The concept and design of the book was well thought out. Producing Agbebi’s story as a magazine style publication made it much more engaging than it would have been as a normal hard or soft cover book. The format also allowed highlights from his career and his times, as well as snippets from his literary…
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Gospel Hope in Special Needs Parenting: A Reflection on ‘The Life We Never Expected’ by Andrew & Rachel Wilson
Introduction Our understanding of children with special needs (which involves a wide range of developmental challenges such as autism spectrum disorder, Down Syndrome, ADHD, etc.) is still growing. This is probably why there have not been so many books reflecting on the experience from a Christian perspective. So I was quite thrilled to discover and…
Book Review: Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be, by Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
This is a lively and erudite discussion of a somber but necessary topic. Few preachers today discuss it, yet there is probably no concept today which requires greater emphasis. We are all about grace and love. However, we cannot understand grace if we do not get the perverse and manifold nature of sin. As it…
Why the Trinity Matters
If you received a measure of Christian education while growing up, you would have learnt about the unique view of God held by Christians. You would have understood that this is a foundational doctrine which you can’t deny and remain a Christian. But like many others (including me), you may not really grasp why it is such a crucial idea.
Knowing J.I. Packer’s God
Few years ago, I read the classic book Knowing God by J.I. Packer together with hundreds of people (over 800!). Tim Challies, a Christian pastor who blogs here, initiated the idea. And I thoroughly enjoyed being a part of it. Reading it in community with others helped me ply the entire book and mine its…
Christianity and Communism
Communism is one of the great ideologies to have arisen on the earth. Spanning across cultures as diverse as Russia and China, Cuba and North Korea, it is truly a global movement. It has enjoyed, and still enjoys, wide appeal because of its concern for the suffering and oppression of the lower classes of society….
8 Christian thinkers you should take seriously
Over the course of history, God raises people who influence the body of Christ through their ministry and writings. And of them, it can be said that even while dead, they still speak (Hebrews 11:4). Below are a few of such figures who should be taken seriously by the Christian believer today. The list is…
A Gospel for the nations: Review of Truth and Transformation by Vishal Mangalwadi
*Why is the Western world so different? What accounts for its uniqueness, compared to many other regions of the world such as Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America? In one word, this book answers: the Bible. Truth and Transformation explores how the Bible has shaped Western societies and how the gospel can transform other…
A world gone digital: Review of Media, Journalism, and Communication by Read Mercer Schuchardt
Photo by William Iven on Unsplash ‘Now is the time for Christians to take up a conscious awareness of the unconscious effects of media and communication technologies. Now is the time for the sleepers to awake.’ *Call it a digital detox, this volume is an attempt to guide Christians on thinking clearly about the modern world of media…
A Christ-centred ministry: A new look at C.H. Spurgeon on the Christian life
*Why bother about someone who lived about two centuries ago? As the preface to the ‘Theologians on the Christian Life’ series, of which the book under review is a part, points out, studying past theologians and believers gives us perspective: “We tend to lack the perspectives from the past, perspectives from a different…
The Christian Mind 