★★★★☆ In Life in the Negative World, Aaron Renn provides a guide for evangelical Christians living in a society that sees Christianity negatively by default. All American Christians would benefit from reading and discussing this book.
June 7, 2024
★★★★★ John Dyer’s book People of the Screen offers a number of helpful insights into behavioral trends of evangelical Bible readers, specifically with regard to digital forms of Bible engagement. This book should be of interest to many Christians, but it will particularly be of interest to Christians whose work involves creating digital forms of Bible engagement. As a Bible software developer, this is the most important book I have ever read with regard to my work.
May 28, 2024
Maturity: Growing Up and Going on in the Christian Life
May 12, 2024
★★★★★ It is an easy mistake for every generation of Christians to think that the problem of liberalism is a recent one. But it is not. Today the hot issues are transgender ministers and "ex-vangelicals." In the mid-1900s it was the ordination of women and the inerrancy of Scripture. In the 1920s when Machen wrote, it was the authority of Scripture, the deity of Christ, and the atonement. And even then the specific battle with liberalism had been raging for well over a century. Machen deals with the eternal truths of God and the constant eroding force of liberalism, and his words are as necessary on their 100th anniversary as they were at their conception.
May 10, 2024
★★★★★ In Making All Things New: Restoring Joy to the Sexually Broken, Powlison speaks to the issue of sexual brokenness with the wisdom and skill of an experienced counselor, intentionally addressing both those who have sinned sexually and those who have been sinned against sexually.
May 7, 2024
★★★★☆ Pastor and scholar David Gibson provides for us an exposition and extended meditation on one of the richest passages of scripture. In reading this book you will be comforted and encouraged as you reflect upon the love and faithfulness of your Shepherd.
April 30, 2024
★★★☆☆ In The Intercession of Christ, John Bunyan explores the often-forgotten doctrine of the intercession of Christ, the glorious truth that Christ is in heaven interceding for us. I found this book to be one of those with a handful of brilliant lines, but which on the whole was underwhelming. By the end I found myself scanning for gems rather than soaking in the work as a whole. That said, the gems are worth searching for.
April 29, 2024
★★★★☆ In Knowing Sin, pastor Mark Jones guides us into the darkest depths of our souls--the recesses within ourselves that we spend most of our days trying to avoid. Jones explores sin generally (what is it and why is it here?) and specifically (pride, lust, envy, unbelief). He explores temptations both external and internal and sins both public and private. This is a very helpful book that is both deep and direct, applying the wisdom of centuries of pastors to our own personal struggles today.
April 23, 2024
★★★★☆ In Comfort and Holiness, William Bridge explores what it means for Jesus to be our high priest and how this benefits us. Bridge walks through the major responsibilities of a priest in the Old Testament: making sacrifices, making intercession, offering gifts, and blessing the people. For each of these he examines several biblical passages in which we see Jesus filling the same role. In classic Puritan form, Bridge squeezes every last drop out of these verses.
April 22, 2024
★★★★★ Family Discipleship lays out a simple but powerful framework for discipling your children: time, moments, and milestones. "Time" is planned time like morning devotions; "moments" refers to spontaneous opportunities; "milestones" refers to marking significant occasions like a graduation or death in the family. The book strikes an excellent balance between big-picture strategy and in-the-weeds tactics.
March 30, 2021