This little book has been read by many in search of a deeper walk with God. It is one of those books (and authors) that people either absolutely love or hate. I think that is because it represents the thirst in America for true, Holy Spirit revival and yet at the same time is a […]
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Book Genre: Theology - Ecclesiology
The Purpose Driven Church
Rick Warren is the pastor of the Saddleback Valley Community Church in Orange County, CA., an SBC church. The church has grown to over 10,000 in attendance in fifteen years of existence. Although Warren says the book is about church health, not church growth (p. 17), it is no doubt a church growth book as […]
The Tragedy of Compromise
I just received this 1994 book in the mail from a good friend. This is a review of the twentieth century from the early Liberal-Fundamental battles to the “marketing” battles today. Pickering has first-hand knowledge of many of the foremost figures in these controversies. Having seen all the water go under the bridge, Pickering is […]
Holy Laughter & the Toronto Blessing
This is a 1995 Zondervan book that investigates the recent “Holy Laughter” phenomenon. Beverley is professor of theology at Ontario Theological Seminary in Toronto. His report is not as doctrinally precise as John MacArthur’s or as antagonistic as Hank Hanegraaff’s and, in my opinion, not as Scripturally weighted as it needs to be. Beverley, though […]
Biblical Separation
This is not quite an “Old Book Update” but it is a used book reminder! I first read this book when it was published in 1979, having known of Dr. Pickering for some time before. It was a timely book, coming before the 80’s and some struggles among churches over things like “secondary separation.” It […]
The Master’s Plan for the Church
This is a 1991 Moody Press book which is a remake of an earlier Study Notes titled, The Anatomy of a Church. If, ten years ago, you thought MacArthur was a radical on church polity, you may see him today as a forthright conservative. Though differing with him in some matters of Baptist distinctives, MacArthur […]
Willow Creek Seeker Services
For those who see church methodology as biblically neutral, this 1996 book may be a source book for using market driven techniques. For those who see church methodology as a reflection of who we are in Christ, you may not want to waste your time with this book other than to gain an understanding of […]
Born After Midnight
Three Books By A. W. Tozer I don’t know what you may like to read while you’re on a vacation. I think reading nothing at all may be the best. But this time I took three familiar Tozer books with me in hopes that I would be uplifted and drawn back into focus in my spiritual […]
Evangelicals & Catholics Together Toward
This is a collection of articles written by Colson, Neuhaus, George Weigel, Mark A. Noll, Avery Dulles, and J.I. Packer defending their support of the ECT statement. Also, they attempt to answer the criticisms leveled by R.C. Sproul, John MacArthur and others who have declared that ECT invalidates the reformation theological position of sola fida […]
Exit Interviews
Churches all across America are doing their best to attract new members through the front door, but at the same time are losing thousands every week out the back door. In his book, Hendricks presents sixteen cases of people who have become disillusioned with the church and have left for various reasons. While the largest […]