First of all, what an incredible name for a book. It calls to mind Neil Gaiman’s classic work, American Gods, and it deals with many of the same themes. Namely, the fundamental idea that humans are worshippers, and that even if we throw off the Old Gods, we end up embracing new ones—whether consciously or not. The question, according to Reno, is who are the Old Gods that we cast off, what is the new God we’ve embraced, and are the Old Gods set to return? Unlike Gaiman’s classic, Return is not a work of fiction but a piece of intellectual history. It traces the roots of a set of ideas embraced by modern Western elites, which Reno dubs the post war consensus.
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On October 23, 2020, our Pastors Gary and Nam joined Pastors Bobby Scott and Anthony Kidd from Community of Faith Bible Church, and Pastor Tim Carns from Calvary Bible Church, in a roundtable discussion on Christianity and politics.
On September 4, 2020, our Pastors Gary and Nam joined Pastors Bobby Scott and Anthony Kidd from Community of Faith Bible Church, and Pastors Kempiz Hernandez and Tim Carns from Calvary Bible Church, in Part 2 of a roundtable discussion on race and racial reconciliation in our churches
Recently on July 31, 2020, our very own Pastors Gary and Nam joined Pastors Bobby Scott and Anthony Kidd from Community of Faith Bible Church, and Pastors Kempiz Hernandez and Tim Carns from Calvary Bible Church, in a roundtable discussion on how to talk calmly and responsibly about race in our churches.