Hart is professor of church history and dean at Westminster Theological Seminary. He has written also in the area of Reformed worship (With Reverence and Awe, D.G. Hart & J.R. Muether) and American church history (see last month’s Book Shelf). Hart’s purpose in this book (2002) is to examine the influence evangelicalism has had on […]
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England in Picture, Song, and Story
I found this original edition of the 1936 D. Appleton-Century Company in an antique store! The 400 page book also has over 400 pictures and illustrations of England, mostly from the time of Reformation to the 20th century. Since I’m always looking for pictures and explanations of places we visit on our study trips, this […]
A Secular Faith
I had not read Hart before this book, and only then because I found him quoted a lot by D.A. Carson regarding culture. Hart, a Westminster Seminary, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins graduate writes very fairly about conservatives in a mixed religious and secular culture. I liked his view that the church should be kept the […]
Boards that Make a Difference & Reinvent
Being on a college board, these books have been recommended for my reading. Carver’s first book came out in 1997 and the second in 2006. Carver’s unique approach to board make-up is termed “policy governance.” That is, the board exists on behalf of a larger group of persons who “own” the organization (the constituency) and […]
Pastors and Deacons
This handy book by Dr. Hartog was just printed, though it is an updated third edition. The sub-title is “Biblical qualifications, Scriptural roles, and right relationships.” Most of the book is given to a verse by verse study of the qualifications for both Biblical offices. The emphasis is on the pastor as shepherd, taking oversight […]
Christ & Culture Revisited
It has been over fifty years since H. Richard Niebuhr published his Christ & Culture. Carson revisits Niebuhr’s original categories of Christians within culture and pronounces them lacking for today’s situation. Niebuhr outlined six ways that Christians have looked at culture: Christ against culture; the Christ of culture; Christ above culture; Christ and culture in […]
William Holmes McGuffey and His Readers
I have a special interest in William McGuffey because I (and my siblings) spent eight years in the McGuffey elementary school in Oxford, Ohio. The School is located on the campus of Miami University where my father was a professor from 1955 to 1985. McGuffey taught at Miami from 1826 to 1836 in the field […]
Shaken Not Stirred
Fisher is a pastor and mathematics instructor. He became concerned about the plague of alcohol that has ruined so many lives and families that he did extensive study on the subject, especially wine in the Bible. Fisher’s conclusion is that a believer should never use alcoholic beverages, socially or in moderation. I agree. He also […]
The Account Which We Must Give
This is a 1990 book from Regular Baptist Press. The sub-title is: “Studies on The Judgment Seat of Christ.” I think this kind of study is in great need today. The Bema Seat of Christ ought to be of greatest concern for a Christian yet we seldom think about the seriousness of it. The author […]
Secure in the Everlasting Arms
A refreshing book! So many ladies’ books dwell too much on our need to feel good about our position in Christ, but they let us off the hook when it comes to personal holiness in a sinful world. Not so here. Elisabeth Elliot is known most widely for her marriage to martyred missionary, Jim Elliot. […]