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July 19, 2022
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A Place To Start For (Patriotic) Christians: A Review of How To Be a Patriotic Christian

by Meg Jenista
…in welcoming Christianity’s left political flank? Along these lines, Mouw defines nation as “a community of people who experience some kind of unity, based on shared memories of our collective past and some cultural practices and loyalties we have in common.”1 Mouw suggests that such national sentiment can be found during the National Anthem before the ball game, or at a local gathering of the Cub Scouts. No doubt such expressions and experiences…
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September 5, 2019
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Faith Lived Out in Love for Community: A Review of In Search of Common Good

by Justin Bailey
…also means that fractures are more deeply felt. Jake Meador’s In Search of Common Good is the latest in a parade of books wrestling with the new conditions for faith in contemporary culture. What makes Meador’s book unique is its midwestern sensibility, its Tolkien-esque “love of small things, fidelity to small places” (21). Rooted in Meador’s home in Lincoln, Nebraska, the book at times reads like a love letter to the slower rhythms of Midwestern…
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February 7, 2022
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Can Calvinists Save the World?: A Review of Calvinism for a Secular Age

by Jessica Joustra, Robert Joustra
…for loving faithful institutions. Third, we are not afraid. So much of our common politics today is driven by fear: a crisis in identity politics and the pressure for recognition, a crisis in whether common causes or values hold us together beyond the procedures and institutions, straining under the stress of shifting architectonic plates of culture. Kuyper’s Calvinism is not idealistic, but it is hopeful. Calvinists, in the end, are the last ones…
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May 5, 2018
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“A Quiet Place” Review

by Josh Matthews
…y of them are delivered without much sound. The movie could’ve been just a compilation of bad clichés, but somehow I didn’t care much about them. The opening shots depict a familiar post-apocalyptic landscape: an empty town and a family scavenging in the town’s ransacked grocery store. Later, we see this same family, the Abbotts, on a small farm where they try to survive a doomsday scenario in the year 2020. That scenario, which could be an alien…
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July 27, 2018
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Patient Endurance as Christian Political Witness: A Review of “Why Liberalism Failed”

by Kevin Slusher
…very arena of human existence is not an aberration but the only logical outcome. Set free from all other spheres of belonging, the only authority left to arbitrate between competing individuals is the centralized government. The end of liberalism is not freedom; rather, it is the tyranny of modern statism. Deneen is not the first to sound the alarm. Alasdair MacIntyre, Stanley Hauerwas, John Milbank, and William Cavanaugh, among others, have raise…
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July 16, 2020
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Exploring the Legacy of Apollo: A Review of One Giant Leap

by Kayt Frisch
…sands of men and women to send a handful of men to the moon. While slightly nationalistic, his analysis addresses the positive parts of the Apollo legacy well, while skirting some of the more complicated parts. Overall, One Giant Leap is a good and accessible (if slightly verbose) read for anyone interested in the history of the U.S. space program….
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August 29, 2019
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Seeing Family in the Light of the Cross: A Review of The Storm-Tossed Family

by Erin Olson
…he Culture without Losing the Gospel” BJ Haan Auditorium 5:30 p.m. – Picnic Supper & Talk: “Adopted for Life” Registration is Required. Register Here. Campus Center More info can be found at theandreascenter.org or at our Facebook Page @AndreasCenter…
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February 21, 2023
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The Road: A Review of Touch the Earth

by Rose Postma
…ery prophet under heaven’s sky/ To me it is no surprise/ why we focus on a compassionate act/ Does it not cause your brow to furrow/ that this thoroughfare/ is known for its bloodlust?” Jackson repeatedly draws the reader’s attention to the brokenness of the American enterprise that has led to inequity and racism, and while much of the collection is filled with necessary critique and lament, it also celebrates the Black experience and uses Black v…
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February 1, 2022
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Desiring Rightly: A Review of Wanting

by Donald Roth
…ul. We have a responsibility to cultivate rightly-ordered desires, and we have a calling to present models of rightly-ordered desire to others. There is only one desire that can never become competitive because it rests in something truly boundless and infinite, and that is a deeper relationship with our sovereign, personal God. …
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February 6, 2020
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Why Question?: A Review of A More Beautiful Question

by Kayt Frisch
…sking factual questions at a high frequency, my recent queries for “gluten-free communion wafer recipe” and “Thai restaurant near me” are unlikely to spark the breakthrough ideas that Berger believes drive innovation. Berger’s book is a journalist’s quest to understand “the critical role questioning plays in enabling people to innovate, solve problems, and move ahead in their careers and lives” (1). He builds on his initial premise, that most of u…
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January 7, 2020
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Movie Review: The Rise of Skywalker

by Tom Clark
…Rise of Skywalker more thematically, and as we do, it will be harder to be completely spoiler free—so proceed as you wish. If our first lens was entertainment, the second is what I will term “Nostalgia Machine.” If you are looking for a palate on which to place a variety of musical and character cued moments that queue up fond memories from previous films, you will not be let down. At times, it feels not so much like a film but rather an experienc…
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October 18, 2022
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Of Psychology and Christianity: A Review of The Person in Psychology and Christianity

by Mark Christians
…yone who has an interest in human development. Overall, Gunnoe’s book is honest in its effort to “identify the seeming incompatibilities between our faith and our academic discipline” and seeks to “construct a psychologically informed, faith-compatible view of self and others.”12 I believe she accomplished both goals in her examination of the five theories of social development, and I look forward to seeing how other professors at Christian univer…
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December 10, 2021
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Made Quietly Holy: A Review of Looking East in Winter

by Myles Werntz
…gy—including election, how to read Scripture, or how to order society, for example—will come away perplexed, in that Williams does not address these controversies to be of the utmost importance. Western theological controversies can depend on seeing the world as divided from God—that some are called and others not, or that our knowledge of God must be mediated to creaturely limits. But it is this division between God’s presence and the world which…
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October 22, 2020
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A Journey Towards Diversity: A Review of The Next Worship

by John MacInnis
…1995), 292.  â†© Likewise, the Reformer John Calvin taught that all Christ accomplished was to be freely shared, with no regard for himself. It must follow that our identity as disciples of Christ mandates concern for and solidarity with those forced to the margins, the minority, and, indeed, those asking if their lives matter. “The exposition which God gives of his own purpose removes all doubt. The Father is not said to have consulted the advantag…
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August 6, 2020
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A Floating Feather of Grace: A Review of Reading Buechner

by April Fiet
…between the book pages, where it swayed and trembled from the flow of air coming from my car vents. While this feather may seem insignificant, it made its appearance right as I was reading Monroe’s insightful connection between Buechner’s writing and the question of the floating feather in the movie Forrest Gump. Is everything in our life left up to chance, or is there meaning and purpose behind the things that happen? Perhaps it is a bit of both…
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June 4, 2020
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Teaching the Whole Person: A Review of The Learning Cycle

by Steve Holtrop
…ove, and they will have some control over making the change happen and overcoming the hindrances. The authors provide some specific steps for overcoming barriers to change: set realistic and achievable goals with small incremental steps, have group support and check-ins, learn from past successes, and welcome outside encouragement. A constantly available tool for the instructor at each step is the word “yet”: “You may not be getting it right…yet”…
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March 2, 2023
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Embracing Our Unruly Lives: A Review of Unruly Saint

by April Fiet
…iness of those years. Yet, in my situation, I had been transplanted into a community in which I was a religious minority. Dorothy Day chose to leave the community in which she was already rooted to follow the call of God. I deeply admire her for that. “Dorothy Day chose to leave the community in which she was already rooted to follow the call of God.” Throughout the pages of Unruly Saint, D. L. Mayfield shares the incredible journey of Dorothy Day…
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December 2, 2021
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The Catechism as Counter-Culture: A Review of You Are Not Your Own

by Donald Roth
…o engage in constant self-expression. Further, the affirmation of others becomes a required component for giving “weightiness” to our chosen meanings. Thus, our self-expression (and affirmation of it) becomes a weight of anxiety and contingency that undermines supposed virtues like contentment or any sort of stable happiness.  Ultimately, Noble says that society places us in a “binary tension of existentialism” that entices us with “godlike powers…
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July 4, 2022
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Are You Distracted From Living Well?: A Review of Things that Matter

by Kayt Frisch
…s all the discussion of distraction will empower you to do. You can’t live a focused life if you don’t know where you’re going, and you’ll become exhausted on the trail if you’re carrying too many distractions. It takes courage and effort to stop trying to keep all your options open and instead commit to living your purpose, but you have a greater impact when you do. Things That Matter can help you in this pursuit. How might your world look differ…
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September 15, 2018
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Reading as the Reformers: A Review of “Jeremiah, Lamentations”

by Stephen Shaffer
…our own reading of Scripture. On the one hand, many contemporary critical commentaries become fixated on reconstructing the original historical context and/or the original form of the text. On the other hand, many “practical” commentaries focus almost exclusively on how the Bible speaks into the life of the individual Christian. Jeremiah, Lamentations demonstrates how Reformation era commentators held both of these desires without falling into th…
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October 20, 2021
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Gained in Translation: A Review of the First Nations Version

by Justin Bailey
…Canada and Wycliffe Bible Translators, employing these organizations’ time-tested methods. One Wycliffe principle is that native speakers should be the ones making the decisions about the final form of a translated text. As non-indigenous readers encounter this version, we might wonder about some of the decisions. For example, we might wonder whether there are some concepts (such as the biblical category of “kingdom”) that need to be retained and…
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December 16, 2020
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Whole Life Worship: A Review of Work and Worship

by Jeremy Perigo
…us. Though direct discussion on worship and work may be limited in the New Testament, topics such as Jesus’ vocation as carpenter, Jesus’ teaching on money, or an analysis of the vocational implications of Christ in all things, may have helped develop a more comprehensive study. Additionally, the study may have benefitted from an exploration of public witness and mission in the workplace, showing how the transformative work of God in corporate wor…
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September 15, 2022
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The Revealing Art of Film: A Review of Seeing is Believing

by Josh Matthews
…ies through particularly formal qualities of movies, Goodwin’s book almost completely ignores sound. As we know, every movie ever, including the misnamed silent movies, had voices, sound effects, music and/or musical accompaniment. In some cases, such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, sound is arguably more important or technically remarkable than the film’s visual elements. And in discussing how movies affect viewers, surely movie music, if nothing else,…
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July 3, 2018
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The Past Speaks to the Present: A Review of “Demanding Liberty”

by Scott Culpepper
…is clear and makes sense; other times it feels a little strained and very open to interpretation. The narrative of Isaac Backus’ life in Demanding Liberty proves fascinating and even entertaining. O’Brien explored Backus’ early life and conversion with the keen sympathy of a pastor and the curiosity of a scholar. He does well in regard to setting Backus firmly in his eighteenth century historical context and connecting his story with the broader…
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March 5, 2020
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Schooling for the Soul: A Review of Theology as a Way of Life

by Myles Werntz
…well are legion. In addition to the budgetary questions, the pervasive Protestant notion of the universal priesthood of believers has become a belief in the universal equality of religious opinion: theology becomes a truly democratic discipline in which there is no authority other than that of the soul coram deo. Teaching theology—not just to check a box for graduation, but as a transformative event for the whole of a student’s life—is a real cha…
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