The most rewarding reading for me from 2003 has been the four volumes called The Fundamentals. Though I had heard of them throughout my ministry and have heard many speakers and writers refer to them, the actual reading of them was a different experience than what I expected. Most notable (as I mentioned after reading […]
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My Utmost for His Highest
Each year I read through one of those “daily” reading books. It only takes a few minutes and my way of doing it is to keep it beside my bed so I can’t forget it each night. This last year I decided to read Chambers’ well-known book. It was compiled by his wife after his […]
The Man Who Was Thursday
I found this little book in a used bookstore and decided that it was time to read another novel. Though I have read G.K.C. as a philosopher and cultural watcher (from a century parallel to ours), I had never read his point of view put in novel form. The story is set in old England […]
The World of the Talmud
I read this book in preparation for a class on the four hundred silent years between the Old and New Testaments. Adler, speaking from a Rabbi’s viewpoint, explains how the Orthodox Jews see the “scripture” as opposed to the “oral traditions” which were eventually put in written form. It is interesting to learn how the […]
Predestination and Free Wil
This is another of the “Four Views” books that allows four authors to present their view of the subject and then three other authors to respond. John Feinberg and Norman Geisler present two views upholding God’s sovereignty over Man’s free choices. Bruce Reichenback and Clark Pinnock present two views denying God’s knowledge over those events. […]
Set Apart: calling a worldly church to a...
Hughes is the author of the very popular book, Liberating the Ministry from the Success Syndrome. In this book he shows his affinity to John Piper’s proposal of Desiring God as a passionate pursuit. He gives valuable help to the pastor in delineating the importance of moral absolutes and standards in one’s life and church. […]
Shepherding the Small Church
(reviewed by Don Shrader) The book begins with an amusing allegory about two combines, contrasting the megachurch with the small “hub and spoke” church. I am sure the megachurches will take great umbrage at the analogies. While the book has a lot of good things to contemplate with respect to ministry and the church, Daman […]
The Fundamentals, Vol 3
I have not enjoyed a set of older books in a long time as much as I have enjoyed reading this set of The Fundamentals. The first half of volume three includes articles on the nature of sin and salvation from such men as Sir Robert Anderson, C.I. Scofield, C.G. Moule and others. The second […]
The Four Hundred Silent Years
I bought this 1914 volume (Loizeaux Brothers) in a used bookstore some time ago and had put it aside. Since I was asked to teach a module on The Silent Years, I pulled out this old book and read it. What a blessing! Ironside pulls together a cohesive progression of events and people that takes […]
Why Revival Tarries
This is the second book I have read by Ravenhill, who, as I have noted before, writes a lot like Tozer (who forwarded this book). It is a very direct message to the church of the twentieth century and constantly calls believers to repentance. Though he may be what some would call a “Pietist”, I […]