Review: The Ballot and the Bible

Review: The Ballot and the Bible

I recently had the opportunity to join the launch team for Kaitlyn Schiess’s latest book, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here. Reading as a non-American afforded me something of an outside...
Review: When Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough

Review: When Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough

Taylor Schumann grew up in a God, Guns, and Country culture. Her family owned guns and, with them, she staunchly defended the God-given right to gun ownership. Then she was shot. At work. And no good guy with a gun stepped in to save her. It sparked her rethinking of...
Review: Embodied

Review: Embodied

Preston Sprinkle’s approach to theology is interesting. He does not shy away from tough subjects and, at least on his podcast, he engages with a wide array of voices. Because he embraces a posture of listening more than engaging, listening to one episode may skew your...
Review: Another Gospel

Review: Another Gospel

There is much talk in evangelical churches today about professing Christians—usually, high profile professing Christians—undergoing a process of “deconstruction” whereby they come to question, and often completely abandon, their faith. Some try to maintain a claim to...
Review: Talking Back to Purity Culture

Review: Talking Back to Purity Culture

When I saw Rachel Welcher inviting people to join a book launch team to promote her forthcoming book—Talking Back to Purity Culture: Rediscovering Faithful Christian Sexuality—I was a little sceptical. The book is billed as a response to “purity culture’s complicated...
Review: Not Forsaken

Review: Not Forsaken

I first came across Jennifer Michelle Greenberg when someone I follow on Twitter recommended hers as a thoughtful but funny account to follow. I quickly learned that she had recently written a book: Not Forsaken, published by the Good Book Company. The opening...