In the March/April issue of Books & Culture: A Christian Review, Os Guinness writes an excoriating review of Frank Schaeffer's Crazy for God. In summary, Guinness is extremely disappointed in what he regards as an unfair and self-serving treatment by the younger Schaeffer. According to Guinness, Frank regarded his father as lacking intellectual integrity at best and an outright con artist at worst. In writing the review, Guinness brings a high degree of credibility: not only did he live in the L'Abri community with both Francis and Frank Schaeffer for more than three years, he was the … [Read more...] about Os Guinness on Crazy For God by Frank Schaeffer
ReThink – 2008 Conference
ReThink by Steve Wright (with Chris Graves) is a compelling, well-written book on the roles of families and churches with respect to the discipleship of youth. The authors engage the question: Is youth ministry, as it is typically practiced by evangelical churches, fruitful? From my review last year: It is beyond dispute that much of student ministry today, over the long haul, bears little fruit. Wright cites numerous sources in painting a bleak picture: 58-84% of children from evangelical families are leaving the church as they enter adulthood (in their college years). The Southern … [Read more...] about ReThink – 2008 Conference
Modern Parables – Free Downloads
I'm a big fan of Modern Parables--a twelve-week study on Jesus' parables set in modern-day contexts intended to illicit, through the power of film, a gut-level reaction. Modern Parables is in no way intended to replace the study of Jesus' parables themselves. Rather, by arresting viewers through a brief, powerfully conveyed rendition of Jesus' stories, we are driven back to our Bibles to look more intently at what Jesus was trying to accomplish in the lives of His hearers. Now, for a limited time, they have graciously made all six Modern Parable films available in iPod/iTunes format for free … [Read more...] about Modern Parables – Free Downloads
Get Married – What Women Can Do to Help It Happen
Tim Challies reviews an interesting new book by Candice Watters entitled Get Married: What Women Can Do to Help It Happen (Moody Press). I was honored to receive a copy that my wife Marni has been reading. I anticipate she'll write a guest post for us when she finishes the book. Watters and I agree that the state of singleness is not synonymous with the gift of singleness. I first discussed the gift of singleness issue in a chapter in With One Voice, and later in a brief article. … [Read more...] about Get Married – What Women Can Do to Help It Happen
Huckabee Concedes
I could not agree more with these words from John Mark Reynolds: "Mike Huckabee will be a major player in the future of the Party, especially if John McCain does not win the fall election. In any case, he should write some serious books, form a think tank to engage young conservatives, and press for a Party that does not leave its base behind...... Mike Huckabee has earned the trust of a plurality of Republican Evangelical voters. He can use that trust to broaden the outlook of his voters and so do well for himself by doing good for them."Read the whole thing. The key to Huckabee's political … [Read more...] about Huckabee Concedes
Barack Obama Supports Infanticide
Former Senator Rick Santorum pens a must-read op-ed piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Barack Obama's opposition to the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. Excerpt: During the partial-birth abortion debate, Congress heard testimony about babies that had survived attempted late-term abortions. Nurses testified that these preterm living, breathing babies were being thrown into medical waste bins to die or being "terminated" outside the womb. With the baby now completely separated from the mother, it was impossible to argue that the health or life of the mother was in jeopardy by giving her … [Read more...] about Barack Obama Supports Infanticide