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‘I am a Church Member:’ Discovering the Attitude that Makes the Difference

By Thom S. Rainer Reviewed by Paula R. Kincaid In his book, I am a Church Member: Discovering the Attitude that Makes the Difference, author Thom S. Rainer…

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A review of ‘Blood Work’

Anthony Carter. Blood Work: How the Blood of Christ Accomplishes our Salvation. Orlando: Reformation Trust, 2013. 139 pp. $15.00. Review by David Murray The gospel-centered movement has helped…

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A review of Butterfield’s ‘Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert’

“Used with permission and originally published at WorldViewChurch.org“ (Rosaria Champagne Butterfield lives with her family in Durham, N.C., where her husband pastors the First Reformed Presbyterian Church of…

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Book review: Learning to be you

Reviewed by Carmen Fowler LaBerge I travel a lot. I’m in and out of airports on a regular basis. That has gained me the privilege over time of…

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God is Impassible and Impassioned

Review by Jeremy Kimble Rob Lister. God Is Impassible and Impassioned: Toward a Theology of Divine Emotion. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2013. 333 pp. $22.99. In the modern church…

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Bound Together

Review by Greg Forster Chris Brauns. Bound Together: How We Are Tied to Others in Good and Bad Choices. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013. 208 pp. $16.99. Chris Brauns’s Bound Together:…

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Persecuted on All Sides: Christians in the Modern World

By Andrew Harrod Posted by Institute on Religion and Democracy “I thank God for the book you are now holding,” scholar Eric Metaxas writes in the foreward of…

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What’s universal and particular, already and not yet?

By Matt Smethurst Kingdom ethics. Kingdom work. Kingdom building. Kingdom focus. Kingdom ministry. Kingdom you-fill-in-the-blank. Whether employed as an adjective or a noun, the kingdom of God has…

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Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians

By Eric Metaxas Christianity came to Ethiopia in the fourth century and today about two-thirds of the population is Christian, but not everyone is happy about it. In…

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The Bible — Episode Five: The rest of the story

By the Rev. Mary Holder Naegeli My purpose for reviewing History Channel’s five-part The Bible has centered on the ongoing need for Christians, and my Presbyterian tribe especially,…

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