Book Review: Wired for Intimacy, by William Struthers
Review by Deepak Reju | 9Marks Journal: Church and Parachurch: Friends or Foes? | 01.31.2011Struthers’ research helps us to understand how pornography rewires the brain.
Book Review: When the Word Leads Your Pastoral Search, by Chris Brauns
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Moves | 01.21.2011If you’re in between pastors, do buy the book and give it to your church leaders.
Book Review: Marks of the Messenger, by J. Mack Stiles
Review by John Starke | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Moves | 01.03.2011Stiles reminds us that we may not have the power of persuasion, but if we are faithful to the biblical message, we have the power of God.
Book Review: The Hospitality Commands, by Alexander Strauch
Review by Brent Thomas | 12.30.2010The heart of the book is a consideration of Scriptural commands to practice hospitality.
Book Review: Church 3.0, by Neil Cole
Review by Geoff Chang | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Moves | 12.23.2010If you want to acquaint yourself with a leading voice of the house church movement, read this book, but then turn elsewhere for what Scripture teaches about the local church.
Book Review: God’s Glory in Salvation through Judgment, by James Hamilton Jr.
Review by Stephen Dempster | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Moves | 12.23.2010In stressing the glory of God in salvation through judgment, Hamilton has certainly pointed us all in the right direction.
Book Review: Handle That New Call with Care, by David Campbell
Review by Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Moves | 12.20.2010This book was written to help pastors, their fellow elders, and church members consider the issues that arise when a pastor receives a call from another church.
Book Review: Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms, by David VanDrunen
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Book Reviews on the Mission of the Church | 10.28.2010This book provides the transcript for 2000 years of conversation about natural law and the doctrine of the two kingdoms.
Book Review: Counsel from the Cross, by Elyse Fitzpatrick and Dennis Johnson
Review by Deepak Reju | 9Marks Journal: Book Reviews on the Mission of the Church | 10.27.2010These authors understand that the proper context for spiritual growth is a local church and not our own individualistic endeavors.
Book Review: The Priority of Preaching, by Christopher Ash
Review by Alistair Begg | 9Marks Journal: Book Reviews on the Mission of the Church | 10.27.2010All in all I found this short book to be as helpful as anything that I’ve read in a long while on expository preaching. I commend it warmly to all.
Book Review: Taking Your Church to the Next Level, by Gary McIntosh
Review by Matt Smethurst | 9Marks Journal: Book Reviews on the Mission of the Church | 10.27.2010I doubt whether this book is a biblically faithful and therefore helpful book for pastors. I’d be more inclined to recommend it to a friend in business than to a pastor.
Book Review: To Change the World, by James Davison Hunter
Review by Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: Book Reviews on the Mission of the Church | 10.27.2010Hunter’s book is immediately relevant—and a corrective in many ways—to the current conversation going on among evangelicals
Book Review: The Mission of God’s People, by Christopher Wright
Review by Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Book Reviews on the Mission of the Church | 10.27.2010We need to ask “What is the mission of the local church?” not merely “What is the mission of the individual Christian?”
Book Review: Living in God’s Two Kingdoms, by David VanDrunen
Review by Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Book Reviews on the Mission of the Church | 10.27.2010In many ways, this book is the most helpful, balanced contribution to the evangelical conversation about Christianity and culture that I’ve yet read.
Book Review: Generous Justice, by Tim Keller
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Book Reviews on the Mission of the Church | 10.26.2010Some people on the transformationalist side of the spectrum should read this to have their theology corrected. For myself, I needed a heart correction.
