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This entry is part 16 of 16 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 →Ryan Martin, regular contributor to Religious Affections Ministries, has successfully defended his dissertation. His Ph.D. will be conferred officially on May 11, but (for what it’s worth) he can already claim to be Dr. Martin. As with most dissertations, Ryan’s title was long and convoluted: “‘A Soul Inflamed with High Exercises [...]
Continue Reading →This entry is part 15 of 16 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 16 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 16 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 16 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 16 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 16 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 16 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 8 of 16 in the series”Books Every Conservative (and Liberal) Christian Should Read”
Some writers are skilled builders, and it is enjoyable just to watch them work, even if you couldn’t care less what they are building. C. S. Lewis is one of those writers, and the book under consideration is [...]
Continue Reading →This entry is part 7 of 16 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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