"A Thicker Jesus: Incarnational Discipleship in a Secular Age" Christian churches in the West today are in desperate need of repentance and renewal but need a guiding ethical method, says Glen Stassen in "A Thicker Jesus." Read More ... John Mustol |
"Pershing: Commander of the Great War" In "Pershing: Commander of the Great War," John Perry gives an overview of a man we can identify as the first modern military commander, along with the forces that shaped him. Read More ... Ircel Harrison |
Baseball Book Covers the Bases on Japan, WWII A new book shows how baseball built up goodwill between the U.S. and Japan in the 1930s and how quickly that goodwill evaporated when Japan set its mind to war. Read More ... Leroy Seat |
'Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South' A new book portrays Billy Graham not only as a major religious leader of the 20th century but also as a major player in American politics. (Photo: National Archives and Records Administration) Read More ... David George |
‘Jesus on Death Row: The Trial of Jesus and American Capital Punishment’ The narrative inspiring Mark Osler’s book, Jesus on Death Row: The Trial of Jesus and American Capital Punishment, is compelling. In 2001, while teaching at a conservative Christian law school, this former prosecutor re-conducted Christ’s trial under Texas law in his Baptist church in Waco. Read More ... Natalie Wigg-Stevenson |
‘The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable’ The Black Swan is the third book I've read this year, and it will probably be the meatiest tome I take on for 2009. Read More ... Sam Davidson |
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