With so much nationalism/patriotism wrapped up with Christianity in America, and all of its political, personal and social fallout, it may be instructive to look at an excerpt from Aldous Huxley’s book on Christian ethics. While the book focuses on many hot-button topics like abortion; homosexuality; the Christian and war and euthanasia, it is the...
Todd D. Hunter. Christianity Beyond Belief: Following Jesus for the Sake of Others. InterVarsity Press, 2009. 171 pages. Todd Hunter bases the premise of this book off some valid observations: 1) the church is in decline, 2) there is a growing hostility to the church, 3) there is a growing group of people who identify...
Review by Jeff Keeney Craig L. Blomberg. Contagious Holiness: Jesus’ Meals With Sinners (New Studies in Biblical Theology). InterVarsity Press, 2005. 216 pages. Contagious Holiness: Jesus meals with sinners is the 19th book in the New Studies in Biblical Theology series edited by D. A. Carson and the second book contributed by Craig Blomberg, Distinguished...
Charles Hodge; Edward N. Gross, ed. Systematic Theology. Abridged ed. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House 1992. (Presbyterian) Hodge’s Systematic Theology was published as a result of his career as a noted Princeton theologian and reflects a life of academic and personal polemics that was addressed at upholding the Reformed faith, more Francois Turretin than John...
If someone were to ask you what you wanted to change, you could probably name a few things pretty quickly. What if you were asked why you wanted to change, what answers come to mind? Think about it for a minute. Tim Chester in his book, “You Can Change” shares some insight by listing three...
