CT Books – 09-04-24
Why I Left My Professorship to Homeschool My Kids
In a disintegrated, stressful culture, my family has found respite—and a strengthened faith—in learning together.
How to Make Friends at Church
It’s tough to plunge into a new congregation. Here’s how to get your head above water.
Until the Next World Comes, Christians Hold This World Together
How the early church’s example of public witness helps us avoid the extremes of triumphalism and retreat.
How We Learned to Hate Genocide
Caesar boasted of thousands of civilian deaths. Christianity is the reason we mourn even one.
‘Cultural Christians’ Have Existed for as Long as Christians Have Existed
We often credit the early church with heroic faithfulness. But it was hardly innocent of accommodation and compromise.
More Christian Colleges Will Close. Can They Finish Well?
The “demographic cliff” will force schools to cut jobs or shut down—but how they do it matters.
David Bentley Hart’s Brain-Breaking Argument for the Supremacy of the Mind
The theologian’s latest book, though rhetorically forbidding, yields brilliant insights on the relationship between material and spiritual things.
Honey, We Shrunk the Family
Timothy P. Carney’s Family Unfriendly explores plunging American fertility and how to get out of the baby bust.
The New Testament Authors Had Enslaved Helpers. How Much Does That Matter?
They likely farmed out the most physically arduous elements of composition. But they (and God) still deserve credit for the words.