Josh Mulvihill wrote his PhD on this subject for Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and then published this book in 2018 (Bethany House). It is a much needed book on an important topic. He writes in the first chapter, “There are millions of Christian Grandparents in America today with few resources to equip them to accomplish […]
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10 Commitments for Dads
I have read Josh McDowell all my life, especially his books on apologetics. This was a different kind of book from him, however, but a good addition to his list. He describes his own “disfunctional” childhood and how he learned all he knows about parenting from being a parent and a student of God’s Word. […]
Shepherding a Child’s Heart
Tedd Tripp wrote this book in 1995 and I have read the 2005 edition. It is also available in a 2012 edition and also on Kindle. Tripp and his wife have also authored, “Instructing a Child’s Heart”. Though Tripp sometimes uses worn out criticisms of “rule keeping” as legalism and likes to use Christian School […]
Successful Christian Parenting
John MacArthur wrote this book in 1998 but it remains one of the most thoroughly biblical catalogs of Scriptures and topics on the Christian family. It is subtitled, “Raising your child with care, compassion, and common sense.” His proposition might be summarized in this short paragraph: “In other words, children do no go bad because […]
Raising Godly Children in an Ungodly Wor...
I purchased this book while visiting the Ark Encounter. It is written by Ken Ham and his brother Steve. It is very much a tribute to their father and his discipleship of them as they grew up in Australia. In fact, Ken Ham writes in the Introduction, “It is part journal, part tribute, part devotional, […]
Revival in Rose Street
The subtitle to this book is, “Charlotte Baptist Chapel, Edinburgh, 1808-2008. Ian Balfour is a long-time member of this church and a fine historian. We met Ian Balfour a few years ago on one of our Baptist History tours when he spoke to us at a lunch. This year we found that the Chapel had […]
John Knox and the Reformation
Many books have been written about the reformer John Knox. This book is unique in that it is authored by Martyn Lloyd-Jones and Iain Murray. Lloyd-Jones writes the first two sections which are actually addresses he made to the Free Church of Scotland in 1960 on the 400th anniversary of the Reformation in Scotland. The […]
Heart, Soul, Might
In 2012 the Central Seminary faculty with Kevin Bauder wrote and published this book. The subtitle is “Meditations on knowing and loving God.” I found it to be inspiring and informative. It is not specifically a theology book on God, nor an answer to critics. Rather, it is a series of short essays on topics […]
Right Thinking in a World Gone Wrong
This 2009 book is done by MacArthur and other staff at Grace Community Church. I found it to be very helpful in a number of different areas that affect the local church. It is divided into four sections: Entertainment and Leisure; Morality and Ethics; Politics and Activism; and Tragedy and Suffering. I thought it was […]
Why We’re Not Emergent
This is a 2008 book on the emergent church by DeYoung and Ted Kluck. DeYoung is the primary writer and Kluck adds chapters from his personal experience. Even if you just read DeYoung’s chapters this is a book worth having. Among explaining various faults with the emerging church (anti-foundationalism, anti-modernism, anti-traditionalism) he says, “The biggest irony […]