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Discover the Christian roots of the values we prize in western society. TGC and Christianity Today 2022 Book Award Winner in Evangelism & Apologetics.

Is Christianity history? Or is Christian history the deepest explanation of the modern world?

Today in the west, many consider the church to be dead or…

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2 authors picked The Air We Breathe as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book helped me open my eyes to patterns that were right in front of me. It presents an interesting and gripping world view that you can't unsee once it's revealed to you.

It's been said that if you want to know what water is like, don't ask a fish. We all swim in the culture of our time, and it isn't always easy to discern the currents of thought and the assumptions that shape us in a modern Western culture. Scrivener does a masterful job of explaining how one particular current---Christianity---has shaped many of the assumptions we live by in a post-Christian culture: assumptions that do not exist or are not nearly so forceful in cultures in which other religious systems and philosophies have held sway, yet are not commonly recognized today…

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The High House by James Stoddard,

The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.

The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.

Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…

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