Books: Outliving the conqueror

Two works that emphasize God's divine purpose for his church | George Grant

"The Church," according to the English historian Hilaire Belloc, "is a perpetually defeated thing that always survives her conquerors." Reading these two books convinced me of the truth of that aphorism more than ever before. Though ostensibly about two entirely different subjects, both profoundly underscored the magnificence of God's good providence in history and his purposeful determination of the church's ultimate destiny in this poor fallen world.

D. James Kennedy is one of the most brilliant, articulate, and courageous leaders in Christendom today. Jerry Newcombe is one of the most creative, versatile, and prolific communicators working in Christian media today. In The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail, their second collaborative effort, they combine their considerable gifts to stunning effect. The book details the vicious attack on Christianity by the minions of popular culture, the media, the courts, and public education. Filled with dozens of specific instances and illustrations of anti-Christian bigotry and bias, the book is more than a little unsettling.

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