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Cultural Contours Of A Christian Worldview: A Review Of Biblical Critical Theory, Donald Roth

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"Watkin is weaving together Biblical themes in the order that they develop, letting Scripture set the agenda for what will be considered, rather than some other approach."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Biblical Critical Theory from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/cultural-contours-of-a-christian-worldview-a-review-of-biblical-critical-theory/

From Worldvision To Worldview: A Review Of Personality And Worldview, Donald Roth

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"We should not underestimate the cumulative impact of generations of faithful communal commitment to a Christian worldview."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Personality and Worldview from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/from-worldvision-to-worldview-a-review-of-personality-and-worldview/

Voicing The Gospel Story: A Review Of The Man Born To Be King, Laurel A. Koerner

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"Twin concepts threaded throughout the plays and highlighted by Wehr are the kingdom of God as antithetical to earthly power, and the rule of love."

Posting about the book The Man Born to Be King from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/voicing-the-gospel-story-a-review-of-the-man-born-to-be-king/

The Road: A Review Of Touch The Earth, Rose Postma

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"Touch the Earth draws heavily on the Black prophetic tradition, and the work bears witness to the injustices endured by marginalized people under the shadow of the American empire."

Posting about the book Touch the Earth from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-road-a-review-of-touch-the-earth/

Poetry To Break The Power Of The Empire: A Review Of Touch The Earth, Howard Schaap

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"To be clear, you should read this book because it’s good poetry. It’s musical and accessible, yet multivocal and idea-laden."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Touch the Earth from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/poetry-to-break-the-power-of-empire-a-review-of-touch-the-earth/

"Evangelizing Everything" Including Ourselves: A Review Of Chapters 8-9 Of Neo-Calvinism, Justin Bailey

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"We are overly tolerant for what happens within the walls of the Christian community, and overly suspicious of what happens outside."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Neo-Calvinism from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/evangelizing-everything-including-ourselves-a-review-of-chapters-8-9-of-neo-calvinism/

Do Modern Christians Know God Differently?: A Review Of Chapters 4-5 Of Neo-Calvinism, Geoffrey Fulkerson

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"Brock and Sutanto synthesize wide bodies of content and an array of rather complex concepts and arguments into succinct summary chapters."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Neo-Calvinism from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/do-modern-christians-know-god-differently-a-review-of-chapters-4-5-of-neo-calvinism/

Embracing Ecology And Fantasy: A Review Of The Wonders Of Creation, Carl P. Fictorie

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"[Page] particularly promotes following the practice of 'slow' reading of nature, to stop and pay attention to the place and take in even the smallest details."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book The Wonders of Creation from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/embracing-ecology-and-fantasy-a-review-of-the-wonders-of-creation/

Toward A Covenantal Christian Political Theology: A Review Of Politics After Christendom, Donald Roth

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"If all authority derives from God, it’s necessary to look to covenant to understand the contours of the authority delegated to humans."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Politics after Christendom from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/toward-a-covenantal-christian-political-theology-a-review-of-politics-after-christendom/

Ghosts Of America's Past, Present, And Future: A Review Of Preparing For War, Scott Culpepper

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"Despite our theologies of human sinfulness, we somehow thought people would prove better than that. They didn’t. The stakes are too high for complacency."

Posting about the book Preparing for War from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/ghosts-of-americas-past-present-and-future-a-review-of-preparing-for-war/

'Digital' Fruits Of The Spirit?: A Review Of Analog Christian, Mike Janssen

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"Social media platforms are built to encourage addictive use, stimulating the same neurological connections as slot machines and drug addicts to encourage us to return to the well for further despair."

Posting about the book Analog Christian from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/digital-fruits-of-the-spirit-a-review-of-analog-christian/

Who Loved The Neighbor? A Review Of Faithful Antiracism, Abby De Groot

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"The authors’ purpose is... to equip Christians in all spheres of life to understand and, more essentially, disrupt racial injustice."

Posting about the book Faithful Antiracism from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/who-loved-the-neighbor-a-review-of-faithful-antiracism/

Enfolding Immigrants: A Review Of Beyond Welcome, Chris L. Goedhart

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"We cannot fail to see that our response to the least of these is our response to Christ himself."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Beyond Welcomefrom In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/enfolding-immigrants-a-review-of-beyond-welcome/

Wild Hope: Prayers And Poems (Book Review), Rose Postma

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Reviewed Title: Wild Hope: Prayers and Poems by John Terpstra. Toronto, Ontario: The St. Thomas Poetry Series, 2020. 95 pp. ISBN: 9781928095040.

The Revealing Art Of Film: A Review Of Seeing Is Believing, Joshua Matthews

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"Goodwin believes that great films are great art, and as such, are able to move viewers affectively and even change their lives."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Seeing is Believing from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-revealing-art-of-film-a-review-of-seeing-is-believing/

Three Tributaries, Exploring The Reformed, Baptist, And Catholic Branches: A Review Of The Church's Book, David Westfall

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"If our conversations about the Bible, its meaning, and its authority seem always to prove fruitless, perhaps this is a better place to start."

Posting about the book The Church's Book from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/three-tributaries-exploring-the-reformed-baptist-and-catholic-branches-a-review-of-the-churchs-book/

What It Means To Be Human: A Review Of You're Only Human, Gayle E. Doornbos, Hannah Landman

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"We are embodied creatures created by God to be limited by time and space and with our own unique set of gifts and abilities."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book You're Only Human from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/what-it-means-to-be-human-a-review-of-youre-only-human/

Thriving Against The Technological Tide (Part Ii): A Review Conversation Of The Life We're Looking For, Justin Bailey, Matthew Beimers

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"We need to ask what it would look like to design more instruments and less devices. And we need to build our lives more around instruments and less around devices."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book The Life We're Looking For from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/thriving-against-the-technological-tide-part-2-a-review-conversation-of-the-life-were-looking-for/

Thriving Against The Technological Tide (Part I): A Review Conversation Of The Life We're Looking For, Justin Bailey, Matthew Beimers

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"Crouch’s book reminds us that the story of the competing cultural narratives demands one thing from us: our love."

Posting about the book The Life We're Looking For from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/thriving-against-the-technological-tide-part-1-a-review-conversation-of-the-life-were-looking-for/

Small Wonders: A Museum Of Missouri River Stories (Book Review), Howard Schaap

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Reviewed Title: Small Wonders: A Museum of Missouri River Stories by James Calvin Schaap. [Iowa] : Floyd River Press, 2022. 237 pp, ISBN: 9798425172358.

Speaking Is About The Hearer: A Review Of Speaking By The Numbers, David J. Mulder

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"Are there ways to help make public speaking less stressful for the speaker and more impactful for the listener?"

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Speaking by the Numbers from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/speaking-is-about-the-hearer-a-review-of-speaking-by-the-numbers/

The Church And Disability Justice: A Review Of My Body Is Not A Prayer Request, Kathleen Van Tol

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"You can choose to live in a way that reflects the belief that every person bears the image of God, regardless of ability or achievement."

Posting about the book My Body is Not a Prayer Request from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-church-and-disability-justice-a-review-of-my-body-is-not-a-prayer-request/

The Now And The Not Yet: A Review Of The Art Of New Creation, Justin Bailey

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"What does it mean to create art that reflects the reality of new creation, in a way that is attentive to the gritty particularities of our present moment?"

Posting about the book The Art of New Creation from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-now-and-the-not-yet-a-review-of-the-art-of-new-creation/

A Grim Reality, A Good Hope: A Review Of Fortune, Howard Schaap

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"Harper’s family tree takes us into the very real and specific effects that racist laws have on individuals."

Posting about ­­­­­­­the book Fortune from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/a-grim-reality-a-good-hope-a-review-of-fortune/

Working Through Possibilities: A Scientist Reviews When Did Sin Begin?, Tony N. Jelsma

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"... [Haarsma] lays out the challenges of reconciling an evolutionary history with a biblical understanding of original sin."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book When Did Sin Begin? from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/from-a-scientist-a-review-of-when-did-sin-begin/

Sinful Trumps Exceptional: A Review Of We The Fallen People, Scott Culpepper

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"Christians of all political persuasions... must face deep questions about how their faith in Christ’s kingdom intersects with their participation in the kingdoms of this world."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book We the Fallen People from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/sinful-trumps-exceptional-a-review-of-we-the-fallen-people/

Redeeming Negative Emotions: A Review Of The Power Of Regret, Donald Roth

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"Pink defines the growth potential from regret in terms of improving decisions, boosting performance, and deepening meaning."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book The Power of Regret from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/redeeming-negative-emotion-a-review-of-the-power-of-regret/

Rejecting Deconstruction And Welcoming Christian Mysticism: A Review Of When Everything's On Fire, David J. Mulder

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"This book is an invitation for us to recall and experience the history and tradition of the church that extends far back beyond the modern age."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book When Everything's on Fire from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/rejecting-deconstruction-and-welcoming-christian-mysticism-a-review-of-when-everythings-on-fire-faith-forged-from-the-ashes/

Conversations On Creation Care: A Review Of Saving Us, Carl P. Fictorie

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"For someone who has concern for climate change, or who is struggling to find ways to build bridges and material to work with, this book will be quite helpful."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Saving Us from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/conversations-on-creation-care-a-review-of-saving-us/

Bicycles, Bridge-Building, And Commuting Intentionally: A Review Of Saving Us, Jason Ho

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"When faced with problems of an enormous scale, it’s hard to believe that anything we do individually can make a difference."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Saving Us from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/bicycles-bridge-building-and-commuting-intentionally-a-review-of-saving-us/