Seeing the True Presence

Seeing the True Presence

by | Dec 22, 2024

The Eucharist Is Really Jesus: How Christ’s Body and Blood Are The Key To Everything We Believe By Joe Heschmeyer. Catholic Answers Press, 2023. Paperback, 174 pages, $18.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger.  C.S. Lewis once observed that he believed in Christianity like...
Home, Sour Home

Home, Sour Home

by | Dec 15, 2024

Western Self-Contempt: Oikophobia in the Decline of Civilizations By Benedict Beckeld. Northern Illinois University Press, 2022 Hardcover, 264 pages, $32.95. Reviewed by Daniel Fischer.  Americans’ relationship with their country resembles a fraying marriage....
The Soul Always Takes Priority

The Soul Always Takes Priority

by | Dec 1, 2024

Now and at the Hour of Our Death: Making Moral Decisions at the End of Life By Nikolas T. Nikas and Bruce W. Green. Ignatius, 2024. Paperback, 213 pages, $18.95. Reviewed by Robert Grant Price. While washing the dishes, I listened to a shock jock philosophize about...
Dissonance and Faith

Dissonance and Faith

by | Nov 10, 2024

Seven Challenges that Shaped the New Testament: Understanding the Inherent Tensions of Early Christian Faith  By F. Scott Spencer. Baker Academic, 2024. Paperback, 240 pages, $27.99. Reviewed by Ryan Patrick Budd. I wish someone else had written this book. I don’t say...
Hope in the Past, Hope in the Future

Hope in the Past, Hope in the Future

by | Nov 3, 2024

Cultural Sanctification: Engaging the World like the Early Church By Stephen O. Presley. Eerdmans, 2024. Paperback, 230 pages, $24.99. Reviewed by Winston Hottman. What should be done about the decline of Christianity in the West? While some proposed solutions have...