I am reading through Easter week in the Bible and with Ann Voskamp, relearning with my heart and mind why Christ came: to save us from our sins and from all the misery that sin has brought into the world. And I want to give thanks for this, and to teach my children to do […]
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Review: 10 Days Without by Daniel Day
In 10 Days Without: Daring Adventures in Discomfort that Will Change Your World and You, Daniel Day presents “A Rebellion against Apathy. A Strategy for Action.” He is tired of his own apathy, ‘slacktivism’ he calls it, when he hears about things but does not do anything concrete about them. Day wants to encourage everyone else […]
Review: True Reason by Gilson and Weitnauer
Atheists sometimes claim that they represent reason and that Christianity is anti-intellectual and inherently unreasonable. True Reason, a collection of 18 essays, discusses this idea and meets atheists’ arguments head on…if they have presented arguments that can be reasoned with; otherwise True Reason points out their lack of logic and careful thought. Sometimes deep, sometimes […]
Review: Athanasius by Simonetta Carr
Athanasius devoted his life to explaining and defending who Jesus is: true God and true man. In her book Athanasius, Simonetta Carr shows, however, that this hero of the faith was no otherworldly saint sitting safely in an ivory tower. In fact he lived a life more exciting than most of us could imagine. Born around […]