David Jeremiah wrote this book in 2008. As I read it in 2020 I sometimes smile at the amount of change that has taken place in these twelve years and pressure that has been added to families and kids. But I also am thankful for good reminders of eternal truths from God’s Word that do […]
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White Guilt
Shelby Steele wrote this book in 2006 as a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and Stanford University. Steele is now an advocate, as a black man, for conservative black values. He was a participant in the 60s push for equal rights but today sees the BLM movement as counterproductive and contrary to what the […]
Christian Theology in Plain Language
I have always enjoyed reading Bruce Shelley. He was the long-time professor of church history at Denver Seminary and we lived in Denver near the seminary for a long time. This book (1985) is written more for the layman than for the theologian or even the pastor. Whereas I enjoyed his sequel, Church History in […]
Overcoming Grandparenting Barriers
Larry Fowler is the founder of The Legacy Coalition which is printing this series of books called Grandparenting Matters, edited by Josh Mulvihill. Fowler was the international director of Awana for many years so he has much to say about kids and those who love them. This is an interesting book (only about 100 pages) […]
Long Distance Grandparenting
This book is one in a series called “Grandparenting Matters,” edited by Josh Mulvihill. This series belongs to The Legacy Coalition, Larry Fowler, founder. These are fairly short books, around 100 pages, on various subjects having to do with grandparenting. This book contains some practical suggestions on grandparents that have the challenge of living distances […]
Irresistible
Reclaiming the New that Jesus Unleashed from the world. Zondervan, 2018 By writing this book, Andy Stanley has taken a big step into questionable Bibliology. He has written with a positive motive: wanting to win our current generation to Christ, a generation that has either left the faith or will not come to the faith […]
Disciplines of a Godly Man
I have always enjoyed R. Kent Hughes and his writings. This is a 2001 Crossway book thta had escaped my notice. As is typical of Hughes, he takes the reader through an examination of thoughts and motives to being godly. The chapters are simple, relationships, soul, character, ministry, and discipline. The book is full of […]
Age of Opportunity, a Biblical guide to ...
Paul David Tripp is not the same kind of writer as Tedd Tripp (Sheperding a Child’s Heart). Though both have doctorates from Westminster Theological Seminary, Paul David seems to be much more progressive in his style of parenting. There was much good advice having to do with conversations and building relationships. To Paul David Tripp, […]
My Grandfather’s Son
This is an autobiography of Justice Clarence Thomas. It takes his life from birth (1948) to confirmation as Associate Supreme Court Judge. Thomas grew up poor on the back side of the tracks in the little town of Pinpoint, GA, not far from Savannah. It was a time of racism and difficulty for black families […]
Parenting God’s Way
I read this new but short book (2017, just 41 pages) while researching material on grandparenting. I have watched Alistair Begg’s career from afar, being distantly knowledgable of Charlotte Baptist Chapel in Edinburgh where Begg once served as associate pastor. This book was probably a printed sermon Begg preached from Ephesians on the family. It […]