Adrian Ramirez

It's okay, not great

Reviewed: 01-25-23

Bradley Jersak attempts to explain the modern culture war through the lens of religion. His theory is that through victimization and oppression, the Christian church has forced people away, creating "exvangelicals," which are those who actively fight against the church to pull people away. Jersak believes that the church is presently burning, and out of the embers will arise a purified church, that is superior to the present one. I think Jersak is correct on a very limited scale, but as a whole, I don't think he is correct. Carl Trueman does a much better job of analyzing history and proving out the modern Expressive Individualist movement, yes based in a hatred for Christianity, but not in a single factor analysis-type way that Jersak does. Trueman is far more thorough and in my opinion, far more accurate about the cause of the modern culture war. Jersak says things that will offend both liberals and conservatives at different times, but he seems to be more toward the left in his social beliefs. He also seems to lack a thorough understanding of the modern culture war, and the tools that Ideological Subversionists use to wage war on conservatives and western traditions. It seems Jersak has only a surface level understanding of things like climate change, systemic racism, social justice and equity, and although his random comments on the topics are small throughout the book, it provides insight into his ignorance of what's happening in society. Everyone has areas where their understanding is strong, and areas where it is weak. I would trust him in his understanding of Biblical wisdom, but don't trust him in his understanding of culture. I think the book is worth a read, but certainly compare it with Carl Trueman's, "The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self," if you want a much deeper understanding of what's happening in American, and spreading throughout western society today.

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Short and to the point, perfect

Reviewed: 02-28-22

loved it, a great summary without taking enormous amounts of my time. no filler, short and to the point, just good stuff.

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Learned more in 15 min than many others in 15 hrs

Reviewed: 02-19-22

Yuri's comparison of communist tactics with Japanese Judo was eye-opening and very accurate. It certainly provides some perspective on topics such as CRT, systemic racism, 3rd wave feminism, voting rights, and other such modern political and cultural movements in America, many of which were originally excellent movements., but later strayed off course. Turns out they were movements manipulated by Judo.

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Insightful

Reviewed: 12-08-21

Provides some great insight into the political aspects of Jesus days. I wanted to see how modern American politics compare to Roman and Jewish politics during Jesus days. It's clear that politics have always been about power struggles, and the worst of humans always arises in the quest for power and control. This book does an excellent job of highlighting the day-to-day activities that a typical Jewish person would have gone through at the time of Jesus.

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Excellent Historical Account of 1776

Reviewed: 06-17-21

It's amazing a free America ever existed with the superiority of the Britain military at the time. This book does an excellent job of conveying the miracle that is the revolutionary War, and both the strengths and weaknesses of George Washington.

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Technical and informative

Reviewed: 01-27-21

technical, but also easy to understand. provides a good counter to the common assumption that darwinism is fact. full of evidence and reason. a really good read.

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Wow, what an amazing book

Reviewed: 11-04-20

There are some hard to hear facts in this book. Candace did an incredible job of compiling the information from many different areas all into one book. She touches on history, socialism, American philosophy, religion, politics. There's so much compiled into one place in this book. I'm definitely going to re-read this in the future.

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