Book Review: Grace Defined and Defended
Review by Mark Redfern | 08.01.2019In my own church, we recently spent the month of July preaching on the doctrines of grace. DeYoung’s book provided helpful historical context and pastoral application for the series. I gladly recommend this book to pastors and growing Christians alike.
Book Review: Parenting with Words of Grace, by William P. Smith
Review by Nick Dorsey | 07.25.2019Parenting with Words of Grace is an enormous help for believers fighting the war of words and tasked with shepherding young hearts.
Book Review: Unreconciled
Review by Jeremy Meeks | 07.18.2019Jeon’s short book has some helpful insights on community and reconciliation based on principles found in Philemon. It may provide thought provoking material for those who desire to see reconciliation take place in their own relationships or in their church in general.
Book Review: Evangelism as Exiles
Review by Caleb Greggsen | 07.11.2019Elliot Clark’s book is a gift to Christians tempted to feel discouraged by their increased sense of alienation in America. More than that, it is a clarion call to confidently declare the gospel in a world that desperately needs it.
Book Review: The Book Your Pastor Wishes You Would Read
By M. Redfern, T. Hoak | 06.27.2019Just as pastors will be held accountable for how faithfully they obeyed the command to oversee the flock, so church members will be held accountable for how faithfully they obeyed the command to make shepherding their church a groan-free experience for their pastor.
Book Review: To the Ends of the Earth, by Michael Haykin and C. Jeffrey Robinson Sr.
Review by Brady Bowman | 06.21.2019Read this book devotionally to stir up your own affections for missions and evangelism. Be reminded of the deep resources in the reformed tradition that can help you cultivate a heart to spread God’s glory among the nations.
Book Review: The Unsaved Christian
Review by John Power | 06.14.2019Matthew 7 reminds us of the missional urgency to reach those in our worship services who are comfortable with Christian lingo but have no understanding of the truth.
Book Review: Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy, by Mark Vroegop
Review by Benjamin Vrbicek | 06.06.2019Like the book of Lamentations, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy was also born out of tragedy.
Book Review: The Shaping of Things to Come, by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch
Review by Jamie Southcombe | 05.30.2019The church is in need of reformation, not revolution. To reach people for Jesus in a true and lasting way, the church needs leaders committed to teaching the life-giving word of God.
Book Review: Preaching as Reminding, by Jeffrey D. Arthurs
Review by Juan Sanchez | 05.23.2019As preachers, we are not only the Lord’s heralds, we are also the Lord’s remembrancers, reminding God’s people of their obligations to the covenant with our king while also calling God’s people back to covenant faithfulness whenever they may wander.
Book Review: Disruptive Witness, by Alan Noble
Review by Kyle Newcomer | 05.16.2019As we fulfill the one another’s of the New Testament, the corporate life of the church is a witness that true meaning is found not in expressing yourself, but in losing your life for Christ’s sake and the gospel (Mark 8:35).
Book Review: Mere Calvinism, by Jim Orrick
Review by Mark Redfern | 05.09.2019Let Orrick’s book lead you to a place of peaceful confidence in God’s love for you in Christ and a more robust worship of the One who deserves all the credit in our salvation.
Book Review: Side by Side, by Ed Welch
Review by John Joseph | 05.02.2019Welch teaches us how to become more skillful at greeting others, at asking thoughtful questions, at drawing out people’s stories, and how to be present during suffering and prepared to talk about sin.
Book Review: Why I Love the Apostle Paul, by John Piper
Review by Nathan Loudin | 04.25.2019Piper’s example is commendable. Pastors should get to know the Bible and their authors more comprehensively. How might our ministries change if we invested ourselves so thoroughly in Peter, John, Jeremiah, and others biblical authors?
Book Review: A Church You Can See, by Dennis Bills
Review by Justin Harris | 04.18.2019Bills presents a great case for uniting to a local congregation and receiving biblical instruction with brothers and sisters who live in your same zip code.
