Many people have forgotten the wisdom of our parents, or else they hold the past in contempt. This primer for the use of church history to diagnose modern issues is needed and beneficial. It is an introduction to the likes of C. S. Lewis, St. Augustine, Robert Dabney, G. K. Chesterton, Groen Van Prinsterer, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and others.
David Hall does a fine job calling the church back to its rich heritage. It will be a grand day when evangelical Christianity notices that it stands on the shoulders of giants.