History
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A People’s History of the U.S.
A few years ago at the local 4-H fair, I overheard a conversation between a young girl and two older women. The conversation was about an entry in the costume class: a pony…
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Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity
Rereading Total Truth for the first time in about 10 years has been both a rich and a worrisome journey. Revisiting my review from 2008, I see that it didn’t do this astonishingly…
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The Evolution of Adam
It’s hard to know where to begin writing about the experience of reading The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say About Human Origins. It isn’t a book about evolution,…
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The Evolution of Adam: Mid-book Reflections
This book is really excavating some of my assumptions about Scripture. It lays out in detail the things that don’t really add up — the differences between Genesis 1 and 2, the various…
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Appearances
I’ve read a couple of thought provoking pieces on appearances lately. Both of them lead me to reflect on the peculiar limitations of living in an age so deeply influenced by entertainment values.…
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Mayflower gives us a lot to think about. Maybe it’s because its author, Nathaniel Philbrick, recognized the need to dig deeper into the story of the Pilgrims — deeper than the familiar myths.…
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Hiawatha Island: Jewel of the Susquehanna
Hiawatha Island: Jewel of the Susquehanna focuses on the history of a quiet island near the town of Owego, New York. Written by the county historian Emma Sedore, this book relates the different…
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Washington: The Indispensable Man
This isn’t how I’m accustomed to visualizing George Washington. Charles Willson Peale’s 1772 painting captures him young and gallant, with a twinkle in his eye, in his French and Indian War uniform. But…