Scribner's Review: Christian Patriot by Taylor Marshall, a promising start, but it needs a lot of work
Christian authors, like any other author, have a lot of potential. What they are trying to say is always something that warrants a deeper read, especially when it comes to them articulating how the majority of Christians aren't bad people at all. A book like Christian Patriot , by Taylor Marshall, is an attempt to explain how important Christian values are to this country, and how they played a role in its development since its beginning. It is also about how a return to some of those same Christian virtues can help the United States heal its modern festering wounds, like the issue of abortion, unchecked immigration, outstanding national debt, and the general decline of Christianity's presence in the public square. All those points are crucial to address, but the book doesn't go the deepest into some of the problems, such as how these issues can be solved. Most chapters just end with a small section of to-do points, textbook-like, on how a person should think of how to a...