Every year I have one or two “day by day” books to read. This one is unique because it is difficult for most of us to read the church fathers extensively. The editors footnote every entry so that you may go to the original source if you choose. There are readings from 39 church fathers […]
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Knowing God’s Will and Doing It
This is a 1976 Zondervan book which is a refreshing throw-back to seeking God’s will through the Scripture primarily, Christian holiness secondly (including conscience, common sense, compulsion and contentment), and outside circumstances thirdly (including counsel, circumstances, and divine appointments). It is interesting what the last 25 years have done to our thinking about God’s will. […]
Escape From Church, Inc.
Wagner, pastor of Calvary Church in Charlotte, NC and former Promise Keepers employee, is speaking out against the CEO style pastor and for the Shepherd style pastor. I enjoyed his statements against using current business and leadership techniques to build churches, including daring to question evangelical gurus such as George Barna (whom I have often […]
The Call
Guinness is arguing for a return to what he sees as the original Protestant and Puritan idea of calling: “the truth that God calls us to himself so decisively that everything we are, everything we do, and everything we have is invested with a special devotion, dynamism, and direction lived out as a response to […]
Christian Theology
We mostly read dead theologians. Millard Erickson is a contemporary theologian that many are using today because he gives current material on some old doctrines. Long time theology professor at Bethel Seminary in St. Paul (at the completion of his theology) he now is at Baylor University’s Truett Seminary. This large volume of over 1200 […]
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (abridged)
Every Christian ought to have this classic in his/her library. This abridged version (95 pages) is only a synopsis of the original work (371 pages) and should be used only as a “brush up” to remind you of these events. These are the accounts of the early church persecutions, the Inquisition, and the days of […]
In Times Like These
This is a 1969 Fleming H. Revell book. Havner’s books often date back to the 1930s (Revell was his steady publisher). Writing at the end of his life and seeing the postmodern turn in American Christianity beginning, Havner writes with passion and concern. He says, “There is a trend today that would put a new […]
Biblical Ethics
This Kregel ‘98 edition is actually a compilation of three books: Biblical Ethics; The Moral Foundations of Life; and The Philosophy of Sin. I enjoyed them all though some thoughts are repeated in each book. I think that many people enjoy reading this author’s devotional writings but would probably not enjoy hearing the rest of […]
Desiring God
I am a little late in getting this popular book read. The sub-title of the book—Meditations of a Christian Hedonist—had tuned me out until I realized most people were enjoying it. I started out not liking what I believed would be the normal use of the word “hedonist” but I soon realized that Piper is […]
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
This autobiographical sketch of Bunyan’s conversion and call to the ministry reads as if he were a character in his own Pilgrim’s Progress. His intense struggle to come to salvation is mostly foreign to us in a day of easy believism. But no convert to Christ could not identify with the relief and joy that […]