Books

“Man is ‘neither a machine nor a self-contained soul,’ as materialist and spiritualist views of human life erroneously claim. We are instead hybrid creatures—body and soul—living in ‘the material world, subject to the passage of time, and yet mysteriously able to go beyond the agenda that is set, to reshape…’” - C.Today

“In this story there is a real evil, real danger, real pain. And, more importantly, real hope and real joy. I felt the story showed respect to the feelings and thinking of kids: it avoided cloying, no-fall-ever-happened saccharinity; and yet it didn’t over-burden the kids with darkness.” - Mark Ward

“What it boils down to, ultimately, is that Jesus did not make the family as important as his culture did. Ironically enough, this is how Jesus saved the family.” - CToday

“Battle Royal shows, in sum, that the pyrotechnics set off by Harry Emerson Fosdick in the 1920s were prepared decades before. They took shape in the place where ministry—sound or unsound—is often incubated: the seminary.

Francis Chan’s Letters to the Church

“In addition to the books from Christian presses, there are now church groups to discuss the Enneagram in many Protestant congregations: Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian churches have joined Roman Catholic parishes in holding retreats and workshops on the Enneagram.” RNS

Book review: A Silicon Valley pioneer highlights the dangers of social media.

“Titled The Genesis Flood and authored by John C. Whitcomb and Henry M. Morris, the apologetic work seeks to argue in favor of a Young Earth Creationism perspective.” This Week in Christian History: Joan of Arc, Trinity Broadcasting, Genesis Flood Book