I have never gone to L'Abri, the Christian community and study center that Francis Schaeffer founded in Switzerland, but I was greatly influenced by it growing up. My mom had been there in the '70s when she was sorting through what she believed, and in our house there were several of Schaeffer's books. I went … Continue reading Faithful No Matter the Cost: A Review
Tag: Os Guinness
The Wisdom of Speaking Foolishness: A Review
Apologetics—the systematic defense of Christianity—sometimes gets a bad rap, but for different reasons. For one thing, in our current cultural climate it is often frowned upon to "proselytize" anyone. For another, the field of apologetics has too often (at least in my experience) been the refuge of belligerent people who are trying to put a spiritual sheen … Continue reading The Wisdom of Speaking Foolishness: A Review
Christian Faith in the Future: A Review of Renaissance by Os Guinness
I have long enjoyed the writings of cultural critic Os Guinness. The first book I read of his, in college, was The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life (a good time to read such a book). Since then, I've read Time for Truth, The Gravedigger File, A Free People's Suicide, and two books that he … Continue reading Christian Faith in the Future: A Review of Renaissance by Os Guinness
The Slavery of “Freedom”
We Americans love to talk about freedom. We call ourselves "the land of the free"; our Declaration of Independence talks about liberty as an "inalienable right"; there are still few things that can get an American riled up like the threat of a loss of freedom. But our freedom is in jeopardy, says Os Guinness … Continue reading The Slavery of “Freedom”
Elliot Ritzema 