I was recently asked to recommend good courses or books to study world history from a Christian and biblical perspective. What I’ve read/studied and can recommend without reservation are: Consequences of Ideas – R.C. Sproul A history of western philosophy and ideas. Ideas drive actions and history is the result. Highly recommended as an overview and roadmap to how we… Read more »
Having heard, and loved, several messages by Dr. Sinclair Ferguson, I was eager to review his latest book By Grace Alone, published by Reformation Trust. The publisher emailed me an e-book version of the book and offered to send me a free copy of the physical book in exchange for a published review, which I am only too happy to… Read more »
Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift by Paul Rahe is an important new book for anyone interested in history of the future direction of modern democratic societies. Here’s part 4 (of several) of my summary and review of the book. Others: Part 1-Montesquieu Part 2-Personal Reflections Part 3-Rousseau In the third main section of Soft Despotism, Paul Rahe examines the works and… Read more »
Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift by Paul Rahe is an important new book for students of history and anyone interested in the direction of modern democratic societies. It would make a fine political theory text for any homeschooler or autodidact. Certainly reading the book along with the original works it surveys would be far more beneficial than any political science class… Read more »
Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift by Paul Rahe is an important new book for students of history and anyone interested in the direction of modern democratic societies. It would make a fine political theory text for any homeschooler or autodidact. Certainly reading the book along with the original works it surveys would be far more beneficial than any political science class… Read more »
Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift by Paul Rahe is an important new book for students of history and anyone interested in the direction of modern democratic societies. It would make a fine political theory text for any homeschooler or autodidact. Certainly reading the book along with the original works it surveys would be far more beneficial than any political science class… Read more »
Final Part – Review of Culture Making by Andy Crouch (Continued from Review – Part 3) Crouch’s final insight I’ll comment on is about finding your calling – where you can have impact on the culture. He recounts Jesus parable of the 30, 60, 100 fold increase. This happens when divine grace is experienced. When you work and move in… Read more »
Part 3 – Review of Culture Making by Andy Crouch (Continued from Review – Part 2) Another of Crouch’s insights is the principle of “3-12-120”. He argues that power is the ability to introduce a cultural good and that this inevitably starts with a small passionate team, you and a couple others. Whether it’s an entrepreneur with a wife and… Read more »
Part 2 – Review of Culture Making by Andy Crouch (Continued from Review – Part 1) The next section is a biblical survey of these aspects of creating and cultivating. Ending with the scene of the heavenly city in the book of Revelation, Crouch speculates that the city is furnished with human cultural goods – things humans have made. This… Read more »
Part 1 – Review of Culture Making by Andy Crouch (rest of the review: Part 2, Part 3, Conclusion) After hearing an interview with Andy Crouch on Mars Hill Audio, I found the book in our local library. The book is a helpful description of what culture is and how one makes an impact. Many of the ideas in the… Read more »
