Book Review: Devoted to God’s Church, by Sinclair Ferguson
Review by Mark Redfern | 01.14.2021Ferguson’s portrait of church life is refreshing and one that feels, by God’s enabling grace, achievable.
Book Review: Mere Discipleship, by Alister McGrath
Review by Paul Alexander | 12.17.2020Mere Discipleship is an impressive, unique, thought-provoking book with a few shortcomings.
Book Review: A Little Book for New Preachers, by Matthew Kim
Review by Benjamin Vrbicek | 12.03.2020Kim’s book is a short, accessible resource that can spark meaningful conversation among pastoral interns or a church staff.
Book Review: Expository Exultation, by John Piper
Review by Raymond Johnson | 11.12.2020The weekly sermon is of supernatural import, where both the speaker and listener are transformed by the word of God.
Book Review: A Way With Words, by Dan Darling
Review by Mark Redfern | 11.05.2020Far from being negative toward online interaction, A Way With Words paints a noble vision for online speech.
Book Review: Law and Liberty, by R.J. Rushdoony
Review by Kevin DeYoung | 10.30.2020For all the appropriate warnings that can be found in Rushdoony, taken as a whole the good does not outweigh the bad.
Book Review: The Heart of the Preacher, by Rick Reed
Review by Caleb Greggsen | 10.29.2020The Heart of the Preacher is a devotional book for preachers that provides clear, biblical prescriptions for guarding and building up your heart to serve God’s people.
Book Review: God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel, by Costi Hinn
Review by Mike McKinley | 10.22.2020God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel is an easy-to-read, conversational book that makes a convincing case for rejecting the prosperity gospel.
Book Review: Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor, by Don Carson
Review by Michael Abraham | 10.15.2020Your church—and the aspiring pastors looking up to you—would benefit greatly from you taking a few hours to learn from the feet of an ordinary pastor like Tom Carson.
Book Review: Growing Healthy Asian American Churches, edited by Peter Cha, S. Steve Kang, and Helen Lee
Review by Geoff Chang | 09.24.2020My hope is that this book is the beginning of a fruitful conversation among Asian American leaders on what the Bible has to say about growing healthy Asian American churches.
Book Review: Analog Church, by Jay Kim
Review by Benjamin Vrbicek | 09.17.2020In a COVID world, many people are suddenly wondering “is virtual church enough?” Kim compellingly argues it is not.
Book Review: Love or Die, by Alexander Strauch
Review by Adam Triplett | 09.10.2020Pastors, we must constantly remind our sheep of the dangers of lovelessness and encourage our church members to cultivate their affection for Christ and for one another.
Book Review: Augustine as Mentor, Edward Smither
Review by Eric Beach | 09.04.2020Smither’s work is not only a fascinating historical exploration of one of the most titanic figures in church history, it’s a compelling and inspiring portrait of a man committed to raising up future pastors.
Book Review: The Rise and Fall of Movements, by Steve Addison
Review by Caleb Morell | 08.27.2020Addison’s proposal may create movements of “churches” that burn hot and fast, but I fear that they will not last.
Book Review: The Man of God: Volume 2, by Albert Martin
Review by Alex Hong | 08.20.2020The pulpit should not be a place where personal stories, experiences, cultural commentaries, or philosophical musings dominate, but where Scripture is proclaimed, explained, and applied to a congregation.
