“To claim ownership of one’s body without accepting the authority of anyone or anything else, including biology, could mean rejecting even the biological truths imprinted on one’s body since the womb. If you alone own your body, you can make it into anything you want” - Acton
“We are what we read, shaped intellectually and spiritually and relationally over the course of a lifetime…. we are formed even by books we merely heard of and have an inkling about their contents. As they marinate in our memory for years and decades, these books become part of our own invisible inner libraries.” - Providence
“While dozens of commentaries have been published on each of the gospels since the year 2000, we recommend these below because they have stood the test of time in an ‘evergreen’ way.” - Christ Over All
“The most dangerous ingredient in Rousseau’s ideas was an unbounded confidence in human ability. He scoffed at formal religion, assuming that through unaided reason, humans could discover all truth. In his view, we only need to be freed from the chains of superstition and authority.” - Breakpoint
“The book is a collection of sermon transcripts and essays by Kevin Bauder on the rationale behind Christian fundamentalism…. The book is really a philosophical statement rather than a theology or history of fundamentalism.” - Don Johnson
“Chase traces the theme of wisdom across the whole canon and demonstrates how the myriad paths we can tread really boil down to two options: the way of folly that leads to death and the way of wisdom that leads to life. Those who are wise understand two key truths that make all the difference.” - TGC
“Protestant Christians have consistently affirmed the goodness of ordinary work. However, as new technologies have developed, the way we work has changed. Christians have to continually ask, ‘Why does my work matter?’” - TGC
“knee-jerk censoriousness rooted in politics is not the same as honest grappling by the thoughtful reader, viewer, or listener. Every conscientious person must consider these kinds of questions at some point. I think, for example, of my beloved Charles Dickens” - The Dispatch
“something has happened in the last several years. The joy quotient for most people, even followers of Jesus, has taken a dive.” - Challies
“…today, an increasing number of schools are defunding, closing, or repurposing their libraries under the banner of ‘progress’ … and under the false assumption that libraries are just rooms full of books which can be found online or stored in a cheaper or more convenient location.” - L&L
