Book Review: Eldership and the Mission of God, by J. R. Briggs and Bob Hyatt
Review by Aaron Menikoff | 07.13.2015As the culture becomes increasingly hostile towards Christianity we need elders who will keep the dock sure, steady, and unmoved, all the while holding a rope out to those drowning in the water of the culture, looking for solid ground.
Book Review: Better Together, by Jim Tomberlin & Warren Bird
Review by Jamus Edwards | 07.06.2015If you’re considering a church merger, I commend this book to you. It stirs up the recognition for the desperate need of revitalization in countless churches across the nation.
Book Review: Gather God’s People, by Brian Croft and Jason Adkins
Review by Zach Schlegel | 06.30.2015This book is a concise, helpful introduction for new pastors or church leaders to hone their skills and better their understanding of what the Bible teaches about their task.
Book Review: The Art of Prophesying, by William Perkins
Review by Andrew Ballitch | 9Marks Journal: Expositional Preaching | 06.18.2015Why should pastors today read The Art of Prophesying, a nearly 500-year-old book about preaching?
Book Review: Searching for Sunday, by Rachel Held Evans
Review by Ray Ortlund | 04.28.2015I am not confident that, if I took this book to heart and swallowed its Christianity whole, I would be ready to stand before God on that great and final day.
Book Review: Expository Listening, by Ken Ramey
Review by Aaron Menikoff | 04.16.2015It’s hard to sit down and listen to an hour-long sermon when you spend your day flipping from the smart phone to the iPad to the big screen.
Book Review: Counter Culture, by David Platt
Review by Al Mohler | 02.26.2015In this book, David Platt decidedly does not sit down and stay quiet.
Book Review: God’s Design for Man and Woman, by Andreas and Margaret Köstenberger
Review by David Schrock | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism & the Local Church | 02.23.2015In the last three decades there has not been a comprehensive and scholarly biblical theology of manhood and womanhood. Until now.
Book Review: Teach Us to Want, by Jen Pollock Michel
Review by Jenny Manley | 02.11.2015Michel’s book provides a guide for the believer as they figure out what to do with those desires that did not die when placed on a shelf.
Book Review: The Church Planting Wife, by Christine Hoover
Review by Erin Wheeler | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism & the Local Church | 02.02.2015Both practical and encouraging, The Churching Planting Wife is well worth the time of any wife married to a man pursuing or involved in ministry.
Book Review: Jonathan Edwards & The Church, by Rhys Bezzant
Review by Tyler Durham | 01.12.2015Edwards’ approach, as illustrated in Bezzant’s book, tries to strike the right balance between the two extremes of out-and-out pragmatism and culturally deaf fundamentalism.
Book Review: Reforming Mercy Ministry, by Ted Rivera
Review by Timoteo Sazo | 01.05.2015Thought-provoking and challenging, this book is a guide that church leaders and church members will find helpful as they seek to form, or reform, their own mercy ministries.
Book Review: The Heart Is the Target, by Murray Capill
Review by David Sunday | 12.29.2014Every preacher should read at least one stimulating book on preaching per year. If this one became your choice in 2015, your church would be well-served and grateful.
Book Review: Shepherding God’s Flock, ed. by Benjamin Merkle and Thomas Schreiner
Review by Jeremy Kimble | 12.22.2014The way a leader goes, the people often go. This is why it is so crucial to think through leadership from a biblical perspective for the church.
Book Review: On the Brink, by Clay Werner
Review by Dennis Newkirk | 12.19.2014Finally, someone has written a book that is anchored in the gospel on the nearly pandemic problem of burnout in ministry.