Shakespeare was, as Caesar says of Cassius, "a great observer," able to see and depict patterns of events and character.

Jane Austen is now what she never was in life, and what she would have been horrified to become—a literary celebrity.

The heart of Christian reality is a society-a Trinity-of persons living with and for one another. God created us to live in bonds of society and friendship, not as lone rangers. The Christian faith presents friendship and hospitality not as luxuries but necessities. God does not save us in isolation but in community with other people. There is no possibility of living to the glory of God apart from godly companions. In this book, Steve Wilkins seeks to call us back to the joyous obligations of friendship and hospitality.

In his twenties, Fydor Dostoevsky, son of a Moscow doctor, graduate of a military academy, and rising star of Russian literature, found himself standing in front of a firing squad, accused of subversive activities against the Russian Tsar.

James Jordan reveals the fascinating weave of lives that bind together the heroes and villains of Genesis.

Miniatures & Morals: The Christian Novels of Jane Austen Not only are Austen's novels still widely read, they continue to influence modern film and literature.

We are witnessing the end of Western Civilization. The present crisis in our culture is the greatest since the first century.

At what point is it reasonable to suggest that a child has faith? The Scriptures indicate that we can be confident that our children have faith from the womb and that we can expect that faith to flower and bloom throughout

Gratitude is often understood as etiquette rather than ethics, an emotion rather than politics.