New book by Joel Belz addresses weighty issues such as the effectiveness of democracy in a godless culture, parameters for defining the value of a human life, and the relationship between pietism and activism. Consider These Things exhorts Christians to "lift their eyes to the wide open atrium of the Christian household of faith." The chapters of Joel Belz's new book were originally published as editorial columns in WORLD—some more than 20 years ago. But the timelessness of Belz's insights make them just as relevant today as they were then.