The sub-title is, “Understanding a Movement and Its Implications.” It was refreshing to read a scholar like Carson hold the “Emerging Church” writers’ feet to the fire. Carson takes the popular writers such as Brian McLaren, Robert Webber and Mike Yaconelli to task for their “nasty stereotypical” writing and for “condescendingly dismissing” older writers who […]
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Water of Life
This small book is forwarded by Charles Spurgeon and reprinted in America by Gospel Publishers in MT. I found this copy in a used book store. Listen to Bunyan on the abuses of grace: “Alas! What can be expected of him that has nothing in him to teach him to manage that knowledge of grace […]
The New Worship
This has been the next “contemporary church” book on my list to read. Liesch is a popular writer who promotes the converging of various worship styles to meet the desires of a new generation. His main thesis is that worship must include an equal amount of music (and alternative worship techniques i.e. drama, video, etc.) […]
Addresses on Prophecy
I have read these small hard-bound books by Scofield as I have found them. They were printed by The Gospel Hour, INC. directed by Oliver B. Greene but without a publishing date (which was circa 1900+). Scofield was an early Dispensationalist who probably did as much for Bible study as any man in the 20th […]
God’s Provision for Normal Christian Liv
This is a 1990 edition of Ketcham’s book which Regular Baptist Press is still offering. Ketcham was one of the fathers of the GARBC movement and an outspoken fundamentalist. This book emphasized three truths especially: The Lord Jesus Christ in the believer’s life; the Bible as God’s inspired Word equal to the very words of […]
Planning Blended Worship
Webber (at the time of writing, 1998) is President of the Institute for Worship Studies and Professor of Theology at Wheaton College. It is becoming less and less surprising that outspoken praise for ecumenicity and criticism of traditional Fundamentalism as well as Evangelicalism (even of Reformation theology) should come from Wheaton. Webber’s thesis is that […]
The Battle for Christian Music
This 1992 book has been the topic of discussion among conservatives and progressives alike for the last decade. After having read a number of good books on the music controversy (many of which I have reviewed and recommended), I found a new reading of Fisher’s book to be very rewarding. Fisher answers many questions that […]
How Can I Be Sure I Am A Christian?
I was presently surprised by my first reading of Donald Whitney. As a pastor, I’m always searching for material to give to people to help them in their needs. Assurance of salvation is a common area of concern for many believers. Whitney gives a thoughtful and practical guide for those who are doubting. He also […]
Billy Sunday, the Man and His Message
This is called “the authorized edition” of Sunday’s biography, copyrighted in 1914 by L.T. Myers. It is interesting in that Sunday was still preaching when this was written and Ellis knew him personally and heard him often. The text contains many pages of actual sermons by Sunday, including an eye-witness account of the invitations. The […]
Form and Freedom
This is a fresh study of the local church, meticulously proving from Scripture and history the congregational form of church government and the Biblical function of pastor and deacons. Brown is a veteran church planter in Germany and a Ph.D. student at Central Baptist Seminary in Minneapolis. The forward is written by Douglas McLachlan, former […]