‘When Culture Hates You’: A Book Review
March 28, 2025In 2022, I got my hands on the book Faithfully Different: Regaining Biblical Clarity in a Secular Culture by Natasha Crain, and I was more encouraged than I had been in a long time. I couldn’t believe how real and raw she was about the culture in which we live. She was even willing to call out the Church when necessary. I hoped there would be a follow-up, and Crain didn’t disappoint. Her new book, which came out in February of this year, is entitled When Culture Hates You: Persevering for the Common Good as Christians in a Hostile Public…
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