Christ & Culture Revisited, by D.A. Carson | Review by Rosa Byler
Christ & Culture Revisited, by D.A. Carson, is, as the title suggests, a book review in itself. The original Christ & Culture, written by Richard Niebuhr some fifty years ago, presented five Christ-and-culture options that have shaped much of Christian thought about the issues. Carson proposes that it is time to revisit Niebuhr’s conclusions, suggesting […]
The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future *, by Mark Bauerlin | Review by Rosa Byler
(*Or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under Thirty) Human beings seem to receive any new invention with a mixture of delight and apprehension. The automobile, the telegraph, and the printing press have all raised their share of early panic as well as praise for the progress they evince. Further complicating the picture is the tendency of the […]
Core Values? Yes, we are back on the subject again! There are few things more central to building a healthy company culture than its core values—yet all too often establishing them is peripheral to company leaders’ attention. Our family business was nearly thirty-eight years old when we first began the process of identifying and documenting […]
Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love, by Edward Welch | Review by Rosa Byler
The biblical counseling movement has accomplished a valuable service to the church in reclaiming counseling from the secular “experts,” equipping and training Christians to exhort one another from God’s Word. However, this has also proved intimidating, making “untrained” people feel inadequate and fearful that would-be helpers are disqualified by their ongoing need of help. Biblical […]
Peacemaking for Families by Ken Sande with Tom Raabe | Review by Rosa Byler
Ken Sande, a Christian attorney and conference speaker, has spent nearly thirty years studying and practicing the application of Biblical principles to conflict situations. His experiences cover a wider variety of types of conflict than many pastors will encounter in a lifetime, from legal and workplace situations (conflict with unbelievers) to church and family (conflict […]
Grandparenting: Strengthening Your Family and Passing on Your Faith, by Josh Mulvihill | Review by Rosa Byler
The birth of our first grandchild ushered in the grandparent stage of life with deceptive simplicity. While my husband and I rejoiced with the baby’s parents, there was a certain relief in knowing we were not responsible for the intense investment of the next few years: financial provision, night feedings, toilet training, and Christian nurture […]
