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A Prayer for the Day from the Iona Books
Most worthy art Thou, O good and gracious God, of all praise, even for Thine own sake which exceedeth all things in holiness. By Thee only we are hallowed and made holy. As our duty continually bids us, we praise…
(Church Times) C of E Pensions Board joins fight to force VW to open its books on climate lobbying
The Church of England Pensions Board has joined five other pension funds to bring legal action against Volkswagen AG (VW), after it refused repeated attempts to reveal crucial information on its corporate climate-lobbying activities. The funds, four Swedish and one…
(Church Times) Mark Vernon–‘The Medieval Mind of C. S. Lewis: How great books shaped a great mind’ by Jason M. Baxter
At one level, this is an accessible study of the academic obsessions of the famous Christian apologist and author of the Narnia stories. But, at another level, it is something far more radical. Baxter examines how Lewis’s thought and imagination…
A Prayer to begin the day from the Iona Books
Most worthy art Thou, O good and gracious God, of all praise, even for Thine own sake which exceedeth all things in holiness. By Thee only we are hallowed and made holy. As our duty continually bids us, we praise…
(Gallup) Americans are Reading Fewer Books Than in Past
Americans say they read an average of 12.6 books during the past year, a smaller number than Gallup has measured in any prior survey dating back to 1990. U.S. adults are reading roughly two or three fewer books per year…
CS Lewis on CS Lewis Day (III)–On the importance of reading old books
There is a strange idea abroad that in every subject the ancient books should be read only by the professionals, and that the amateur should content himself with the modern books. Thus I have found as a tutor in English…
(CC) Philip Jenkins reviews five new books about the lives and faith of Christians around the world
Based on years of experience as a pastor in the Christian Reformed Church, Wayne Ten Harmsel presents a fascinating study of The Registered Church in China: Flourishing in a Challenging Environment (Pickwick). As conditions for Christians become harsher in that…
(LRB) John Lanchester reviews two recent books on China–Document Number Nine
This progress in facial recognition and big data is all part of the other development in the Chinese digital world, the social credit system. This is a credit score analogous to those which are run in the West by credit…
A Prayer of Thanksgiving from the Iona Books
Most worthy art Thou, O good and gracious God, of all praise, even for Thine own sake which exceedeth all things in holiness. By Thee only we are hallowed and made holy. As our duty continually bids us, we praise…
A Prayer of Thanksgiving to Begin the Day from the Iona Books
Most worthy art Thou, O good and gracious God, of all praise, even for Thine own sake which exceedeth all things in holiness. By Thee only we are hallowed and made holy. As our duty continually bids us, we praise…
(CC) Books worth wrestling with
Several recent books by leading economists have critiqued the capitalist worldview and its structures as inherently flawed. Branko Milanovic’s Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World, offers a slightly different take: it’s complicated. While capitalism needs…
(Worth) The 25 Best Books to Read During Coronavirus Lockdown, According to Business Leaders
“The book I’m reading is The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson. It’s the story of Churchill and his family during the World War II London blitz, bringing to life the resilience of the family and the British people…
A Prayer of Thanksgiving to Begin the Day from the Iona Books
Most worthy art Thou, O good and gracious God, of all praise, even for Thine own sake which exceedeth all things in holiness. By Thee only we are hallowed and made holy. As our duty continually bids us, we praise…
CS Lewis on CS Lewis Day (II)–On the importance of reading old books
There is a strange idea abroad that in every subject the ancient books should be read only by the professionals, and that the amateur should content himself with the modern books. Thus I have found as a tutor in English…
(Local Paper) Charleston-area churches, bookstores could feel Trump tariffs and so-called ‘Bible tax’
Christian book publishers and some Charleston-area faith leaders fear that a proposed tariff on Chinese imports could lead to a shortage of Bibles in the United States. Millions of Bibles are produced in China annually and a 25 percent tariff…
(CHE) A Scholar of Proverbs Built a Vast Collection of Books. Then Opportunity Knocked.
Good artists copy; great artists steal. Perhaps Benjamin Franklin knew as much, because when he wrote his famous Poor Richard’s Almanack, he did not cite sources for the proverbs that peppered its pages. To many, quippy sayings like “Time is…
A Statement from InterVarsity Press on Counterfeiting Books
You may have seen the recent article in Christianity Today describing two of our books, Liturgy of the Ordinary and Delighting in the Trinity, which have been sold in counterfeit editions by re-sellers on Amazon. As the article stated, in…
A Prayer of Thanksgiving to Begin the Day from the Iona Books
Most worthy art Thou, O good and gracious God, of all praise, even for Thine own sake which exceedeth all things in holiness. By Thee only we are hallowed and made holy. As our duty continually bids us, we praise…
(CT Pastors) Ministry Lessons from the Life of Eugene Peterson 8 church leaders share what they learned through his books, letters, and friendship.
Choose your words carefully. Relevance is irrelevant. Pastoral ministry is serious, consequential work. There is no ministry in the abstract. Every step is integral to your journey. Christ is all we have to offer. Reject grandiosity. Sabbath is a gift.…
Food for Thought from CS Lewis–On the importance of reading old books
There is a strange idea abroad that in every subject the ancient books should be read only by the professionals, and that the amateur should content himself with the modern books. Thus I have found as a tutor in English…
(LA Review of Books) Christianity and Resistance: An Interview with Alan Jacobs
So, what does “evangelical” mean? Right now, I have no freaking idea. [Laughs.] I couldn’t begin to tell you. What is it supposed to mean? So, the most classic definition is one that was coined by Scottish historian David Bebbington…
(FT) Bibles, cookery books and the birth of the knowledge economy–An ambitious project aims to trace the early years of Europe’s printed revolution
A knot of academics is huddled over a large bound volume in the soft light of the Bodleian Library at Oxford university, attempting to unlock the secrets buried within its 500-year-old pages. The beautifully tooled leather binding protecting this late-15th-century…
CS Lewis on CS Lewis Day (IV)–On the importance of reading old books
There is a strange idea abroad that in every subject the ancient books should be read only by the professionals, and that the amateur should content himself with the modern books. Thus I have found as a tutor in English…
(Guardian) Shocking figures: US academics find ‘dramatic’ growth of swearing in books
Mark Twain wrote: “There ought to be a room in every house to swear in,” because “it’s dangerous to have to repress an emotion like that”. Today, the great American novelist might have applauded the increase in cursing, with a…
(First Things) Patrick Deneen–Moral Minority: A Look at Three recent Books on Christians in America
Thirty years later, the mood has changed. Three books have appeared almost simultaneously that assume the opposite of what Falwell believed: America is populated by an immoral majority. Not only is its leadership class dominated by progressive elites, but the…
Ross Douthat on Christians in America and Several Recent Books on the Subject
This reversal of fortune provides the unexpected backdrop for several new books from conservative Christian writers, all written back when liberalism’s cultural-political progress seemed more inevitable (that is, last year). They include Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput’s “Strangers in a Strange…
(NYT) Anti Self-Help books: I’m Not O.K. Neither Are You. Who Cares?
Granted, reading a book that coaches you on how to reject self-help is like downing a shot of Patrón to get the nerve to stop drinking. But it appears to be working. Both “A Counterintuitive Guide to Living a Good…
(CG) John Piper–Can Christians Benefit from Books by Nonbelievers?
[Jonathan] Edwards got that knowledge of evil from outside the Bible, and it informed biblical teaching about Satan’s horrible, fiendish, devastating, murderous rule over his people ”” all the while making them think they are having fun. Now, in my…