrase “you gotta be smarter than what you’re workin’ with.” This was supposed to remind us whenever we were working with powerful tools that we must use them wisely, lest it cause damage to the bird box we were making, or even worse, […]
How can you love and care for your pastor(s) well? In his book The Book Your Pastor Wishes You Would Read (but is too embarrassed to ask), Christopher Ash seeks to answer this question. Why should you consider how to love and care for your pastor? After all, isn’t that what he’s supposed to be […]