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Your Word Is Truth, edited by Charles Colson and Richard John Neuhaus and The Free Church and the Early Church, edited by D.H. Williams
Protestants are not characteristically staunch upholders of tradition. Nor do they instinctively appeal to "tradition" when faced with life's crises....
The Miner's Canary, by Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres
Deep underground, miners need a way to monitor the purity of the air. Before technology offered precise monitoring instruments, miners brought canaries with them....
A New Christianity for a New World, by John Shelby Spong
For many who share the liberal perspective, Spong certainly champions the right causes....
Bookish: Reading and the pastoral vocation
I grew up with books. My parents valued books and taught me to treat books with respect and affection....
Planning the aftermath: A postwar Iraq
When he was running for president, George W. Bush decried “nation building.” It was not the task of the U.S., he insisted, to bring order to chaotic countries. The U.S....
Needy pastors: Behind authoritarian leadership
"You know, Mom, the trouble with our new pastor is that he needs us to love him so much that we can’t see God anymore.” This was the assessment of a 13-year-old boy talking with his mother about th...
Mighty fall: Corporate collapse
The Wall Street Journal is now urgent reading for preachers, since its daily stories give evidence that Augustine and Calvin were right....
Jesus' final exam: Matthew 22:34-46
Jesus' simple summary of the law is actually complex.
A whiff of Armageddon: The Bush team's obsession
Barring a miracle or the sudden discovery of a moral backbone in Congress, President Bush will get his mandate to attack Iraq. Although the U.S....
Before the shooting starts: A fabricated case?
As I have listened to the discussions about Saddam Hussein and Iraq, some disturbing questions have arisen....
Good works
Law and Protestantism: The Legal Teachings of the Lutheran Reformation. By John Witte Jr. Cambridge University Press, 337 pp., $65.00; paperback, $23.00....
Poisoned piety
When Religion Becomes Evil. By Charles Kimball. HarperSanFrancisco, 240 pp., $21.95....
It’s complicated
The Moment of Complexity: Emerging Network Culture. By Mark C. Taylor. University of Chicago Press, 340 pp., $32.00....
Preacher talk
The Company of Preachers: Wisdom on Preaching, Augustine to the Present. Edited by Richard Lischer. Eerdmans, 496 pp., $29.00. ...
Minding the faith
How Christian Faith Can Sustain the Life of the Mind. By Richard T. Hughes. Eerdmans, 172 pp., $18.00....
Inequality, U.S.A.
Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich. By Kevin Phillips. Broadway, 473 pp., $29.95....
Jesus: The only way?
Introducing Theologies of Religions. By Paul F. Knitter. Orbis, 256 pp., $25.00 paperback....
Cyber caution
Habits of the High-Tech Heart: Living Virtuously in the Information Age. By Quentin Schultze. Baker Academic, 256 pp., $24.99....
Ode to ministry
Pastor: The Theology and Practice of Ordained Ministry. By William H. Willimon. Abingdon, 386 pp., $25.00 paperback....