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March 2014

March 27, 2014

One resource every pastor, scholar, and student needs

I've had about a week to thumb through InterVarsity Press's magisterial Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity,...

November 2013

November 01, 2013

5 reasons you should write in your books

I've been thinking recently on an important topic for bibliophiles: Should you write in your...

July 2013

July 22, 2013

Cormac McCarthy and all the broken children of God

Spend any time reading the news, driving the interstates, or peering into the recesses of...

July 07, 2013

One (hard) reason God gives us families

I've not yet read Rod Dreher's new book The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, and...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

What is Christian literature? God’s truth, wherever you find it

In a 1997 interview with Books and Culture, William F. Buckley Jr. was asked what...

June 20, 2013

Were there priests in the early church? Garry Wills says no. He’s wrong, and here’s why

In reading Garry Wills' new book, Why Priests? A Failed Tradition, I passed through several...

June 13, 2013

What, angels are bilingual? They are now, baby!

I'm excited (and deeply honored) to announce that Lifted by Angels is now available in...

June 10, 2013

A new way to see the Book of Revelation

From the earliest days of the church Christians have illustrated the scripture. Whether it's biblical...

May 2013

May 17, 2013

Six books for every pastor’s library

Pastors buy a ton of books, according to a new survey by the Barna Group....

May 06, 2013

The God who weeps

Where is God when we suffer? A new book by Frank Viola says he's there...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

Christians suffering, dying in anonymity around the world: New book exposes their plight

After gathering to protest the Muslim Brotherhood at their suburban Cairo headquarters, several of the...

March 24, 2013

What I read about when I read Rob Bell

Any book of theology that starts with a epigraph by Tom Waits is arguably worth...

March 01, 2013

3 unique resources for studying the life of King David

King David is one of the most interesting figures in all of Scripture. My friend...

January 2013

January 14, 2013

Tolkien’s son: Peter Jackson ‘eviscerated’ Lord of the Rings

After watching Peter Jackson's Hobbit, the usually soft-spoken Frank Schaeffer compared it to a botched...

January 14, 2013

Too much C.S. Lewis? Not hardly

A writer for Relevant magazine is peeved that people like C.S. Lewis. Seriously. "I'm annoyed,"...

January 05, 2013

5 books to fill a gap in church history and doctrine

The Gospel Coalition is offering a four-year reading list to point evangelicals to "some of...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

Best novel of 2012? Doug Wilson’s ‘Evangellyfish’

What was the best novel of 2012? According to Christianity Today the answer is Doug...

December 15, 2012

Abraham Lincoln and the ‘bastard’ Jesus Christ

Abraham Lincoln's early years were marked by a rabid antagonism toward Christianity, but he ended...

December 12, 2012

Four books by C.S. Lewis you must read

C.S. Lewis never imagined the lasting influence he would have. "After I've been dead five...

November 2012

November 22, 2012

Giving thanks for C.S. Lewis

Besides Thanksgiving, November 22 this year marks the 49th anniversary of C.S. Lewis' death. I...

June 2012

June 06, 2012

Fifty Shades of Let’s Get Serious

E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey sold over 10 million copies in its first six...

May 2012

May 11, 2012

The redemptive quality of a story

In her essay “The Grotesque in Southern Fiction,” Flannery O’Connor writes that readers desire and...

April 2012

April 17, 2012

3 ways to nourish your mind

In our present time and culture it is easy to undernourish our minds. So many...

July 2011

July 15, 2011

The books you come back to

I had a conversation with a friend yesterday about books you come back to, books...

June 2011

June 19, 2011

Something my father gave me

I have always loved books, an affection encouraged from my earliest years by my father....

August 2010

August 25, 2010

What Godin gets wrong

Seth Godin’s announcement about abandoning traditional publishing ruffled a lot of plumage this week, for...

May 2010

May 14, 2010

What goes into a man

It’s no small mercy that one of the most elevated human undertakings can occur during...

May 05, 2010

Impact of the King James Bible

Novelist John Updike once called the King James Bible “our language’s lone masterpiece produced by...

July 2009

July 22, 2009

Book-banning in a digital age

Last week Amazon deleted copies of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm from some...

July 17, 2009

Don’t just blame the marketing

Mike Hyatt is fond of saying that good marketing makes bad books fail fast. The...