I opened the box to these journaling Bibles and was surprised at how big they are! I was expecting that they would be around the size of the ESV Scripture Journals on the individual books of the Bible that I have used. But these are full-page, standard paper size journals. They feel like one of…
According to recent Barna and Lifeway research projects, the church has a leadership crisis (1-2).[1] The median age of pastors is going up, the number of young pastors is in decline, and there’s a growing urgency to “motivate, mobilize, resource and deploy more younger pastors” (1-2). Scott Pace and Shane Pruitt wrote this book exhorting…
I am a resource guy. I am also a leadership development guy. So when I saw this toolkit available from 9Marks about leadership, I was immediately interested. This kit helps with all things church leadership! The 9Marks ministry put this kit together to assist church leaders as they seek to build biblical leadership in their…
This is a Christian growth book. It’s about the ongoing sanctification of believers. Dane Ortlund writes Deeper to help foster “real change for real sinners.” This book is about how to grow closer to Jesus and experience real change in walking with God over the long haul. I first read this book at a fast…
This is a helpful book on a subject that is hard to understand, predestination. This book is longer in length than most of the volumes in this series, but it covers a lot of ground on the subject of election and reprobation. The book is divided into two sections about election and reprobation respectively. Within…
According to one of the endorsements on the back, Roman Catholic Theology and Practice is “a landmark book.” I agree. This book reviews Catholic Theology as a whole system as the organizational basis for its evangelical assessment. I have read other resources that explain what unites and divides Catholics and Protestants but most take a…
Authority. Before reading on, take five seconds to stop and stare at that first word. What thoughts come to mind? Are these thoughts generally positive or negative? Does the word stir in you good memories? Perhaps it generates thoughts of a parent or teacher who helped you grow into the person you are now. Or…
I’ll start with some interesting statistics about multisite churches in America: These numbers are a surprise to me. I know there are a lot of multisite churches, but 10,000 right now. Wow! It is clear that “multisite churches are here to stay” and have officially entered “into the mainstream of church life” (p. 84). Here…
Christ-Centered Worship by Bryan Chapell is a book rich in history and overflowing with examples of the elements of a worship service. He writes, “My hope in articulating the beauty and historicity of Christ-centered worship is to show how the church’s worship has always been shaped by its understanding of the gospel… Gospel purposes should…
Great book! It’s well-organized, crystal clear, deeply theological, immensely practical, and very interesting. Well-organized In the introduction of the book, I was told what I would read in each chapter (pp. 16-20). Then, the start of each chapter told me what I was going to read including an introductory question, the big idea of the…
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