Ken Ham has become one of the best defenders of a literal and recent creation as described in Genesis. His Answers in Genesis organization and his Creation Museum are doing the church a great service in our day of atheism and evolution. In this volume, Britt Beemer provides the survey material. I have a mixed […]
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The Local Church: A Unique Entity
I remember hearing an older preacher say that he grew up in church and was bored most of the time. Frankly, I cannot relate to that because it wasn’t my experience at all. I certainly did not know much of what went on in the whole church nor did I understand the complexities of church […]
Stand for the Truth
This Sword & Trowel booklet is a 2009 reprint from a 1996 edition. Masters calls for a Biblical separation from apostasy and from worldliness. He uses the term “evangelical” to refer to those who are truly saved; have had an evangelical conversion experience. He takes sharp issue with those who have called Roman Catholics ‘brethren,” […]
How Relevant is Relevancy?
For a generation now the church has been concerned about whether or not the world is listening to our message. Books and articles continue to bemoan our plight of a decreasing effectiveness in evangelism and church attendance. This has caused many to make drastic changes to the methodology and polity of the church. But even […]
Isaac Watts: His Life and Hymns
I’m interested in Watts (1674-1748) first for his great contribution to our hymn book. Second because he was an influential pastor, educator, poet, and hymn writer in England just before the time of the Wesleys, John Newton, and William Cowper. Watts was instrumental in getting hymn singing back into the church services among the nonconformist […]
Who Stole My Church?
The sub-title is, “What to do when the church I love tries to enter the twenty-first century.” Though you may think this book is defending the traditional church in the face of contemporary changes, it is not. It is rather defending the contemporary church by making a caricature of conservative churches. MacDonald creates a hypothetical […]
Let the Church be the Church (Part 2)
Having shown that our conservative, traditional churches are not guilty of legalism, it is also necessary to show that our familiar form of local church polity is still closer to the New Testament pattern. Paul’s letter to the church at Galatia was written mostly to combat (true) legalism, but it was also written to expose […]
The Contrarians Guide to Leadership
Church leaders are so quick to pick up on ideas from the business world but just on the cute phrases and gimmicks. They seem to have fallen in love with Collins’ ideas of putting people off the bus and offering to help them move to another that better suits their needs versus really being a […]
Let the Church be the Church (Part 1)
There is a common canard today that our conservative churches are full of legalists. We have been called grace killers, fighting fundamentalists, Pharisees, and a host of other colorful descriptions. The charge of legalism, of course, is not only false but is a misleading and sometimes dishonest accusation. The truth is that there is no […]
With Reverence And Awe
My third book by Darryl Hart (and John Muether) is a welcome breath of fresh air regarding worship and at the same time an exercise in discernment. Hart and Muether are defending Reformed/Presbyterian worship and so include and defend many things in their church services which I would not (sacraments, liturgy, Sunday Sabbath, etc.). However, […]