The sub-title is, “What to do when the church I love tries to enter the twenty-first century.” Though you may think this book is defending the traditional church in the face of contemporary changes, it is not. It is rather defending the contemporary church by making a caricature of conservative churches. MacDonald creates a hypothetical […]
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The Contrarians Guide to Leadership
Church leaders are so quick to pick up on ideas from the business world but just on the cute phrases and gimmicks. They seem to have fallen in love with Collins’ ideas of putting people off the bus and offering to help them move to another that better suits their needs versus really being a […]
The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century
I am always happy to find a jewel in a used book store. This 1952 Beacon Press book was the best dollar spent yet this year! In its short 260 pages, Bainton gives excellent comparisons of Lutheran, Reformed, and Anabaptist histories as well as differences in their beliefs. The chapter on Anabaptism (“The Church Withdrawn: […]
Great Hymns of the Faith
In addition to one’s daily reading schedule, it is a good thing to read through the hymn book in a year. I am going on my fifth year of reading through this 1968 edition of Great Hymns. Since I rise early, I can sing a hymn in the morning (no one else need listen) before […]
Victorian London 1840-1870
This is one of those Borders books that I picked up as background for our Discovering Baptist History Tours. A quick look at the index showed that it included Spurgeon as the most noted London preacher of these years. Learning more about the city in which Spurgeon preached is always enjoyable and profitable for me.
The Home Beautiful
I have been reading this 1912 Zondervan book after I heard of it while reading another book about church history. This book was once the standard Bible study for the home and family. Miller writes like a Tozer or a Blamires but directs those insightful thoughts toward the members of the family. I think many […]
R.A. Torrey’s Daily Meditations
This has been my daily (nightly) reading for 2008. Torrey is always worth reading and the only negative I found is the brevity of the daily entries. If you are looking for an easy daily read you might find this 1929 Fleming H. Revell book reprinted in 1963 by Baker Book House.
With Reverence And Awe
My third book by Darryl Hart (and John Muether) is a welcome breath of fresh air regarding worship and at the same time an exercise in discernment. Hart and Muether are defending Reformed/Presbyterian worship and so include and defend many things in their church services which I would not (sacraments, liturgy, Sunday Sabbath, etc.). However, […]
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
This is the ninth book by Harold Bell Wright written in 1919. Though the story is set in the Ozark hills similar to his most famous book, Shepherd of the Hills, this one is not nearly as good. Wright is always good at descriptions of nature and human nature. Sometimes the story line is better […]
Epicenter
I enjoyed reading Rosenberg’s novels so I was willing to take a chance on a book about his life and how he came to his prophetic views. I was somewhat disappointed. In his novels, he majored on the battle of Gog and Magog (based on Ezekiel 38 &39) and God’s rescue of Israel during that […]