Book Review – In His Image

So…disclosure time. I didn’t do as well as I wanted to reading books in 2018. I managed to squeak out a few more than I did in 2017…and I was slightly less diligent in publishing reviews. Hence, I’ll have a few reviews that are stragglers of books read in 2018. That being said, here is […]

Book Review – Letters to an American Christian

It’s not polite to talk religion or politics… …so let’s write a book on both. Yeah…I wouldn’t have bought this book, but sometimes being a book reviewer forces me to read things I would normally run away from, which is usually a good thing. I love to talk “religion” [note the intentional quotes], but truth […]

Book Review – The Supremacy of God in Preaching

[No…I’m not reading a book a day. I have been very lax on posting reviews, so while the wifey is out of town, I’m trying to catch up…] Cards on the table: I’m a Piper-Head. He was so instrumental in my coming to faith…so helpful, so powerful…I could go on. So naturally, I absorbed The […]

Book Review – Church Elders

9Marks has always provided rock solid resources for the local church – but what makes them so helpful is that they are so accessible. They have a knack, that reminds me a lot of Bob Kauflin and Sovereign Grace, to be unassuming, and “entry level” and then be able to go deep quickly and not […]

Book Review – The Pastor and Counseling

I’m a big fan of 9Marks and their resources. I have found them consistently helpful and accessible. This book, The Pastor and Counseling, is no different. Deepak Reju [Pastor of Counseling at Capitol Hill Baptist in DC] and Jeremy Pierre [Biblical Counseling Professor at SBTS] team up to write a fantastic book. Counseling is an […]

Book Review – Creation Regained

I received Creation Regained [1985, Eerdmans] from a Pastor friend of mine, and had never heard it before. I’m a sucker for any good book on worldview. The subtitle “Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview” hooked me even further. Albert Wolters defines ‘worldview’ as “the comprehensive framework of one’s basic beliefs about things.” [2]. Everyone […]

Book Review – Finding Faithful Elders and Deacons

OK, so true story, I finished this book weeks ago, but have not posted a review. I think what finally makes me post it is the fact that I’m nearly done with another book and I don’t want to be in the place of having to post two reviews. That would be weird. Anyway…onward. Finding […]

Book Review – Defining Deception

This is a bold book. It is a personally revealing and transparent book. It is a humble and sensitive book [see the Preface – “The Heart of the Authors”] It is a book that will make lots of people uncomfortable. I’m sure many people are angry about this book. It’s a book that will […]

Husbands/Dads: Spiritual Leadership?

It’s a topic that can strike fear in the hearts of men. Especially, when you realize that the Bible in fact calls men to be the spiritual leaders of their home, [Ephesians 5:22-23] and you have little to no idea what that actually means or how to do that. I get it. Some days it […]

Book Review – If You Only Knew

This book caught my eye immediately for two main reasons. First, I thought [correctly] it was the wife of Austin Stone Worship Leader Aaron Ivey. [Can you say “Jesus is Better“? If you haven’t heard this song, STOP and go listen now. Seriously. It’s OK. We’ll wait.] Second, it’s the author’s “unlikely, unavoidable story of […]