Posts by: Jason Parker
This entry is part 17 of 17 in the series”Books Every Conservative (and Liberal) Christian Should Read”
“That fearful sound of fire and fire,
Let no man know is my Desire.”
After our foray into economics, I had intended to return to recommendations of poetry. In particular, I wanted to [...]
Continue Reading →In a recent front-page article for Christianity Today, Russell Moore argues that Christian hip-hop could call the American church back to a powerful, even dangerous, gospel. Calling the American church back to the gospel – there’s glory in those words. On our better days we want that so badly that we can taste it. To change [...]
Continue Reading →This entry is part 16 of 17 in the series”Books Every Conservative (and Liberal) Christian Should Read”
Perhaps you have no interest in economics beyond the price of bread going up and your gas budget not going as far as it used to go. Could there be any value to you in reading these two [...]
Continue Reading →This entry is part 15 of 17 in the series”Books Every Conservative (and Liberal) Christian Should Read”
In this series of book recommendations, we have bounced around across time and across genres. We started with some classic theological works which will hopefully serve to open the door to other great theological reading from church [...]
Continue Reading →This entry is part 14 of 17 in the series”Books Every Conservative (and Liberal) Christian Should Read”
In the last installment in this series of book recommendations, I recommended good children’s literature. I now want to recommend some literature that was certainly not written for children, but which takes a child-like imagination and develops it [...]
Continue Reading →This entry is part 13 of 17 in the series”Books Every Conservative (and Liberal) Christian Should Read”
Yes, I mean it. You need to read this book. Not only that, you need to read it in a particular way, which is, out loud and to your children—or grandchildren or nieces and nephews or babysitting kids [...]
Continue Reading →This entry is part 12 of 17 in the series”Books Every Conservative (and Liberal) Christian Should Read”
What is the best book ever written on America? What is the best book ever written on democracy? Amazingly, at a well-seasoned 177 years old (the first volume was published in 1835, the second in 1840), Alexis de [...]
Continue Reading →This entry is part 11 of 17 in the series”Books Every Conservative (and Liberal) Christian Should Read”
“Fundamentalists and Pentecostals share all the virtues and vices of popular culture,” says Nathan Hatch as he applies his analysis of the development of American Christianity. “Following the long tradition of democratic Christianity in America, Fundamentalists [which includes [...]
Continue Reading →This entry is part 10 of 17 in the series”Books Every Conservative (and Liberal) Christian Should Read”
Having first recommended books which expound the strong foundation of our faith, I have moved on to recommending books which reflect upon the milieu in which we must live our faith. Godliness is the Scripture is never merely [...]
Continue Reading →This entry is part 9 of 17 in the series”Books Every Conservative (and Liberal) Christian Should Read”
“In the United States at this time Liberalism is not only the dominant but even the sole intellectual tradition,” Lionel Trilling famously declared in 1950. There was truth in what Trilling said, but not the whole truth. Three [...]
Continue Reading →This entry is part 7 of 17 in the series”Books Every Conservative (and Liberal) Christian Should Read”
In these book recommendations, we have worked our way back in time to the fourth century. We could spend much more time back there, and it would certainly be to our benefit. However, perhaps it would be best [...]
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