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In Search of the Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a Fractured World is unavailable, but you can change that!

ECPA Christian Book Award Finalist - Faith and Culture Christianity Today Book of the Year Award, Politics and Public Life Common life in our society is in decline. Our communities are disintegrating, as the loss of meaningful work and the breakdown of the family leave us anxious and alone—indeed, half of all Americans report daily feelings of loneliness. Our public discourse is polarized and...

Donald Trump’s endorsers have been quite plain about this. Jerry Falwell Jr. has said on more than one occasion that Christians do not need a pastor-in-chief or a nice guy in the Oval Office. They need a “street fighter.”10 But this is idolatry. It tells the sheep that the only way they can be safe is to dress as wolves. Implicitly, it tells the sheep that the Shepherd is not in control, is not attending to their needs. The first virtue every Christian who aspires to responsible citizenship must