UPDATE:Tim Challies and I couldn’t disagree more on this review. He really disliked the book, and I – and my family so far- have been deeply moved and helped by it. That’s the way it goes. The emerging church, whatever that is, is producing a body of literature of its own that reflects its particularContinue reading “Recommendation and Review: The Shack by William P. Young”
Category Archives: Recommendations and Reviews
Recommendation and Review: Chasing Francis by Ian Morgan Cron
There’s a place in Ian Morgan Cron’s Chasing Francis where his spiritually-brokedown-now-on-pilgrimage pastor protagonist returns, looks his congregation in the eye and says “When I left here, I wasn’t sure what a Christian looked like anymore. My idea of how to follow Jesus had run out of gas.” The characters may be (barely) fictional, butContinue reading “Recommendation and Review: Chasing Francis by Ian Morgan Cron”
Recommendations and Reviews: Brand Jesus by Tyler Wigg Stevenson
How do you know I like this book? I spent three hours writing the review, hit publish and WordPress promptly ate it. I’m rewriting it. Tyler Wigg Stevenson is a writer, preacher and political activist with credentials as wide-ranging as a Yale Divinity M.Div., a year as an assistant to John Stott and being partContinue reading “Recommendations and Reviews: Brand Jesus by Tyler Wigg Stevenson”
The Eugene Peterson Book That Turned My World Upside Down
I’d read Eugene Peterson for a while in his IVP Old Testament books when I purchased and read a book on pastoral ministry called Working the Angles. Wow. No book in my library is more underlined. This is what I needed to hear in seminary. It’s what I needed to hear from older men inContinue reading “The Eugene Peterson Book That Turned My World Upside Down”
Christmas Program Resources for Your Church
My wife Denise is an excellent dramatic writer, and every year she creates wonderful Christmas programs that any church could use to put together something really classy. She’s posted a free creative ministries Christmas program, since now is the time some of you may be in the market for a similar program. It’s a groupingContinue reading “Christmas Program Resources for Your Church”
Recommendation: Can We Trust The Gospels? by Mark D. Roberts
This recommendation will be short for three reasons: 1) Mark Roberts is a fantastic pastor/apologist/scholar, and if you don’t already know that, what blogosphere are you living in? 2) Much of this book has already appeared on Roberts’ outstanding web site. 3) If you need this book to answer your questions, someone is probably goingContinue reading “Recommendation: Can We Trust The Gospels? by Mark D. Roberts”
Where’s the Evangelical Catechism?
There’s no doubt that the current success of Roman Catholic apologetics has been greatly assisted by the publication and distribution of the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church. Mark Noll, among others, has given considerable credit to the catechism for the change in Protestant-Catholic relations in the last 40 years. It is, in my opinion,Continue reading “Where’s the Evangelical Catechism?”
Devotional Resources for Your iPod + Writing For The Empty Nest
I am helped daily by good audio resources on my iPod. I’d like to share two resources that are new to me and very encouraging. Many of us never hear any preaching from the mainline denominations. Our entire exposure to preaching is from evangelicals and fundamentalists, but many mainline preachers are worth hearing. I’ve discoveredContinue reading “Devotional Resources for Your iPod + Writing For The Empty Nest”
Recommendation and Review: For Us And Our Salvation by Stephen Nichols.
Stephen Nichols has a proven track record as a teacher of church history who can write on the level of the interested layman and keep the important matters important, the obscure in a safe place and the relevant on the front burner. His introduction to the life and work of Martin Luther is the bestContinue reading “Recommendation and Review: For Us And Our Salvation by Stephen Nichols.”
Denise Spencer – Recommendation & Review: The Divine Hours Pocket Edition by Phyllis Tickle
Our book reviewer today is my wife, Denise. Read her blog at Denise Day Spencer. I have, in the past few months, become enamored with the idea of praying at various times during the day–not because I want to be more pious than the next person, but because I need it. And so Michael recentlyContinue reading “Denise Spencer – Recommendation & Review: The Divine Hours Pocket Edition by Phyllis Tickle”
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