Starting off the year with this book was not an easy task. As a matter of fact, I would not advise this book as a starting place for reading Chesterton. (start with his smaller book, Orthodoxy) I would, however, advise reading the book sometime. He gives a short purpose for the book by saying, “The […]
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The Trivialization of God
At the beginning I thought I was going to really enjoy this book. McCullough, President and Professor of Theology and Preaching at San Francisco Theological Seminary, has some very good points describing how we reduce God to fit within our own structured arena. His sections on “loss of awe,” “rampant individualism,” and “God-Centered Worship,” among […]
Postmodernist Culture
Though I would not recommend this book as a starting point on the subject of postmodernism, it is a detailed analysis of today’s postmodern culture. Connor, Professor of English at Birkbeck College, London University, takes to task any notion of culture being morally neutral. “In popular culture as elsewhere, the postmodern condition is not a […]
Addicted to Mediocrity
This is a ‘93 edition of the ‘81 book by the son of Francis Schaeffer. I have always enjoyed Francis, and Franky has a lot of his father in him. I do find Franky to be more caustic and possessing less patience with us Philistines than his father. He is, however, obviously well-versed in the […]
The Soul in Cyber-Space
I have always enjoyed Groothuis in the area of apologetics and contemporary issues. This 1997 Baker book is a must for all who have to travel in computer worlds. As many such writers, Groothuis rehearses the decline in rational thinking from reading and digesting words in books to listening without seeing words on radio to […]
Deliver Us From Evil
Having read and thoroughly enjoyed his first two books, I ordered this 1996 book by Zacharias as soon as it came out. Zacharias has become a well known lecturer on Atheism and American culture. This book is a brief history of America’s change from a Christian-oriented nation to a pluralistic and secularistic nation. The book […]
Present Concerns
This is another collection of articles written by Lewis, mostly during war time. I still think Lewis offers a wealth of practical insight in these articles that few, if any, today have. These cover subjects from home life to ethics of war. The size is manageable as well.
Salt & Light
This is a compilation of debate articles between the religious political right and left beginning in the mid 1950’s and continuing through the 1980’s. Representative of the right are writers like Carl F.H. Henry, founding editor of Christianity Today, and Jerry Falwell, while the left is represented by such writers as Jim Wallis, founding editor […]
J. Gresham Machen: a Silhouette
John Gresham Machen was born July 28, 1881 and died January, 1937. Machen was another great Greek teacher, a Presbyterian, at Princeton Seminary in the days of B.B. Warfield, Charles Hodge and Geerhardus Vos. Machen is best known for his conservative stand against the liberalism within his own denomination in the early 1930’s. Machen (and […]
Jesus in an Age of Controversy
This is the third book I have read by Groothuis and I have enjoyed and profited from each one. This is a much needed update on current Christological apologetics. He covers the Jesus Seminar, the new Gnosticism, the so-called Eastern travels of Jesus’ silent years and the resultant new spirituality, and the identification by some […]