Title: The Case for Christmas: A Journalist Investigates the Identity of the Child in the Manger Author: Lee Strobel Publisher: Zondervan, 2005; 96 pp. $9.99 (print), $1.99 (e-book) Recommendation (4-star scale): Lee Strobel was a journalist who rejected Christ. His hatred was such that he decided to prove once-and-for-all that Christ was not who He […]
Read More Book Review: The Case for ChristmasTitle: Jesus: the Only Way to God Author: John Piper Publisher: Baker, 2010; 123 pp. $5.99 Recommendation (4-star scale): The gospel is always under attack. Recently I read this statement — from someone who for many years was considered to be in at least the same corridor of conservative evangelicalism, if not in the classroom […]
Read More Book Review: Jesus: the Only Way to GodTitle: A Sweet and Bitter Providence: Sex, Race, and the Sovereignty of God Author: John Piper Publisher: Crossway Books, 2010; 160 pp. $17.99 (or you may download the entire book as a PDF or listen to the sermons this book was based on for free) Recommendation (4-star scale): Who hasn’t experienced trouble and trial in […]
Read More Book Review: A Sweet and Bitter ProvidenceTitle: What is the Gospel? Author: Greg Gilbert Publisher: Crossway, 2010; 128 pp. $12.95 Recommendation (4-star scale): Not all commendable books are long. Not all worthwhile books are complex. Not all valuable books are ground-breaking. Such is the case with Greg Gilbert’s first published work. It is not long (only 128 pages; it can be […]
Read More Book Review: What is the Gospel?Title: The Last Lecture Author: Randy Pausch Publisher: Hyperion, 2008; 206 pp. $21.95 (paperback and digital versions also available) Recommendation (4-star scale): Imagine you are leaving your job for a new one in another state. You have been with this organization for many years and have mentored many diverse people in the process. What do […]
Read More Book Review: The Last LectureTitle: All Things for Good Author: Thomas Watson Publisher: Banner of Truth Trust (reprint), 1986; 127 pp. $8.00 ($6 in the church bookstore) Recommendation (4-star scale): I like to read. Always have. I like to go to bookstores. I’ll leave one bookstore (as I did yesterday), see another bookstore half a mile away, and want […]
Read More Book Review: All Things for GoodTitle: Give Me This Mountain Author: Helen Roseveare Publisher: Christian Focus, 2006; 159 pp. $12.99 Recommendation (4-star scale): A good biography doesn’t just tell a story. A good biography will stimulate and encourage the believer in Christ to a closer walk with Christ. “I want to live like that…” will be a common response to […]
Read More Book Review: Give Me This MountainTitle: Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross Editor: Nancy Guthrie Publisher: Crossway, 2009; 152 pp. $12.99 Recommendation (4-star scale): It is a common temptation to think too superficially and too rarely about the cross and the gospel. The occasional evangelistic sermon, generally wrapped around a holiday celebration, along with an occasional communion remembrance is enough […]
Read More Book Review: Jesus, Keep Me Near the CrossTitle: The Trellis and the Vine Authors: Colin Marshall and Tony Payne Publisher: Matthias Media, 2009; 196 pp. $19.99 Recommendation (4-star scale): Several years ago a friend of mine told me about his “rule of three” regarding the purchase of books. No matter how much someone would praise and affirm the qualities of a given […]
Read More Book Review: The Trellis and the VineTitle: Heaven Taken by Storm Author: Thomas Watson Publisher: Soli Deo Gloria Books, 1992; 129 pp. $17.00 Recommendation (4-star scale): One of my favorite Peanuts cartoons shows a series of panels in which Charlie Brown is seen alternately writing something and then crumpling it up and tossing it into a pile. In the last panel, […]
Read More Book Review: Heaven Taken by StormTitle: Be Still, My Soul: Embracing God’s Purpose and Provision in Suffering Editor: Nancy Guthrie Publisher: Crossway, 2010; 175 pp. $12.99 Recommendation (4-star scale): There are many tests in the Christian life. How will the believer respond to temptation to sin? Will he remain faithful to Christ to the end? Will he wisely and generously […]
Read More Book Review: Be Still, My SoulTitle: Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life Author: Donald S. Whitney Publisher: NavPress, 1991; 254 pp. $15.99 Recommendation (4-star scale): “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting,” wrote G. K. Chesterton. Rather, “It has been found difficult and left untried.” This could not only be said of the Christian life in […]
Read More Book Review: Spiritual DisciplinesTitle: In-Laws: Married with Parents Author: Wayne Mack Publisher: P & R Publishing, 2009; 48 pp. $4.99 (available in the GBC bookstore for $3) Recommendation (4-star scale): I have dozens of books on marriage and many more on men’s and women’s issues — how a man can be a godly husband and lead his wife […]
Read More Book Review: In-LawsTitle: A Fight to the Death: Taking Aim at Sin Within Author: Wayne A. Mack with Joshua Mack Publisher: P & R Publishing, 2006; 176 pp. $10.99 Recommendation (4-star scale): Do you mortify, do you make it your daily work; be always at it whilst you live; cease not a day from the work; […]
Read More Book Review: A Fight to the DeathTitle: Pages from Church History: A Guided Tour of Christian Classics Author: Stephen J. Nichols Publisher: Crossway, 2006; 329 pp. $15.99 Recommendation (4-star scale): What is the best book you have read in the past year? What is the most important book you have ever read? What is the most important book written in the […]
Read More Book Review: Pages from Church History
Words of Grace 