This is a 2018 book by Mark Ward, a PhD from Bob Jones University in New Testament Interpretation. Ward is a writer and trainer for Logos Bible Software. The point of Ward’s book is that the KJV is a good English translation but is only one of many, and that we as English readers would […]
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The Autobiography of George Muller
George Müller (1805-1898) was a British preacher and director of Ashley Down orphanage in Bristol, England. He is known for his prayer life and utter dependence on God alone for the financial support of his ministry. In all, Müller supported over 1000 children in his orphanage and established over a hundred schools for educating children. […]
The Pursuit of Holiness
Jerry Bridges had been with the Navigators and involved in campus ministries a number of years. This book was first written in 1978 and my copy is an 1996 edition. I had read this some years ago but had not written a review. Since I am in a current study on walking with God, I […]
Quiet Talks on Power
Samuel Dickey Gordon (1859-1936) was a Christian layman who worked extensively with the YMCA and became a well-known speaker and writer. He is best known for his “Quiet Talks” books. This is the first I’ve read and it is an enjoyable read. It is very much like having an evening talk with him over the […]
Song in the Night
I have grown to love the writings of Warren Wiersbe. Wiersbe pastored Calvary Baptist Church in Covington, KY, and then Moody Memorial Church in Chicago from 1971 to 1978. He is well known as a speaker and writer. I find it interesting that Wiersbe speaks in a way similar to Moody himself and previous pastors […]
Awakening the Quieter Virtues
Gregory Spencer, professor of communications at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA, is a writer I wasn’t familiar with but the title of his book intrigued me. When I glanced at the contents, I knew I wanted to read the book; discernment, innocence, authenticity, modesty, reverence, contentment, and generosity. I thought that Spencer was fairly […]
The Power of Suffering
John MacArthur always seems to write challenging books. Though I’m more of a Baptist than he, I appreciate MacArthur’s conservative stance on worldliness and related issues, charismatic issues, moral issues, and his love of Scripture. This book, written in 1995, is basically a study of several passages of Scripture having to do with suffering in […]
A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
William Law (1686-1761) was an English churchman and juror who followed the era of Richard Baxter and lived in the days and knew personally the Wesleys, William Wilberforce and Samuel Johnson. Law was a supporter of the Stuarts, especially James II, believing in their divine right to the throne. When their reign ended during the […]
Transformed by His Glory
This is a study by Charles Ryrie of how the believer understands and lives in the light of God’s glory. In the process Ryrie takes the reader through a number of biblical texts and, in his own unique style, draws his points and material from the text. He begins with major texts of the Old […]
Cultivation of Christian Character
J. Oswald Sanders (1902-1992) was born and died in New Zealand. He became the director of the China Inland Mission and in his lifetime wrote over forty books. To pastoral students his best known work is Spiritual Leadership. This book falls into the same category but the emphasis is on personal spirituality. I have always […]