Dissonance and Faith

Dissonance and Faith

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

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...
The Social Gospel for Our Times

The Social Gospel for Our Times

The End of Civility: Christ and Prophetic Division By Ryan Andrew Newson. Baylor University Press, 2023.  Hardcover, 248 pages, $54.99. Reviewed by Lee Trepanier. In the past few years, there has been a growing number of commentators decrying the lack of civility in...
Here’s Why Not

Here’s Why Not

How Should We Then Die?: A Christian Response to Physician-Assisted Death  By Ewan C. Goligher, MD. Lexham Press, 2024. Paperback, 160 pages, $ 18.99. Reviewed by Robert Grant Price. Why not let patients determine whether to die at the hand of a physician? Ewan...
The “Christian Nationalism” Canard

The “Christian Nationalism” Canard

Who’s Afraid of Christian Nationalism?: Why Christian Nationalism Is Not an Existential Threat to America or the Church By Mark David Hall. Fidelis Books, 2024. Paperback, 222 pages, $18.99. Reviewed by Thomas K. Sarrouf, Jr. Mark David Hall’s newest book, Who’s...