Book Review: The Mission of God, by Christopher Wright
Review by Mike Gilbart-Smith | 9Marks Journal: Book Reviews on the Mission of the Church | 10.25.2010A 500 page book on mission that doesn’t stare—in fact, doesn’t even glance—at the reality of hell for the unevangelized has lost its bearings.
Book Review: When Helping Hurts, by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert
Review by Steve Boyer | 9Marks Journal: Book Reviews on the Mission of the Church | 10.25.2010If you are experienced with helping the poor, you may already be familiar with much of this book’s content. But if you’re new, then this book will be especially useful
Book Review: Baptism—Three Views
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 10.23.2010I was convinced of the believers’ baptism picking up the book, and I remain convinced of it setting it down, maybe even more so.
Book Review: Love that Rescues, by Eric Bargerhuff
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Hell: Remembering the Awful Reality | 08.02.2010This book makes one point: church discipline, in spite of our expectations to the contrary, is all about God’s loving work of rescuing sinners from their sin.
Book Review: Handbook of Church Discipline, by Jay Adams
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 07.18.2010I don’t agree with every jot and tittle, but Adams’ 1974 work remains one of the most even-handed introductions to the topic.
Book Review: The Masculine Mandate: God’s Calling to Men, by Richard Phillips
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Hell: Remembering the Awful Reality | 07.13.2010At the risk of undermining the reader’s confidence in my objectivity, I have to admit that I have nothing negative to say about the book.
Book Review: The Color of Church: A Biblical and Practical Paradigm for Multiracial Churches, by Rodney M. Woo
Review by Juan Sanchez | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Women | 06.25.2010Woo has served us well by pushing us out of our comfort zones. He should be read by pastors and lay leaders, particularly those who find themselves in diverse communities.
Book Review: The Shepherd Leader: Achieving Effective Shepherding in Your Church, by Timothy Witmer
Review by Phil Newton | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Women | 06.25.2010I found this book so helpful that I’m asking all of our elders and pastoral interns to read it.
Book Review: Womanly Dominion: More Than a Gentle and Quiet Spirit
Review by Owen Strachan | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Women | 06.25.2010In 200 crisp, scripturally saturated pages, Chanski charts an engaging course for Christian womanhood in a feminist age.
Book Review: Radical Womanhood, by Carolyn McCulley
Review by Kristin Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Women | 06.25.2010This book has helped me understand feminism and respond to it biblically. As a result, it has spurred my growth in biblical womanhood, which truly is a radical way to live.
Book Review: The New Testament Deacon: The Church’s Minister of Mercy, by Alexander Strauch
Review by Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Deacons | 04.30.2010If you want to understand the Bible’s teaching on deacons, this is a great place to start.
Book Review: Family Driven Faith, by Voddie Baucham
Review by Michael Lawrence | 9Marks Journal: Family & Parenting | 04.02.2010Baucham has done a service to the church by calling us back from a wrong-headed trust in programs and professionals.
Book Review: Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome, by Kent and Barbara Hughes
Review by Ken Barbic | 9Marks Journal: Deacons | 04.02.2010This book attempts to bring refreshment to the soul of anyone that has been laboring in the desert of ministry drought—and it is exceptionally successful.
Book Review: God’s Potters: Pastoral Leadership and the Shaping of Congregations, by Jackson W. Carroll
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 03.31.2010How then should we measure excellence in ministers and churches? We should measure them entirely according to whether they are faithful to living by and proclaiming God’s Word.
Book Review: Why Men Do Not Go to Church, by Cortland Myers (1899)
Review by Ken Barbic | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology | 03.08.2010Today is the age of target marketing. Savvy advertisers constantly ask themselves, "How can we make our product more desirable to the various groups who are presently unaware of its benefits?"
It’s in this vein that Cortland Myers raises the question in his book by the title, "Why do men not go to church?" This is, he says, "one of the burning questions of the hour."
