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Liberty and Tyranny by Mark R. Levine (2009)

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A Conservative Manifesto If you’re not familiar with Mark Levine, I can help you get a sense of the guy. Think of a small, thoughtful, white-bearded man on television who sits in a chair with a library in the background … Continue reading

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Counter Culture by David Platt (2015)

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A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Persecution, Abortion, Orphans, Pornography About a decade ago, I read David Platt’s instant classic, Radical (2008) in conjunction with Francis Chan’s Crazy Love … Continue reading

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The Faithful Spy by John Hendrix (2018)

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A True Story! Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler I had the amazing opportunity in this year’s Siblings’ Book Club to mix two of my absolute favorite genres: Christian biography and graphic novel. The Faithful Spy covers the … Continue reading

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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas (2010)

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A Shorter Review When I first started posting book reviews on this blog about twelve years ago, I was mostly posting reviews I’d written during seminary and for a grade. Thus, my earliest reviews were thousands of words long, well-researched … Continue reading

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Saving the Queen by William F. Buckley, Jr. (1976)

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Blackford Oakes, Book 1 Earlier this year, I came across Who’s on First?, the fourth book in a spy series by William F. Buckley, Jr. This author was famous before my time and is thus no longer a must-read, but … Continue reading

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Everything Is Broken by Emma Larkin (2010)

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A Tale of Catastrophe in Burma In my preparations to visit Southeast Asia soon, including Myanmar, I’m trying to read what few books I can find on the history, culture, and politics of the place. Cultures of the World: Myanmar … Continue reading

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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan (2017)

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I don’t know how the Pulitzer Prize thing works, but this book by Dan Egan was a finalist in 2017. He should have won. A habit of mine is to try and read “geographically” when I travel, books about the … Continue reading

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The Mueller Report Graphic Novel by Shannon Wheeler and Steve Duin (2020)

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As I was going through a graphic novel phase last year, I was picking up whatever books I could for a bargain, and I came across this gem covering the American history from 2016-2019 that I’d missed while overseas. It … Continue reading

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The Kremlin Conspiracy by Joel C. Rosenberg (2018)

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In The Kremlin Conspiracy (2018), Joel C. Rosenburg opens the Marcus Ryder with his characteristic suspense and Christian bent. Great stuff. Continue reading

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The China Card by John Ehrlichman (1986)

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I did not grow up in the 1960s or ’70s, so the name John Ehrlichman didn’t strike a chord with me when I first picked up this book. The back-cover blurb from Clive Cussler, though, calls this book “a masterly … Continue reading

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