Title: The End of Sacrifice Author: Guy G. Stroumsa Genre: Religion Publisher: University of Chicago Press Release Date: November 20, 2012 Pages: 154 The religious transformations that marked late antiquity represent an enigma that has challenged some of the West’s greatest thinkers. But, according to Guy Stroumsa, the oppositions between paganism and Christianity that characterize …
On Writing
Title: On Writing: 10th Anniversary Edition Author: Stephen King Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines Publisher: Scribner Release Date: July 6, 2010 Pages: 288 “Long live the King” hailed Entertainment Weekly upon publication of Stephen King’s On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is …
Surprised By Scripture
Title: Surprised by Scripture Author: N. T. Wright Genre: Religion Publisher: HarperOne Release Date: June 3, 2014 Pages: 240 Bishop, Bible scholar, and bestselling author N. T. Wright here provides a series of case studies on how to apply the Bible to the pressing issues of today. Among the topics Wright addresses are the intersection …
Something Fresh
Title: Something Fresh Author: P. G. Wodehouse Genre: Fiction Publisher: Overlook Books Release Date: 2005 Pages: 260 The first of the Blandings novels introduces Lord Emsworth and his family, the Efficient Baxter, and the familiar cast of butlers, aunts, and imposters. In a moment of absentmindedness, Lord Emsworth helps himself to a priceless relic, leaving …
A Lifting Up for the Downcast
Title: A Lifting Up for the Downcast Author: William Bridge Publisher: Banner of Truth Release Date: 1649, 1979 Pages: 288 A marvelous book. I have been chipping away at this book for some time, using a page or two of it as a quarry for my weekly meditations on the Lord’s Supper. My reason for …
Apostate
Title: Apostate Author: Kevin Swanson Genre: Philosophy Publisher: Generations with Vision Release Date: May 1, 2013 Pages: 320 "Whatever happened to Western civilization? Somehow, Christians have lost ground in every cultural area of leadership and influence in Europe and America since 1700. This is an indubitable fact. The remaining Christians search for an explanation. They …
Making Gay Okay
Title: Making Gay Okay Author: Robert Reilly Genre: Social Science Publisher: Ignatius Press Release Date: April 15, 2014 Pages: 250 Why are Americans being forced to consider homosexual acts as morally acceptable? Why has the US Supreme Court accepted the validity of same-sex "marriage", which, until a decade ago, was unheard of in the history …
Principles of War in Culture War
Principles that govern every form of conflict are constant in all possible scenarioes. The need for mobility, surprise, etc. will never fade away. But weapons and tactics are not constant — rocks, bows, guns, triremes, torpedoes, etc. vary from era to era, and war to war. Electronic countermeasures played no role whatever in the battle …
A Brief for Israel
Yesterday I tweeted this . . . “If you read the escalating fighting in Israel with anything other than sympathy for Israel, then you need to turn the book right side up.” . . . and the responses I got indicated I needed to say something more. So here it is. A few qualifications first. …
The Holy, Horror, and Halloween
I want to take the approach of yet another Halloween to address something that is increasingly related to it. A few years ago I wrote about the lawfulness of celebrating Halloween itself — at the little kid dressing up level — but here I want to develop further a thought I mentioned in passing there. …