Culture
Book Review: Wired for Intimacy, by William Struthers
Review by Deepak Reju | 9Marks Journal: Church and Parachurch: Friends or Foes? | 01.31.2011Struthers’ research helps us to understand how pornography rewires the brain.
Book Review: Church 3.0, by Neil Cole
Review by Geoff Chang | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Moves | 12.23.2010If you want to acquaint yourself with a leading voice of the house church movement, read this book, but then turn elsewhere for what Scripture teaches about the local church.
Engaging Your Generation
By M. Dever, M. Chandler | 12.01.2010Matt Chandler discusses his past year, his approach to preaching, and what it takes to engage this generation with the gospel.
Book Review: Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms, by David VanDrunen
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Book Reviews on the Mission of the Church | 10.28.2010This book provides the transcript for 2000 years of conversation about natural law and the doctrine of the two kingdoms.
Book Review: To Change the World, by James Davison Hunter
Review by Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: Book Reviews on the Mission of the Church | 10.27.2010Hunter’s book is immediately relevant—and a corrective in many ways—to the current conversation going on among evangelicals
Book Review: The Mission of God’s People, by Christopher Wright
Review by Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Book Reviews on the Mission of the Church | 10.27.2010We need to ask “What is the mission of the local church?” not merely “What is the mission of the individual Christian?”
Book Review: Living in God’s Two Kingdoms, by David VanDrunen
Review by Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Book Reviews on the Mission of the Church | 10.27.2010In many ways, this book is the most helpful, balanced contribution to the evangelical conversation about Christianity and culture that I’ve yet read.
Book Review: Generous Justice, by Tim Keller
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Book Reviews on the Mission of the Church | 10.26.2010Some people on the transformationalist side of the spectrum should read this to have their theology corrected. For myself, I needed a heart correction.
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
Pastoral Fearmongering, Manipulation, and Hell
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Hell: Remembering the Awful Reality | 08.20.2010Of course, it’s good to teach our children not to be scared by shadows, and to be wary of those who use fear to sell us something. But what if there really is something to fear?
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: 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.
