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September 2018

September 07, 2018

“In Search of Ancient Roots”, or why Evangelicals don’t have to get high

Just what is so attractive about Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy that a small-but-steady trickle...

August 2018

August 31, 2018

In which I find that I might be a legalist

If you had asked me before reading Sinclair Ferguson's The Whole Christ: Legalism, Antinomianism, & Gospel...

August 28, 2018

Review of “Demanding Liberty” by Brandon O’Brien

There are lots of things I'm ignorant of, but one field where my ignorance shames...

August 17, 2018

Why Can’t We Be Friends?

A Review of "Made for Friendship" by Drew Hunter

July 2018

July 31, 2018

In Russia, it’s cold and dark and then you die…

Thanks to an undergraduate class taught by a Soviet emigre (or refugee, his accent was...

July 27, 2018

Review of “Consider This” by Karen Glass

In the Neal household, there are children who are approaching school age. While we are...

July 24, 2018

“In His Image” answers the questions you should be asking

Jen Wilkin's new book teaches us how to be like God.

July 10, 2018

Lloyd-Jones for the Soul in the 21st Century

"Lloyd-Jones On the Christian Life" identifies the disease of and provides the cure for the...

July 06, 2018

Augustine on Scripture and the Church

Augustine's writings in reply to the Manichaeans are fairly uneven (at least so far, I'm...

July 03, 2018

The Method of Grace is Worth our Reflection

Just how is grace applied to the individual? This is a question that we all...

June 2018

June 05, 2018

Lewis for the Soul in the 21st Century

Rigney's "Lewis on the Christian Life" is excellent

May 2018

May 22, 2018

John Flavel on Assurance

Assurance is something that Christians used to struggle with. Am I really a believer? Is...

May 18, 2018

Just How Do The Nations Rage?

How should Christians think about going to church week after week with someone who voted...

May 04, 2018

John Flavel on Union with Christ

I've been reading through a volume of John Flavel's works--an exercise which I would encourage...

April 2018

April 24, 2018

“One People” is a remnant of a better time and a different place

There's something sweetly quaint about John Stott's One People: Laymen and Clergy in God's Church. Originally...

April 10, 2018

Review of ‘In Search of Ancient Roots’

Evangelicals don't need to get high to have a history.

March 2018

March 06, 2018

A Message to the Modern Church

Jodocus van Lodenstein had two things going for him: 1) a Harry Potter-esque name that...

February 2018

February 27, 2018

Theology, Ethics, and Doctrine Still Matter

I've blocked out roughly twenty years of my life (give or take, and should the...

February 02, 2018

A Church Father’s Evangelism Manual

Most of us know Augustine through either the Confessions or City of God, and maybe on rare...

November 2017

November 08, 2017

My Wife Married the Wrong Guy

My thoughts on the latest Christian guide to dating by Deepak Reju.

October 2017

October 20, 2017

The Will Still Bound 500 Years Later

Why you should read Martin Luther's "Bondage of the Will"

October 17, 2017

18 Christian Books the Intellectually Curious should ACTUALLY Read

What Christian books should be read by the intellectually curious? These, of course!

October 06, 2017

“Duties of Parents”: A Dutch Classic on Raising Children

A Dutch theologian's guidelines for parents.

October 03, 2017

A Classic Writer on Disciplining Children

A Dutch pastor on how to discipline children with love, wisdom, and justice.

September 2017

September 22, 2017

A Man For Other Seasons

Kierkegaard is not the theologian we need right now...

June 2017

June 08, 2017

The Reformation for Dummies

A Reference for the Rest of Us...

October 2016

October 15, 2016

Does the Reformation still matter today?

A Monk and a Mallet in the Modern World

May 2016

May 30, 2016

A Peculiar Book

Review of A Peculiar Glory by John Piper John Piper's A Peculiar Glory: How the...

January 2016

January 14, 2016

John Owen for the Modern World

A stolid work on a stolid Puritan

September 2015

September 15, 2015

Wilson’s “Writers to Read” is a pretty solid guide

A good place to start for those who want to read something better