Valiant for Truth - Church

J. I. Packer’s Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God remains a staple in the field of evangelism fifty years after it was first published. Packer walks the line between an overemphasis on God’s sovereignty, which leads some to deny any need for...

When Jesus was accused of challenging Roman authority in Israel, he told Pilate: “My kingdom is not of this world” (John 18:36). The essence of Christianity is apolitical. It is about Jesus creating a new people: forgiven, renewed and promised eternal life. Nevertheless from the beginning Christians have found that their religion has implications for their relationships with their governments. 

Check out the latest Office Hours episode, an interview with Mike Horton!

In a ‘post’-everything age (whether it be postliberal, postconservative, postmodern, etc.), being ‘postpolitical’ is perhaps not such a bad thing for the church. Given the all-to-frequent ‘hostile takeovers’ of the church by the Christian Left and Right, it is refreshing to return to some familiar, less ‘American’ Christianity. And this is precisely what James Davison Hunter provides in his book, To Change the World.

In today’s environment where mercy ministries are all the craze, one often finds that the Gospel and The Ministry are conspicuously missing. In his new book, God so Loved, He Gave, Kelly Kapic does a masterful job of avoiding common pitfalls by showing that mercy, generosity, and ministry, are not products of people’s imagination. Rather, they are products of God’s divine generosity towards his people who become conduits of his love and mission to bless the nations.