Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and other reviews

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• A new book from Calvin Johansson -- "In this new book, Johansson builds upon the principles in his other books, strongly emphasizing the importance of founding music ministry within the church upon the authoritative Word of God."
• Arminian and Baptist: Explorations in a Theological Tradition: A Book Review -- "Readers will appreciate Pinson’s careful approach to understanding Reformed Arminianism for what it is: a development of the Reformation, not a departure from it."
• ‘Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ is uplifting and powerful -- "But then Vogel is given the task of writing a feature on Fred Rogers—the kid-friendly television host who, seemingly, is always kind."
• Book Review: A Big Gospel in Small Places, by Stephen Witmer -- "Among other helpful subjects, Witmer engages the argument that I’ll call “missional urbanism” that is now commonplace in evangelicalism."
• Book Review: ‘Deceiving the Sky’ -- "...Mr. Gertz notes that for more than 20 years, a willful blindness had descended over both Democratic and Republican administrations that operated on a false assumption..."
• Book Review: Duties of Christian Fellowship, by John Owen -- "Thankfully, Scripture doesn’t leave us in the dark. We’re not the first generation of Christians to wrestle with this question."
• Editorial Reviews of Zionism: the Concise History -- "The clarity of Ryvchin’s storytelling captures the essence of Zionism and explains the Jewish desire to return home in a manner that will fascinate, educate and inspire."
• Review of Remember Death by Matthew McCullough -- "McCullough criticizes Christians for capitulating to these cultural shifts toward ignoring or denying death, pointing out that the Bible focuses on death a great deal."
• Talk the Walk: How to be Right, Without Being Insufferable – Book Review -- "To be honest, in the beginning of the book, I thought that Pastor Brown was suggesting that Christians just quit being Christian, and start being human."
• The Awakening of the Free Will Baptists, A Book Review by J. Matthew Pinson -- "Despite the book’s many strengths, its most misleading element arises not from its subject matter per se, but in the author’s failure to root his topic in the ongoing history of Free Will Baptists in America."