Book Review: Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ
Review by Mike Christ | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism: A Moment of Reckoning | 12.10.2019Rosaria Butterfield has become a popular speaker on the topic of sexuality. But we sell her short—and even risk misunderstanding her message—if we look to her book as only pertaining to homosexuality
Book Review: His Testimonies, My Heritage, ed. by Kristie Anyabwile
Review by Melissa Kruger | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism: A Moment of Reckoning | 12.10.2019If your soul is weary and your heart in need of refreshment, take a drink from the wisdom found in His Testimonies My Heritage
Book Review: (A)Typical Woman: Free, Whole, and Called in Christ, by Abigail Dodds
Review by Chesed Broggi | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism: A Moment of Reckoning | 12.10.2019I don’t know how Abigail Dodds feels about “empowerment” messages on clothing. But her new book, (A)typical Woman, is a substantive and real message of empowerment for women.
Book Review: The Reappearing Church, by Mark Sayers
Review by Brett McCracken | 12.05.2019Renewal begins with desperation and repentance: a recognition of our utter impotence; a passionate falling at the feet of Christ.
Book Review: The Kingdom Unleashed, by Jerry Trousdale and Glenn Sunshine
Review by Caleb Morell | 11.21.2019Undergirding the entirety of The Kingdom Unleashed is the dangerous assumption that fast is good and that faster is better.
Book Review: Encouragement, by Mark Chanski
Review by Mark Redfern | 11.14.2019Much like a product flying off of the shelves, encouragement is in high demand. But in all too many of our churches, it is in short supply.
Book Review: A Big Gospel in Small Places, by Stephen Witmer
Review by Owen Strachan | 11.07.2019Do not be misled: this is a book for every pastor in every place. It will spark all sorts of good thinking about pastoral ministry and the work of the local church.
Book Review: Launch, by Nelson Searcy & Kerrick Thomas
Review by Nathan Knight | 10.31.2019We don’t need to borrow from the business world or their definitions of profit to establish criteria for success and significance.
Book Review: Protestants, by Alec Ryrie
Review by Forrest Strickland | 10.24.2019A Protestant is not simply someone who has an all-encompassing experience with the God they find in the Bible. “Protestant” connotes, in part, certain theological convictions: beginning with the ancient creeds and including the solas of the Reformation.
Book Review: Jesus Calling, by Sarah Young
Review by Sean McCausland | 10.17.2019Somehow, Young manages to both absolve us of responsibility for keeping ourselves in God’s love, and rob us of the comfort of God’s promise to keep us. Her theology has the effect of cheating us at both ends.
Book Review: The Prayers of Jesus, by Mark Jones
Review by Ryan Troglin | 10.10.2019If your prayer life needs a jolt of electricity, The Prayers of Jesus might just do the trick.
Book Review: Letters to the Church, by Francis Chan
Review by Juan Sanchez | 10.03.2019Chan offers some penetrating and incisive critiques of the modern church but offers a simplistic solution based on a selective and naïve hermeneutic.
Book Review: Planting Missional Churches, by Ed Stetzer and Daniel Im
Review by Nathan Knight | 09.26.2019Stetzer and Im have produced a useful book on planting, but you’ll need other books to fill in your understanding of what the church is and the responsibilities of pastoral ministry.
Book Review: Remaining Faithful in Ministry, by John MacArthur
Review by Bob Johnson | 09.19.2019If you are going to be faithful in ministry you have to preach the gospel clearly. If you preach the gospel clearly, you will be attacked. When you are attacked, you have to resist making ministry about yourself.
Book Review: A Company of Heroes, by Tim Keesee
Review by Simona Gorton | 09.12.2019What is the message of this book for you and your church? “Follow Christ. Lift up the cross!”
