While ordering some books online I came across this small book first published in 1946 and reprinted in 1996 by Ambassador Books, Belfast. Since we visit the place in Edinburgh where Moody and Sankey preached and sang, I am curious to know the details of their ministry together. The author relays the story of how […]
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Lectures on First and Second Peter
We all use commentaries and they are not the usual material for book reviews. However, having just preached through the book of First Peter and having used this reprinted book (Klock & Klock) throughout, I felt compelled to give old John Lillie my thanks. A Scotchman from the University of Edinburgh, Lillie was pastor of […]
Transitioning: leading your church throu...
This book was written in 2000. Dan Southerland has been the pastor of Flamingo Road Church in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for over twenty years. He also has been a facilitator for Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven ministry of changing churches from traditional to contemporary. Warren writes the Forward and encourages all pastors to read the book […]
The Story of the Baptists in all Ages an...
Cook was the pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Wilmington, Delaware when he published this book in 1884. It has been reprinted by Revival Literature. I always enjoy these older histories that have no bones to pick or dues to pay by what they say or report. Cook’s obvious objective was to put the […]
Singing and Making Music
I heard Paul Jones lecture this fall and was pleasantly surprised at his detailed and conservative approach to church music. Jones is music minister at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia where he ministered under Dr. James M. Boice for a number of years before his death. Jones is admittedly Presbyterian in his style of church […]
Church on the Rise
As a pastor I am always looking for good and accurate information about those things which are present dangers to the church. Sometimes the truth is brought to light by contrasting it with error. Pastor DeBruyn (Th.M., Dallas) has added valuable light to the already growing stack of books on the contemporary church. The sub-title, […]
The Eyes of the World
I continue my goal of collecting and reading the original editions of Wright’s 19 books. His most famous, The Shepherd of the Hills, was his second book. His writings cover a period from 1903 to 1942. These are older personal interest novels written from a broad Christian point of view and set in rural America. […]
Charismatic Confusion
Dr. Pickering wrote this book in 1976. Regular Baptist Press printed a 1980 edition and recently in 2006. All non-Charismatic believers need to have a good grasp on why the miraculous gifts ceased with the passing of the Apostles and the completion of the New Testament. This is best done by a fundamental and dispensational […]
Day by Day with Jonathan Edwards
One reading habit I have tried to maintain is to read through a “daily” reading book each year. This is the second book in this series that I’ve read and have enjoyed them both (the first being the Early Church Fathers). Jonathan Edwards may be hard enough for someone to read, especially from his theology […]
Redefining Christianity
I had not read Bob DeWaay before this book. My friend Gary Gilley writes the Forward and can be counted on to give good recommendations. The book is a pointed critique of Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven movement. Unless you are already a Warren fan, you can’t help but agree with most of what DeWaay writes, […]