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Notes on DeYoung's Review of Thompson and Kwon

We are going to be reviewing the book in some fashion on the main page (I see you, Sarah). That said, given Kevin DeYoung’s review at TGC this morning, I wanted to put up some quick notes replying to what […]

Myles WerntzBooksrace

Book Review: White Too Long by Robert P. Jones

Jones's new book uses sociological data to lay out a plain and uncomfortable truth for America's white churches: the problem of racism is pervasive.

John ThomasBooks

Revisiting the Kingdom: Ten Years After "Desiring the Kingdom"

The most striking section of James K. A. Smith's "Desiring the Kingdom" could be revamped in striking ways for the post-shopping mall world.

Jake MeadorBooks

Top Ten Books of 2019

It’s that time of year, so here’s my list of my ten favorite (new to me) books from 2019: Unbelief and Revolution by William Groen van Prinsterer This is the book to give your Protestant friend who is deeply suspicious […]

Mark JonesBooks

Book Review: Beyond Authority and Submission by Rachel Green Miller

Miller's book struggles to land many of its arguments because it doesn't engage sufficiently with key biblical texts or historic Christian views of gender.

Jake MeadorBooks

Book Review: The Household and the War for the Cosmos by C. R. Wiley

Wiley's book argues for seeing the cosmos as a lively, whole, and integrated place and suggests that households are miniatures of that larger order.

Jake MeadorBooks

Augustinianism and Audience in "In Search of the Common Good

Brad East has what is perhaps my favorite response to the book so far, not least because it is one of the more critical responses, for which I am thankful. You can read the whole thing over at Resident Theologian.

Kevin HargadenBooks

Book Review: Jean Vanier: Portrait of a Free Man by Anne-Sophie Constant

Constant's biography of Jean Vanier rightly treats the L'Arche founder as a Christian mystic rather than some kind of guru or healthcare entrepreneur.

Jake MeadorBooks

In Search of the Common Good Book Launch

To coincide with the launch of "In Search of the Common Good" we're running a companion kit drawing for people who read and review the book.

Nathan Luis CartagenaPhilosophyBooks

Book Review: Philosophy and the Christian

The Davenant Institute's new edited volume "Philosophy and the Christian" testifies that all Christians can practice philosophy for Christ and his kingdom.

Jake MeadorBooks

Reading Plans in 2019

One of the things you will become aware of very quickly when you begin writing a book is that you know nothing. (The next phase is becoming aware of the fact that you are a fraud.)

Jake MeadorBooks

The Hedonism of Reading Good Books

E. J. Hutchinson at TAC: “I hate to read new books.” So begins William Hazlitt’s essay “On Reading Old Books.” The title will remind readers of C.S. Lewis’s similarly named but much more well known essay “On the Reading of […]