This book is written by a cross-section of Staff and Teachers from MacArthur’s ministries. It contains some needed rebuttal’s to things such as Warren’s Purpose-Driven Life; John Eldredge’s Wild At Heart; and a review of The Resolve New Testament. Other general chapters on discernment and ministry are helpful and challenging. MacArthur does the chapter on […]
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Book Genre: Theology - Ecclesiology
Gospel Worship
Note: This review is written by Terry Wilkes, Associate Pastor and Minister of Music at Metro Baptist Church. Leviticus 10:3 records the words of the Lord, “I will be sanctified in them that come nigh Me, and before all the people I will be glorified.” Moses speaks these words to Aaron his brother after […]
The Purity Principle
Special Topic Books Two slightly older books on music that I wanted to read were Frank Garlock and Kurt Woetzel, Music in the Balance, and Leonard Seidel, Face The Music. Both are quite perceptive of what lay ahead in the field of church music. It’s my opinion that we should have paid more attention to these things. The Bible […]
Face the Music
Special Topic Books Two slightly older books on music that I wanted to read were Frank Garlock and Kurt Woetzel, Music in the Balance, and Leonard Seidel, Face The Music. Both are quite perceptive of what lay ahead in the field of church music. It’s my opinion that we should have paid more attention to these things. The Bible […]
Music in the Balance
Special Topic Books Two slightly older books on music that I wanted to read were Frank Garlock and Kurt Woetzel, Music in the Balance, and Leonard Seidel, Face The Music. Both are quite perceptive of what lay ahead in the field of church music. It’s my opinion that we should have paid more attention to […]
Fool’s Gold
Reviewed by Dan Lucarini When I first met Dr. Shrader for lunch in Denver, we talked about the “death of discernment” in the church and thought someone should write a book about it. Well, someone finally did! This book exposes the root problem that causes many Christians to fall in love with the world and […]
The New Worship
This has been the next “contemporary church” book on my list to read. Liesch is a popular writer who promotes the converging of various worship styles to meet the desires of a new generation. His main thesis is that worship must include an equal amount of music (and alternative worship techniques i.e. drama, video, etc.) […]
Planning Blended Worship
Webber (at the time of writing, 1998) is President of the Institute for Worship Studies and Professor of Theology at Wheaton College. It is becoming less and less surprising that outspoken praise for ecumenicity and criticism of traditional Fundamentalism as well as Evangelicalism (even of Reformation theology) should come from Wheaton. Webber’s thesis is that […]
The Battle for Christian Music
This 1992 book has been the topic of discussion among conservatives and progressives alike for the last decade. After having read a number of good books on the music controversy (many of which I have reviewed and recommended), I found a new reading of Fisher’s book to be very rewarding. Fisher answers many questions that […]
Form and Freedom
This is a fresh study of the local church, meticulously proving from Scripture and history the congregational form of church government and the Biblical function of pastor and deacons. Brown is a veteran church planter in Germany and a Ph.D. student at Central Baptist Seminary in Minneapolis. The forward is written by Douglas McLachlan, former […]