Book Review: ChurchNEXT, by Eddie Gibbs

Review by Greg Gilbert | 04.05.2001

Cultural studies cannot determine or shape the primary methods and structures of the church. Those are found in the pages of the Bible.

Book Review: Churchquake, by C. Peter Wagner

Review by Greg Gilbert | 03.30.2001

All in all, I was disappointed with Wagner’s book. There are no ideas here that you cannot find in other, better books.

Book(s) Review: T. D. Jakes: Various Works

Review by Greg Gilbert | 03.22.2001

On the whole, most of T.D. Jakes’s works belong on the psychology shelves at the bookstore.

Book Review: Your Best Life Now, by Joel Osteen

Review by Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: The Church's Mission | 03.08.2001

If Joel Osteen wants to be the Norman Vincent Peale of the twenty-first century, he has every right to give it a shot. But he should stop marketing his message as Christianity, because it is not.

Review of Rob Bell’s NOOMA — Part 2

Review by Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: Cooperation | 03.08.2001

Having watched so many of these videos, it strikes me just now how seldom Bell uses the traditional Christian language to name Jesus.

Book Review: Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, by Jim Cymbala

Review by Greg Gilbert | 03.05.2001

I appreciate and rejoice with Cymbala that God has done wonderful things in his life and church through prayer.

Review of Rob Bell’s NOOMA — Part 3

Review by Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: Cooperation | 03.01.2001

Here’s a list of the NOOMA videos I was able to watch, with a brief comment on each: