Non-Fiction
The Good Life – Derwin Gray
What comes to mind when you hear the term The Good Life? What is it that makes a life good? Family, friends, financial success? Is it having a job you love or enough free time […]
Articles by Josh Olds
Fiction
A Dazzle of Diamonds (Georgia Coast Romance #3) – Liz Johnson
Buried treasure. An election in the balance. A family history put into question. A Dazzle of Diamonds by Liz Johnson is a fascinating book from the moment you glance at the back cover. It features […]
Fiction
A Life Once Dreamed – Rachel Fordham
A Life Once Dreamed by Rachel Fordham is a mildly enjoyable—although somewhat predictable—journey to an 1880s frontier town in the Dakota Territory. Fordham provides a glimpse into a past long gone for her readers, and […]
Non-Fiction
The Gathering Storm – R. Albert Mohler Jr
In The Gathering Storm, R. Albert Mohler Jr attempts to expose the “storms” raging between secularism and Western Christianity, ultimately though Mohler can’t help but end by telling you exactly who you should vote for […]
Podcast
The Myth of the American Dream: A Conversation with D.L. Mayfield
I picked this book up based on the title and nothing else. I had long been disillusioned with the American Dream, even as I still harbored a secret desire for it. My social and political […]
Non-Fiction
The Uniform of Leadership – Jason Romano
Christian books written from a sports background have always been a staple in Christian non-fiction, usually offered as the hook to get men to step inside the Christian book section, which is often overwhelmingly—for both […]
Academic
God and Guns in America – Michael Austin
It tends to happen every time there’s a mass shooting. Las Vegas Orlando Virginia Tech Sandy Hook El Paso Columbine (the list could go on) Reaction to these senseless deaths is swift (thoughts and prayers) […]
Non-Fiction
Follow Him – David Platt
I so desperately want David Platt to write a book called Plattitudes. It’d be a collection of quotes on distinctly David Platt themes: radical obedience, discipleship, anti-materialism, justice, missions work, and so on. Unfortunately for […]
Fiction
The Dutch House – Ann Patchett
I came to The Dutch House exactly the way a literary person shouldn’t. I had heard the name off Ann Patchett, but because this review site tends towards coverage of Christian fiction, my free time […]
Podcast
Daughter of Rome: A Conversation with Tessa Afshar
Biblical fiction is a difficult genre. There are so many expectations, limitations, and interpretations that an author must carefully weave through—all while imaginatively going “beyond the text” to bring the story to life. In recent […]