Weekly Recap August 6, 2016

THE CASE FOR LIFE: EQUIPPING CHRISTIANS TO ENGAGE THE CULTURE, by Scott Klusendorf

A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance About the Author Scott Klusendorf is president of Life Training Institute, where he trains pro-life advocates to defend their views. A passionate and engaging platform speaker, Klusendorf’s pro-life presentations have been…

Interview with Betsy Childs Howard, author of SEASONS OF WAITING: WALKING BY FAITH WHEN DREAMS ARE DELAYED

Waiting is not likely your favorite pastime, but we all do a lot of it. And sometimes that waiting can be painful. So what does waiting look like in Christian perspective? Greetings, I’m Fred Zaspel, executive editor here at Books…

THE SECRET THOUGHTS OF AN UNLIKELY CONVERT and OPENNESS UNHINDERED, by Rosaria Butterfield

Reviewed by Mark Farnham Introduction The number of well-written Christian books on the subject of homosexuality, sexual identity, sexual orientation, gender confusion, and related topics is thankfully keeping up with the sudden and radical changes taking place in American society.…

Evangelicals Forsaking Orthodox Christianity?

Guest Blog by S. Donald Fortson III Professor of Church History and Practical Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary - Charlotte Having studied the homosexual issue for many years, and recently co-authored a book on the topic, Unchanging Witness: The Consistent Christian Teaching…

WHOMEVER HE WILLS: A SURPRISING DISPLAY OF SOVEREIGN MERCY, edited by Matthew Barrett and Thomas Nettles

This excellent collection of essays is dedicated to the defense of the divine initiative in salvation and many of its attending concerns: The “five points” of Calvinism Monergism Compatibilism (the compatibility of determinism and human freedom) Divine sovereignty and evil…