Book Review: Evaluating the Church Growth Movement: Five Views, ed. by Paul Engle and Gary McIntosh
Review by Andy Johnson | 9Marks Journal: The Church's Mission | 03.08.2010This, I think, is the key takeaway from this book: If you start with man, you won’t rise above man-made theories.
Book Review: Why Men Hate Going to Church, by David Murrow
Review by Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology | 03.06.2010Churches have shifted toward a style that is comfortable for the stereotypical woman—at the expense of the stereotypical man.
Book Review: Manly Dominion: In a Passive-Purple-Four-Ball World, by Mark Chanski
Review by Owen Strachan | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology | 03.06.2010This book is superb. It will train the godly men of today to raise the godly men of tomorrow.
Book Review: The Multi-Site Church Revolution
Review by John Hammett | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 1) | 03.06.2010Much of what this book contains can be transferred to a church planting model, thus accomplishing many of the same goals and relieving many of the troubling ecclesiological questions.
Book(s) Review: This Little Church . . . Went to Market & Stayed Home, by Gary Gilley
Review by Flynn Cratty | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 1) | 03.06.2010In the end, this emphasis on the Bible as the norm for life and doctrine is the most helpful thing in these two books.
Book Review: Shepherds After My Own Heart, by Timothy Laniak
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 03.05.2010This book is excellent, and should be read by every thoughtful and thoughtless pastor, so that they might better understand both the Word and their own role.
Book Review: Called to the Ministry, by Edmund Clowney
Review by Ken Barbic | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 03.05.2010Clowney applies larger issues of guidance and decision making to the realm of vocational Christian ministry, and he does so in a succinct but powerful manner.
Book Review: Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture, by Graeme Goldsworthy
Review by Paul Alexander | 9Marks Journal: Preaching | 03.05.2010Read this book, and you’ll not only want to re-read it, you’ll want to re-read your Bible.
Book Review: Preaching Christ in All of Scripture, by Edmund Clowney
Review by Paul Alexander | 9Marks Journal: Preaching | 03.05.2010This book is worth having on your shelf for the primary reason that it will encourage you to preach Christ himself from the Old Testament.
Book Review: Preaching Parables to Postmoderns, by Brian Stiller
Review by Carl Trueman | 9Marks Journal: Preaching | 03.05.2010In the end, I was perplexed by the book. There was plenty of thought-provoking material, but there was also a rather contrived view of postmodernism.
Book Review: Preaching Christ from the Old Testament, by Sidney Greidanus
Review by Aaron Menikoff | 9Marks Journal: Preaching | 03.05.2010Preaching Christ from the Old Testament is an excellent resource that has yet to be replaced.
Book(s) Review: God’s Big Picture, Gospel & Kingdom, and According to Plan, by Vaughan Roberts and Graeme Goldsworthy
Review by Nicholas G. Piotrowski | 03.05.2010A one-stop review of three biblical theology classics.
Book Review: Him We Proclaim, by Dennis Johnson
Review by Aaron Menikoff | 9Marks Journal: Preaching | 03.05.2010There are a myriad of books on preaching, but Johnson believes that the Bible is finally the best guidebook for preaching the Bible.
Book Review: Leading Turnaround Teams, by Gene Wood and Daniel Harkavy
Review by Will Kynes | 03.05.2010The church is not a business. Yet the fact that pastors and seminarians are routinely barraged with books that promise growth based on business principles testifies to the triumph of … keep reading…
Book Review: Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church, by D. A. Carson
Review by Paul Alexander | 03.05.2010What good is evangelistic ministry if we lose the evangel?
