Book Review: Perimeters of Light, by Elmer Towns and Ed Stetzer
Review by Flynn Cratty | 03.05.2010If one had to identify a simple thesis of the book, it would probably be the statement that “God has no preference regarding style, but highly regards motives and outcomes.”
Book Review: The Purpose Driven Church, by Rick Warren
Review by Paul Alexander | 03.05.2010We do not need more purpose driven churches. We need more gospel driven churches.
Book Review: The Purpose Driven Life, by Rick Warren
Review by Paul Alexander | 03.05.2010Only the gospel should be proclaimed as having driving power for the Christian life, and only the gospel should enjoy primacy in the Christian life.
Book Review: Being Latino in Christ, by Orlando Crespo
Review by Juan Sanchez | 9Marks Journal: Race and Ethnicity | 03.05.2010Overall, Being Latino in Christ is a helpful tool for second-generation Latinos who struggle with their ethnic identity on a personal level.
Book Review: Reviewing Leadership, by Robert Banks and Bernice M. Ledbetter
Review by Jeremy Yong | 03.05.2010Christians wanting a true evaluation of current approaches to leadership will unfortunately have to wait. This book isn’t it.
Book Review: Elders in Congregational Life, by Phil Newton
Review by Aaron Menikoff | 03.05.2010This book is devoted to working out the nuances of the relationship between congregation and elders.
Book Review: Worship Seeking Understanding, by John D. Witvliet
Review by Ben Woodward | 03.05.2010Witvliet’s study on worship is divided into five disciplines: biblical, theological, historical, musical, and pastoral.
Book(s) Review: The Emerging Church and Emerging Worship, by Dan Kimball
Review by Mike McKinley | 03.05.2010We should make an effort to make our worship clear and accessible, even to non-believers. But we have a primary responsibility to worship God according to his Word.
Book Review: Dangerous Intersections, by Jay Dennis and Jim Henry
Review by Ryan Townsend | 03.05.2010Pastors can pick up and read this book for encouragement and insight, staying mindful to hold everything up to the test of Scripture and the context of their local church.
Book Review: It Takes a Church to Raise a Christian, by Tod E. Bolsinger
Review by John Folmar | 03.05.2010This book stumbles as it pits “community,” and particularly the observance of the Lord’s Supper, against sound doctrine.
Book Review: Twelve Keys to an Effective Church, by Kennon Callahan
Review by Thabiti Anyabwile | 03.05.2010A pastor would do well to invest his time in a more faithful work than this.
Book Review: Selling Out the Church, by Philip Kenneson and James Street
Review by Jamie Dunlop | 03.05.2010Kenneson and Street have composed an excellent critique of a discipline that has become almost second nature in many church circles, even despite its limited applicability.
Book Review: Stealing Sheep, by William Chadwick
Review by Greg Gilbert | 03.05.2010Chadwick’s book is a marvelous challenge to the widespread problem of Christian mobility.
Book Review: Decision Making and the Will of God, by Garry Friesen
Review by Greg Gilbert | 03.05.2010Read the book, but just make sure you’re not convinced of the stupidity of the regulative principle by that one-page section.
Book Review: God So Loved the World, by Fisher Humphreys and Paul Robertson
Review by Greg Gilbert | 03.05.2010To be quite honest, I believe a comprehensive look at Baptist history would reveal plainly that Baptists historically have been largely a Calvinistic people.
