8 Marks of Reformation Worship Services
Review by Mike McGregor | 05.26.2023If the Reformers could collectively speak to churches today about gathered worship, these lessons would be their core message.
Book Review: In the Fullness of Time, by Richard B. Gaffin Jr.
Review by Jarrett Ford | 05.23.2023Those who wish to have access to Gaffin’s decades of experience teaching Paul and Acts now do in a mere 400-page book.
Book Review: On Earth as in Heaven, by Peter J. Leithart
Review by Dan Darling | 9Marks Journal: A New Christian Authoritarianism? | 04.28.2023Leithart’s view of the church’s mission roots in postmillennialism, which yields not just an optimism about the future, but risks placing an eschatological and redemptive burden on Christians’ work in the world.
Book Review: Survival and Resistance in Evangelical America, by Crawford Gribben
Review by Joseph Thigpen | 9Marks Journal: A New Christian Authoritarianism? | 04.28.2023After reading Gribben’s account, one matter is clear—these are not your father’s (or grandfather’s) theonomists.
Book Review: Empires of Dirt, by Douglas Wilson
Review by Paul Alexander | 9Marks Journal: A New Christian Authoritarianism? | 04.27.2023Precisely here is where theonomy is in danger of becoming a new legalism: demanding of the church what Jesus does not demand and what the church cannot in any case do.
Book Review: God Redeeming His Bride, by Robert K. Cheong
Review by Shawn Merithew | 03.10.2023Cheong demonstrates that discipline is an exercise of gospel love that is essential to the identity and mission of Christ’s bride.
Book Review: From Prisoner to Prince, by Samuel Emadi
Review by Trent Hunter | 02.24.2023Emadi has put his hand to the textual plough to combine his own exegesis with the best insights of others for a compelling case for Joseph’s typological function—what we all sensed but needed a scholar to demonstrate.
Book Review: Pastoral Visitation, by Tyler C. Arnold
Review by Brian Davis | 02.22.2023Christ has already broken into our world so that we stay seated in the presence of God abidingly. Therefore, pastoral visitations are not a way for people to be brought into the presence of God, but rather a context to grow their understanding of being in Christ.
Book Review: Shepherding the Pastor, by Phil A. Newton & Rich C. Shadden
Review by Jeremy Leong | 02.10.2023‘Shepherding the Pastor’ is a wonderful addition to the bookshelf of any young pastor, as well as anyone considering pastoral ministry.
Book Review: Pastoral Friendship, by Michael A. G. Haykin, Brian Croft & James B. Carroll
Review by Drew Hunter | 01.30.2023“Pastor-to-pastor friendship” is a gift to pursue and enjoy for the sake of our souls, our churches, and a sustained and flourishing ministry.
Book Review: Spurgeon the Pastor, by Geoff Chang
Review by Liam Garvie | 01.27.2023What kind of pastor was Spurgeon? How did he spend his time? Geoff Chang went trawling through the minutes of Met Tab meetings and wrote this book, an insight into the functional outworking of Spurgeon’s ecclesiology.
Book Review: Gospel-Driven Change, by Paul Watts
Review by Harry Fujiwara | 01.25.2023In ‘Gospel-Driven Change’, Paul Watts comes alongside his reader as the seasoned, older pastor. Any younger pastor will learn from his experience.
Book Review: Succession, by Bryant Wright
Review by David Gough | 01.23.2023A retired pastor who’s had to prepare his ministry for the next leader reviews the book ‘Succession: Preparing Your Ministry for the Next Leader’.
Book Review: On Worship, by H. B. Charles
Review by Matt Merker | 01.20.2023Charles’s book is a welcome addition to the growing number of accessible resources on corporate worship that are focused on the priority of the local church.
Book Review: Biblical Preaching, by Haddon W. Robinson
Review by Kevin DeYoung | 01.19.2023Kevin DeYoung reviews his former preaching professor Haddon Robinson’s renown textbook ‘Biblical Preaching’.
