I would recommend that churches and pastors alike peruse "Letters to a Future Church," in the first place for its hope and energy. It is hard to feel despairing and stuck within earshot of these witnesses to the power of the gospel. Read more

By Brant Pitre What happened to Jesus when he died? And what will happen to me when I die? These two perennial Christian questions are the foci of Matthew’ Levering’s new book, Jesus and the Demise of Death: Resurrection, Afterlife, and the Fate of the Christian (Baylor University Press, 2012). In this deceptively brief but remarkably rich study of Christian eschatology, Levering puts contemporary scholarship on the fate of Jesus—his descent into hell, bodily resurrection, and ascension into heaven—and the... Read more

If you could write a letter to the North American church today, what would it say? That’s the question Chris Lewis, cofounder of Epiphaneia Network, and a few of his friends studying theology at Tyndale University College in Canada, put to a gathering of thought-leaders and ministry activists in the fall of 2010. Some 25 leading Christian thinkers, including Shane Claiborne, Walter Brueggemann, Rachel Held Evans and Tim Challies responded; their letters are now collected and being published this month... Read more

A Reflection on Matthew Levering’s Jesus and the Demise of Death By R. Jared Staudt Matthew Levering has a very important common thread that runs throughout his writing. One of his first books is entitled Scripture and Metaphysics seeks to demonstrate how philosophy in the Aristotelian and Thomistic tradition is crucial for biblical interpretation and theology, especially in affirming the soul’s ability to know the truth of reality or being. Rather than an outside imposition on the Christian tradition, Levering... Read more

Readers interested in moral theology questions will find Matthew Levering’s clear, well-thought-out book of immense importance. Read more

By Terry Smith “Finding Life in the Unorthodox Ways of Jesus” was an odd subtitle, I originally thought.  But it’s exactly what happened for me within the pages of Hugh Halter’s new book, Sacrilege.  Books like Hugh’s remind me why I feel called to participate with Jesus in this weird ministry I do.  There aren’t many “Christian” authors I read that I think really “get it,” but Hugh does. I enjoyed travelling through the Beatitudes with Hugh.  My soon to... Read more

[This post is part of a conversation around the new book by Dutch theologian Abraham Kuyper, Wisdom & Wonder: Common Grace in Science & Art, now featured at the Patheos Book Club.] Artists On Call in Culture: A Generous Mind Conversation Connecting Around Being On Call in Culture Recently, Generous Mind had discussions with a group of artists who are On Call in Culture in some very creative ways. The goal was to put faces to this important cause and discover what... Read more

By Chris Woolley [This post is part of a conversation around the new book by Dutch theologian Abraham Kuyper,Wisdom & Wonder: Common Grace in Science & Art, now featured at the Patheos Book Club.] Artists On Call in Culture: A Generous Mind Conversation Art is strange stuff. We don’t really know what it is, but we certainly know when we don’t have it. There is a certain intangible nature about it. We can explain the elemental structure of it; why it may be... Read more

By Chuck Asay [This post is part of a conversation around the new book by Dutch theologian Abraham Kuyper,Wisdom & Wonder: Common Grace in Science & Art, now featured at the Patheos Book Club.] Artists On Call in Culture: A Generous Mind Conversation I just got a call from my fictional partner, Laura Liberal. She wants to know if I’m an idiot or what? How am I going to respond? Laura is a person I made up in my head. She often appears... Read more

By Bart Williams [This post is part of a conversation around the new book by Dutch theologian Abraham Kuyper,Wisdom & Wonder: Common Grace in Science & Art, now featured at the Patheos Book Club.] Artists On Call in Culture: A Generous Mind Conversation If you have money, you can be a successful artist nearly overnight.  The music industry is completely run by those who have money and the right friends. It almost seems as though talent doesn’t have much to do with “making... Read more