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July 2015

July 06, 2015

What I’m Reading

The Soul of the World, Roger Scruton A friend and former professor introduced me to philosopher...

May 2015

May 23, 2015

The One Ring and Pornography

One moment during the lowest point of their journey, when all seems lost in the...

February 2015

February 19, 2015

How to Watch TV Like a Christian

Last week I wrote a review for The Gospel Coalition of a helpful new book...

February 16, 2015

Screwtape Predicts Instagram

From Letter XIII: I myself would make it a rule to eradicate from my patient...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

On Matthew Vines and Telling the Truth About Dissenters

In the beginning of his book God and the Gay Christian, Matthew Vines takes pains...

October 2014

October 21, 2014

The Heretic Huck Finn

B.D. McClay continues the conversation about A.O. Scott's essay on the death of adulthood. The...

October 13, 2014

You’re an Orphan, Harry

"No wonder millions of teenagers forged such a deep and lasting identification with him," Mark...

October 06, 2014

The Decline of Dawkins, continued

John Gray's withering review of Richard Dawkins's new autobiography is not just good reading, it's...

October 02, 2014

John Piper and “War-Time Living:” A Dissenting View

Yesterday I highlighted Michael Horton's upcoming book Ordinary. Phillip Cary gives the book four stars...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

The Great Big American Liberal God

Buried underneath endless sediment of vitriol, spite and calcified heterodoxy, Matthew Paul Turner's book Our...

September 30, 2014

Rethinking ‘Radical’

Michael Horton has an upcoming book entitled Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World....

September 24, 2014

A(nother) Novel Every Christian Should Consider Reading

Over at The Gospel Coalition, Justin Taylor has wrapped up his terrific series, "Novels Every...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

Reading’s True Value

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is a rich and successful man. According to many sources he is...

August 15, 2014

The Atrophy of the Evangelical Imagination

Last month Christ and Pop Culture ran an article by Jordan Monson entitled "Do Christians...

July 2014

July 07, 2014

Book Review: The Pastor’s Kid

“Once a PK, always a PK. It is an indelible mark.” So says Barnabas Piper...

May 2014

May 15, 2014

The Summer Reading List-1.0

It’s the most wonderful time of the year….no, not THAT time of year. It is...