This is an update of a book that has been around since 1987. Schnoebelen is a former witch, Catholic priest, Mason, and Mormon. His premise is that there is little difference among them. He reviews the temple dress, rituals, practices, and beliefs. This is an eye-opening book about what goes on in the Mormon temple. […]
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The Gospel & Personal Evangelism
I have mostly enjoyed Dever’s writings. I often fall short of agreeing with things regarding worship styles and polity, but I like his forthrightness. I want to find good books on evangelism for church and class. This book falls into the same percentage of like and dislike on my part. I liked that it is […]
Family Driven Faith
This is another book which promotes the Family Integrated Church Movement (FICM). Baucham is a national speaker for this movement. There are many good things in this book and it would not be alarming if it only spoke of being better parents and families, and churches paying more attention to the family. But it goes […]
A Weed In The Church
This book is a definition and defense of the Family Integrated Church Movement (FICM) and specifically an impassioned cry to eliminate all programs from the church which divide families for teaching times, including nursery, Junior Church, Sunday School, and especially youth classes. Brown says, “The proposition of this book is that the philosophy and practice […]
Nine Marks of a Healthy Church
The “9 Marks” series by Mark Dever and his associates has been in print since 1997. This original book was reprinted in 2000 and again in 2004. I had not read Dever himself until now though I’ve read other 9-Marks books. Dever has become a prominent conservative evangelical, a well-known SBC pastor, and a Reformed […]
The Intolerance of Tolerance
The topic of tolerance is a significant issue in today’s world. Carson here provides a very helpful introduction into the discussion, a helpful critique of the “new tolerance,” and a Christian way forward. The basic idea is that what used to be tolerance was simply acknowledging someone else’s right to different beliefs or practices. The […]
Spurgeon’s Autobiography, Vol III
I have been working my way through this large set. It was originally done in London by Passmore and Alabaster in 1899. It was compiled posthumously by Spurgeon’s wife and his private secretary, although Spurgeon personally wrote most of it during his lifetime. Today you can buy it through Pilgrim Publications in Pasadena, TX. It […]
How Effective Sermons Begin
I thoroughly enjoyed reading a book on homiletics again. I’m reminded how relevant these books are to us, regardless of how long we’ve been preaching. Ben and Lisa Awbrey live in Kansas City, where he now teaches, and we enjoy their fellowship often. While pastoring in California Ben taught homiletics at the Master’s Seminary and […]
The Spectrum of Evangelicalism
This new and interesting volume in the Counterpoints series includes a section on Fundamentalism by Kevin Bauder, past president and current research professor at Central Seminary in Minneapolis. It is not often that a real fundamentalist is asked to participate in this kind of format. Kevin, my personal friend and past classmate, does not disappoint […]
One Heart and One Soul
The subtitle of this book is “John Sutcliff of Olney, his friends and his times.” Our stop in the beautiful little English town of Olney includes the history of John Newton and William Cowper, but our Baptist interests are in the church that is now called “Sutcliff Baptist Church.” It was in this church that […]