Winston Churchill is one of my favorite politicians, leaders, and people in history. I love the stories told about him and his reported interactions with others. He may be the most important person of the twentieth century. Paul Johnson, eminent British historian, wrote a small biography of Churchill – appropriately called Churchill - in 2009. I just got [...]
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Book Report – Churchill
Posted in Book Report on April 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Church Matters
Posted in Book Report, church, contemporary evangelicalism on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“What do I need the church for? Can’t I read my Bible and grow and worship on my own?” Sadly, the attitude I call “Me, Jesus, and my Bible” is still present among Christians today. This attitude is a denial of the truth that healthy spiritual growth always takes place in the context of Christian [...]
Book Report – The God Who Is There
Posted in Bible, Book Report, Books, Recommendations on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Don Carson is a scholar of the highest caliber. More than that, he is a man with a “mind on fire for God.” Pascal, who coined that phrase, would be proud. The majority of Carson’s books are scholarly in nature, but this one – The God Who Is There: Finding Your Place in God’s Story – [...]
Book Review – Radical Together
Posted in Book Report on November 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
David Platt, pastor of the Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama is radical. I’m sure he wouldn’t mind that description! In Radical Together, he’s written a sequel to his bestseller Radical, in which he explained the implications of the gospel of Jesus Christ on individual lives. Radical Together explores those same implications, but this [...]
Book Report – Average Joe
Posted in Book Report on July 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“God seems to have a fondness for average Joe’s.” So says Troy Meeker in Average Joe: God’s Extraordinary Calling to Ordinary Men. He’s not just talking about men with the name Joe, either. “You’ll find average Joe’s everywhere. Good men, honest men. They are hard working, genuine, and steadfast. More often than not, they are [...]
Book Review – Secure Daughters, Confident Sons
Posted in Book Report, Books, Recommendations on April 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Generalization is the raw material of wisdom. If we can’t make general statements about people, things, or events, wisdom falls by the wayside. It’s obvious that Glenn T. Stanton believes in the concept – his book Secure Daughters, Confident Sons is based upon it. The subtitle is How Parents Guide Their Children Into Authentic [...]
Book Review – “Slave”
Posted in Book Report, Books, Christian life on March 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
John MacArthur is someone I admire and respect tremendously. He has faithfully preached the Word of God for forty years in the same church. His involvement with The Master’s College and Seminary has been fruitful, as has the radio ministry “Grace to You.” God has graciously used MacArthur as both a mentor and model [...]
Book Review – Desiring God
Posted in Book Report, John Piper, Recommendations on March 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I first read Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist in 1989, three years after it was first published, in my first year of seminary. John Piper’s book caused in me what some call a “paradigm shift.” The idea that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him was, and remains, [...]
Book Report – “What is the Gospel?”
Posted in Book Report, Gospel, Recommendations on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What is the Gospel? is a fantastic book! It’s one of the best books I’ve read in the past few years. It’s simple and to the point – that’s probably the reason I liked it so much. In just over 120 pages, Greg Gilbert clearly presents and explains the good news of Jesus Christ, which [...]
