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In Against Liberal Theology, professor and theologian Roger E. Olson warns progressive and mainline Christians against passively accepting liberal theology without thinking through the consequences—namely, that liberal Christianity may not be orthodox Christianity but a different religion altogether. 

Fatherlessness is a “rot that is eating away at the modern soul,” writes Douglas Wilson, and the problem goes far beyond physical absence. “Most of our families are starving for fathers, even if Dad is around, and there’s a huge cost to our children and our society because of it.” Father Hunger takes a thoughtful, timely, richly engaging excursion into our cultural chasm of absentee fatherhood.

According to researcher George Barna, most born-again Christians live indistinctly from nonbelievers because they do not think any differently—which is a result of not understanding the basic truths of the Christian faith. 

Todd Wilson and Gerald Hiestand contend that among a younger generation of evangelical pastors and theologians, there is a growing appreciation for the native connection between theology and pastoral ministry. At the heart of this recovery of a theological vision for ministry is the re-emergence of the role of the "pastor theologian". The Pastor Theologian presents a taxonomy of the pastor-theologian and shows how individual pastors - given their unique calling and gift-set - can best embody this age-old vocation in the 21st century.