My thanks goes to Reformed Free Publishing for sponsoring the blog this week with news of their excellent new book that shares bite-sized readings on the great doctrines of the Christian faith.

Today’s Kindle deals include some older books and some newer ones. I noticed that The Coddling of the American Mind is on sale; it’s not a Christian book, but still a very important one. (I also noticed that they’ve got printed (i.e. non-Kindle) books for kids on sale today.)

(Yesterday on the blog: Things I Did My Kids Never Will)

Rod Dreher Is Not Pessimistic Enough

Rod Dreher’s book Live Not By Lies is the talk of the town! (See my review here.) In this review Perry L. Glanzer responds to charges of Dreher’s pessimism by saying he’s actually not pessimistic enough! “Dreher does not mention one of the most important ingredients that would allow American elites to turn soft totalitarianism into hard totalitarianism—the increasing concentration of political power in American life.”

How to Hold Your Tongue About Politics And Thereby Not Split Your Church Over Things the Bible Doesn’t Talk About

Greg Gilbert offered a one-emoji article, then followed it up with this much more


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