Robert Cornwall

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BECOMING THE PASTOR’S WIFE: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman’s Path to Ministry. By Beth Allison Barr. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2025. Xxi + 232 pages. After Cheryl and I were engaged, I decided to change my degree program from an M.A. to an M.Div., so I could pursue ordination. I told her that while this move might help my academic career, she didn’t need to worry about becoming a pastor’s wife, as I didn’t intend to be a pastor.

2 weeks ago | wordandway.org | Robert Cornwall |Jeremy Fuzy |Jeremy Füzy

LATTER-DAY SAINT THEOLOGY AMONG CHRISTIAN THEOLOGIES. By Grant Underwood. Foreword by Craig Blomberg. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2025. Xxv + 609 pages. I will confess, I’ve been fascinated with the Mormon Church since childhood. Our family visited Temple Square in Salt Lake City when I was around seven or eight during a stopover on a family trip to Colorado. We toured the grounds and even heard the Tabernacle choir rehearse.

3 weeks ago | wordandway.org | Robert Cornwall |Jeremy Fuzy |Jeremy Füzy

SAFE CHURCH: How to Guard Against Sexism and Abuse in Christian Communities. By Andrew J. Bauman. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2025. 186 pages. Every day, it seems, we hear another story of sexual misconduct or abuse taking place in a religious setting. Often these stories involve pastors/priests or some other staff member. The moral of the story seems to be that churches are not safe, especially if you are a woman. So, how might churches change this storyline?

1 month ago | wordandway.org | Robert Cornwall |Jeremy Fuzy |Jeremy Füzy

EVANGELICAL IDOLATRY: How Pastors Like Me Have Failed the People of God. By Jeff Mikels. Foreword by Joel Lawrence. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2025. Viii + 248 pages. White evangelicals in the United States have, according to most polls and accounts, embraced Trumpism/MAGA. Some church leaders have taken the lead in some of this, but evangelical church leaders, especially pastors, have found themselves in the crosshairs of the MAGA movement.

1 month ago | wordandway.org | Robert Cornwall |Jeremy Fuzy |Jeremy Füzy

THE FEARLESS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY. By John W. Hawthorne. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2025. Xii + 152 pages. I am a graduate of a Christian college. My wife is a graduate of a Christian University as is our son. I have also taught theology at a Bible college. In other words, I know something about Christian colleges. I have watched as Christian universities and colleges have struggled to survive in recent decades.