Book Review Archives

Apr 19, 2013 Book Review

Straight Lines and Last Names: How to See Like a State

How modern states flatten life—and what civil society must do to push back.

Mar 1, 2013 Book Review Persuasion

Can Forgiveness Mute Justice?

How, wonders Nicholas Wolterstorff, have vengeance and “the reciprocity code” survived the crystal clear teaching of Jesus?

Mar 1, 2013 Book Review

Scripture’s Deeper Magic: How the Bible Animates Literature

“Scripture’s most lasting effects on civilization are creative rather than evaluative.” This realization is hugely encouraging for Christian artists, musicians, and writers seeking to speak prophetically into the city of man today.

Jan 4, 2013 Book Review

Is Christianity Philosophical?

Is the philosophy articulated (and practiced) by Christian philosophers inherently Christian? And if so, in what sense?

Nov 23, 2012 Book Review

A Bridge Between City and Church

Every Good Endeavor is a theologically grounded, accessible guide to integrating faith and work.

Nov 7, 2012 Book Review

Unconventional Wisdom

Jacobsen’s insight into the degree to which the suburbanization of North America has been bad for church and community life is stunning—even more so if you had not previously considered the possibility.

Nov 1, 2012 Book Review The Word of God and the City of Man

God and American Foreign Relations: Guarding the “Little Platoons”

Ensuring faith is lived out by the American people, not consigned to presidential theocracy.

Oct 17, 2012 Book Review

The Crux of Work is the Crown of Vocation

If Witherington’s book offers a broader theoretical reflection on a theology of vocation, then Smith’s book offers an accessible and concrete guide to vocational discernment. One could say the two books need each other.

Oct 1, 2012 Book Review

Sin and Grace in the City, Part 1

There is common grace and antithesis in New York City, and it is critical for the church in fulfilling the great commission to prepare her people to engage this fearfully and wonderfully made city.

Aug 15, 2012 Book Review

Pregnant with Focus

Two new books on rather different topics—technology and pregnancy—encourage us to step back and refocus our lives as followers of Christ.

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