Archive for Book Reviews
Review: Family Driven Faith
Why are we losing 70% – 80% of our Christian teenagers by the end of their freshmen year of college? Voddie Baucham gives his thoughts on why we are, what went wrong, and his solutions to remedy the growing problem. This number continues to grow and we now have more “Christian” teens walking away from [...]
Read moreReview: Deep Church
Churches that have so much traditionalism and refuse to contextualize anything for the sake of the Gospel may have solid biblical doctrines and theologies, but are not reaching the culture around them. Churches that are so seeker friendly and numbers/business oriented may draw people in but fall short on spiritual depth and discipleship. [...]
Read moreReview: The Mystery of Providence
“I cry out to God Most High,
to God who fulfills his purpose for me.”
Psalm 57:2
Understanding of God’s Providence has helped me to better trust and hope in God, in spite of the obstacles, trials, or troubles I encounter.
John Flavel, a puritan pastor/theologian, wrote The Mystery of Providence. Although published in 1678, it still serves as [...]
Review: Scandalous Freedom
In the winter of 2004, I attended a conference for college students with Campus Outreach. Randy Pope spoke that week on the topic of counterfeit faith. What he really discussed was true faith and how faith and grace play out in our walk with Christ.
What stood out most to me was his story about his [...]
Review: Counterfeit Gods
With the holiday season fast approaching, I thought it would be a good time for us all to take a look at how the Bible says we are to live in light of God’s overwhelming generosity toward us as Believers and Americans. I feel that a lot of times, we, in “American Evangelicalism,” fall [...]
Read moreReview: Sacred Marriage
What a concept… to think that God could and does use my marriage to sanctify me. For centuries celibacy has been considered the pinnacle of spiritual devotion for Christians. I’m not here to slam monks and nuns, but if you want the real you revealed to you with a vengeance… get married. [...]
Read moreReview: Spiritual Depression
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones was perhaps one of the most influential Evangelicals of the twentieth century. His book Spiritual Depression is a compilation of twenty-one sermons he preached at Westminster Chapel in London. Drawing from Psalm 42:5,11, Lloyd-Jones diagnoses many problems that Christians encounter on a day-to-day basis.
Lloyd-Jones unpacks issues that can cause Christians to lose [...]
Review: True Spirituality
When we first accept Christ, life took on fresh and new meaning. In my case, birds were singing and I noticed the sky was more beautiful than I remembered it. In other words, I knew God was here and that he was personal and directly interested in what was going on in the world and [...]
Read moreReview: Finally Alive
Have you ever really wondered what actually happened at the point of salvation? In this book John Piper, pastor, speaker, author, and theologian explains his thoughts on the doctrine of regeneration with a plethera of scripture references. He tells the reader what happens at the point of salvation, how we were saved, what [...]
Read moreworthy Books To Read And Consider
In upcoming weeks, I will like to give a rationale for how these books have affected me personally. This will really be an effort to demonstrate and share how good books help move us men towards growth and away from spiritual lethargy.
1. True Spirituality by Francis Schaeffer
2. Spiritual Depression by Martyn Lloyd-Jones
3. Scandalous Freedom by [...]