Tag: Book Reviews
Dooku: Jedi Lost Book Review
Star Wars‘ characters range from the iconic Luke Skywalker to the minor Sidon Ithano (the red guy in The Force Awakens). Some of the series’ villains are most memorable. After […]
The Dutch House: A Book Review
When retelling a familiar story with your family or friends, have you realized they have different memories of those same events? In the novel The Dutch House, Ann Patchett, explores this […]
Book Talk: By The Red Glare
I review Mark Sibley-Jones’s debut novel, By The Red Glare, which recounts Sherman’s attack on Columbia, SC.
Rules That Work
Miranda Alexander Words have power. They can create and they can destroy. Too often I think we forget just how vital they are and how much we cling to them. […]
Choices: God’s and Ours
Paul Shotsberger “The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every […]
Stories, and What to Do About Them
Of what importance are stories to the modern mind? Humans have entertained and enlightened one another for centuries using the power of words, relating true or fictional tales that promote […]
We Won (but we lost)!
If you feel that education plays an important role in our current cultural, political, and religious climate, Jacob’s book provides a primer for seeing what really intelligent Christians have written under extremely difficult Christian circumstances. If we feel that we must ask for Christianity and education to renew their vows to teach other, we can take comfort in knowing that the precedent for those vows have been and that God providentially directed their steps.
Small Teaching, Small Discipleship
Lang’s command of the pertinent learning research is so impressive and his approach to teaching so compelling, I left the book wondering where else the book’s principles could be deployed. More specifically, I wondered what the implications were for discipleship.
Walking through a Dream—Phantastes and C.S. Lewis
Amanda Platz Imagine waking up and finding a forest growing in your room. Imagine that the night before, you’d been visited by a fairy-like woman who tells you that you’re […]
Allegory Gone Wrong—A Review of “The Soft War”
Marshall Tankersley What makes a good allegory? Is it the ability to connect with its audience to communicate a truth or moral lesson? Is it how well the story takes […]
“The Best We Could Do” by Thi Bui
Quinton Bent Written by Thi Bui, The Best We Could Do is an autobiography about the life of Thi Bui. This story opens up with the grueling and complex birth […]
“Claiming to be Wise, they Became Fools”—Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Amanda Platz My ancestors certainly were not normal people. They believed in a male shapeshifter god who gave birth to an eight-legged horse, for starters. They also believed that this […]