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Book Reviews

Apologetics Doesn’t Have to Be Argumentative – Review: ‘Why I’m Still a Christian’ by Justin Brierley

By Filings on Thu, 06/05/25
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“Based on two decades of interviewing skeptics and Christian apologists, Brierley offers an autobiographical account of continued faith in the face of the strongest arguments against Christianity.” - TGC

The Startling History of Capitol Hill Baptist Church

By Filings on Wed, 06/04/25
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“Caleb Morell’s A Light on the Hill takes the long view. This history of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., reminds us that the work is no less God’s work when we’re arguing about pandemic church closures, prohibition, or integration.” - Acton

Fetal Personhood: Biblically Sound and Legally Complex – A Review of Mary Ziegler’s ‘Personhood’

By Filings on Fri, 05/23/25
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“In Personhood: The New Civil War over Reproduction, Mary Ziegler… rigorously explains some of the legal implications of fetal personhood in the debate over abortion and suggests that if the Supreme Court did embrace the pro-life movement’s constitutional argument, it might create more complications than pro-life activists expect.” - TGC

Review: What It Means to Be Protestant

By Filings on Tue, 05/06/25
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“Ortlund consistently makes a convincing case, carefully defining what is at stake, showing a conversance with the magisterial documents under critique, drawing from non-Protestant scholarship and arguing for modest, minimalist claims that are difficult to refute.” - London Lyceum

Culture Changes like an Avalanche: A Review of ‘Why Religion Went Obsolete’ by Christian Smith

By Filings on Mon, 04/14/25
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“A vibe shift is underway…. It’s easy to get excited about some of the cultural shifts. But it’s important to appreciate how far we’ve strayed from anything resembling traditional faith or values. It’ll take a vast shift to reverse these decades-old trends, which now have deep roots in contemporary culture.” - TGC

Can virtue be taught? A new book seeks to focus on the why of schooling as much as the what.

By Filings on Mon, 04/07/25
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“David Hein’s Teaching the Virtues…. is intended as a primer for parents and teachers at these private schools and approaches its topic not as a treatise on either virtue or teaching but as one on teaching virtue, an impulse not without ambition, for philosophers have long wondered whether virtue can be taught.” - Acton

The Best Introduction to Bible Translation?

By Filings on Fri, 04/04/25
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Mark Ward on the book 40 Questions About Bible Translation

Rethinking the Role of the Pastor’s Wife: A Review of Beth Allison Barr’s ‘Becoming the Pastor’s Wife’

By Filings on Thu, 04/03/25
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“The core of Barr’s complaint has merit. She notes that the ‘pastor’s job often includes the unpaid labor of his wife.’ Barr didn’t mind helping her husband; however, she says, “What I minded was feeling like my help was an expectation for his job” - TGC

Don’t Live like a Spiritual Orphan. Pray – Review of Jeremy Linneman’s ‘Pour Out Your Heart’

By Filings on Fri, 03/28/25
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“Linneman… inspires readers to move beyond intellectual acknowledgment of the need to pray and into a vibrant, God-dependent practice of prayer. He begins by establishing our identity as children of the Father and then moves into practical instructions.” - TGC

How Religious Liberty Won

By Filings on Mon, 03/24/25
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“Religious liberty did not emerge from abstract speculation, but rather the concrete experience of Protestant republics in the Atlantic World.” - L&L

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