In 2016 David C. Cook reprinted Warren Wiersbe’s book on prayer from 2006. The title describes the content. Wiersbe takes the reader from the very basic concepts of prayer (talking, thanking, asking), gradually building to deeper understanding (approaching the throne of grace). However, this book isn’t a theological textbook on prayer, of which Wiersbe was […]
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Discipling Your Grandchildren
This is a 2020 book by Josh Mulvihill, the fourth one that I’ve read. It is a departure from the first three in that it is a book of “how-to-do-its” for grandparents. Mulvihill usually writes on biblical topics related to grandparenting. However, discipling our grandchildren is important and can be overwhelming for many. I will […]
The Glory of Grace: An Introduction to t...
This is a 2018 Banner of Truth Trust publication which reprints some of the writings of 15th century Puritans. Those men are Richard Sibbes, Thomas Goodwin, Samuel Rutherford, William Bridge, Jeremish Burroughs, Anne Bradstreet, John Owen, Richard Baxter, John Bunyan, John Flavel, and Thomas Boston. My favorite quote is on prayer from John Flavel, “Prayer […]
The 5 Love Languages
I’ve read Gary Chapman a few times before this book, although this is his most popular book by far. Chapman is a graduate of Moody, Wheaton, Wake Forest, and a PhD from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also an associate pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, NC. I’ve generally enjoyed his perspective on […]
God, Marriage, and Family
This is the second edition (2004, 2010) of Kostenberger’s book (with David W. Jones). This is one of those books which I have owned for quite a few years but used it for reference purposes as you might use a dictionary. Last week I took it with me on a trip and read it in […]
The Divine Life: Knowing and Walking wit...
Richard Baxter (1615-1691) was an English Puritan from Kidderminster, Worcestershire, a leader among the non-conformists. My first reading of Baxter was the well-known, The Saints’ Everlasting Rest, which I thought was the best thing I had read that year. This book is also very good but more difficult to wade through with his old English […]
Christ’s Prophetic Plans
This is a 2012 book edited (and contributed to) by John MacArthur and Richard Mayhue. It is a good book and a great help in supporting “futuristic premillennialism.” The first two chapters are also a defense of dispensationalism and there is a chapter defending a pretribulational rapture. In addition there is a chapter on why […]
Prewrath: a very short introduction
Alan Kurschner, writing in 2014, has restated the prewrath view which was made popular in 1990 by Marvin Rosenthal in his book, The Pre-Wrath Rapture of the Church, and also by Robert Van Kampen’s 1992 book, The Sign. Kurschner has become a popular representative of this unique view. Basically it is a redefinition of the “Day […]
Salvation
It was my privilege to write the Forward for this small but great book on salvation by Evangelist Ross Crowe. This is a rewrite of an earlier version which is now put into an attractive and usable format. Ross Crowe has been an evangelist most of his life and has also served as an outfitter […]
The Making of an Atheist
James Spiegel is professor of philosophy and religion at Taylor University. This is a 2010 book on atheism from a philosophic and scriptural point of view. Spiegel brings together all of the valid arguments for God including Alvin Plantinga’s (to whom he dedicated this book) argument of sensus divinitatus, or a “sense of the divine,” […]