Some issues are so sensitive, controversial, confusing, and potentially life-changing that youth culture expert Nicole O’Dell calls them Hot Button topics. She has written the Hot Buttons books to help parents talk to their teens about hot button issues like image and many more. How I wish I had had these books years ago! Image is an important […]
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Review and Giveaway: The War on Christmas: What Was the Christmas Star?
It should come as no surprise that, as our culture drifts further from its Christian foundations, there is a lot of talk about the nature of truth, justice, morals, and reality. The current controversy about Christmas is an important part of this enormous debate. The War on Christmas: Battles in Faith, Tradition, and Religious Expression […]
Review: Clear Winter Nights by Trevin Wax
When Trevin Wax wrote Clear Winter Nights: A Journey into Truth, Doubt, and What Comes After, he did not mean it to be a conventional novel, but rather “a narrative about two people engaging the big questions of life”. Even so, the characters are so realistic and loveable and their conversations are so compelling that […]
Review: Awakening Faith by Bell and Kelly
Imagine understanding how the ancient Christians lived and thought. Imagine spending time with them. Imagine learning about our faith from them, day after day. With Awakening Faith, all these are possible. The authors have collected 366 writings from people like Augustine, Polycarp, Ambrose, Boniface, Gregory the Great, and even Macrina just before her martyrdom. Each […]