Book Reviews (Page 5)
How People Change
I first got introduced to the scariest moustache in the world about 18 months ago through the work of CCEF (see links). So, I thought I would take the time to review one of his books today. It is called, ‘How People Change’ and I would put up a nice book cover of it but I can’t seem to get one to stick and paste! Mike, who will maybe read this later…
The Reformed Pastor (4)
Here is the fourth installment of my updating of this immensely challenging book. My comments are in bold. Having explained the nature of what it means to be an overseer of the flock, he now moves on to talk about the manner in which a man must shepherd his sheep. He has 15 points: 1. ‘The ministerial work must be carried out purely for God and the salvation of…
A Critique of Radical!
As with all books there are fans and detractors. I am reserving judgement until I have read the whole thing but I have to say, being a fan of polemics, that I am mightily impressed with the first few chapters. Given all the wishy-washy lovey dovey rubbish being spouted these days by so-called evangelicals, it is nice to read guy unashamed by the hard truths of the gospel.…
Why do we need so many books on the gospel?
Very good little article here from Dane Ortlund at Crossway.
The Trellis & The Vine
This is a good book that has been out for a couple of years now. It is written by a man called Colin Marshall who has been involved in training men and women for ministry for over 30 years. His quite obvious focus is on training men and women in our churches to be effective gospel communicators, disciplers and trainers. His thesis is that if we train more people in…
The Reformed Pastor (3)
The Nature Of This Oversight Having encouraged us to take ourselves in hand before we are better able to minister to others, Baxter now goes on to explain what it means to ‘take heed to all the flock.’ Let’s remind ourselves of Acts 20:28 again. I will highlight the part related to today’s study. ‘Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock…
Systematic Theology
I recently bought Michael Horton’s new book – a bit of a monster weighing in at about 1000 pages. As usual it has its fans and its detractors. Both sides using large, multisyllabic words to say ‘it sucks’ or ‘its worth a read’. I read an interesting review here. I will review it at a later date in bite sized chunks as I am just about to…
The Reformed Pastor (1)
I am rereading this old Christian classic and I have to say it is immensely challenging and extremely applicable for and any all serious minded followers of Jesus Christ. You may wonder why a book of this title has anything to do with church planting in an inner city housing scheme but I can assure you that it is a treasure trove for those ‘who have ears to hear and…
The Valley of Vision
This is a beautiful little book of edited Puritan prayers and devotions. Consider this: ‘Destroy in me every lofty thought, Break pride to pieces and scatter it to the winds, Annihilate each clinging shred of self-righteousness Implant in me true lowliness of spirit, Abase in me to self-loathing and self-abhorrence, Open in me a fount of penitential tears, Break me,…
What is a Healthy Church Member?
This little book is fresh out of the 9 Marks school and is a useful little book that I have been taking my church members through every month. Chapters include: being an expositional listener, a biblical theologian, gospel saturated, genuinely converted, a biblical evangelist, a committed member, a seeker of discipline, a growing disciple, a humble follower and a prayer…