The Areopagus Update – Jan/Feb 2018
— APOLOGETICS —
Gregory Koukl, The Story of Reality: How the World Began, How It Ends, and Everything Important That Happened in Between (Zondervan)
— CULTURAL APOLOGETICS —
Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation (Sentinel)
John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle, A Practical Guide to Culture: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Today’s World (David C. Cook)
— BIBLICAL STUDIES —
Jefrey D. Breshears, Introduction to Bibliology (Wipf and Stock)
— CHRISTIAN HISTORY —
Eric Metaxas, Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World (Viking Press)
Four recommended films of 2017 with significant theological, philosophical, historical, or socio-cultural themes
Zookeeper’s Wife – Keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, must save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion in WWII Poland.
The Case for Christ – An investigative journalist and self-proclaimed atheist sets out to disprove the existence of God after his wife becomes a Christian.
The Promise – Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, and Chris – a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
Darkest Hour – In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
