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Book Review: Ready to Return
As a young adult who is a pastor, my heart is grieved over the state of the church with young people. There is no question young adults, even those who have grown up in the church, do not want to have...
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Book Review: From the Pen of Pastor Paul
As a pastor, ministry certainly has its challenges. The weight of responsibility and the reality of a fallen world can take a toll. If a pastor does not keep his eyes focused on Christ, apathy can set...
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Book Review: Idols of the Heart, 2nd Edition
As a Christian, do you find yourself desiring to obey God and to follow His Word only to fall into sin time and time again? Do you long to live a godly life and love the Lord, yet struggle in the fight...
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Book Review: Black and Reformed
One of the gravest questions of biblical Christianity, and particularly Reformed theology, is “Where is God when bad things happen?” In other words, if God is sovereign over all, then how is it that...
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Book Review: The Garden, the Curtain and the Cross
Too often when children are taught Bible stories, two problems arise. The first issue is children are taught the Bible apart from the greater context, namely the narrative of redemption in both the Old...
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Book Review: Biblical Counseling and the Church
When you hear the word “biblical counseling”, what comes to your mind? Too often the concept of biblical counseling is limited to professionals. In reality, the truth is we all give counsel. The...
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Book Review: Counseling One Another
Sometimes life and things can get too complicated. Sometimes the most fruitful move you can make is to go back to the basics and remember the foundation all is built on. Paul Tautges does just that in...
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Book Review: Why Bother with Church?
Recently I had a friend who made the comment, “Some people wake up and go to church to be closer to God on Sunday mornings. I wake up and go on a walk to appreciate the beauty of God’s creation.” While...
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Book Review: Portraits of Faith
“Let me paint you a picture.” Sometimes the most beneficial thing you can do when you are explaining a concept or term is to illustrate, or paint a picture, of that concept or truth. Joel R. Beeke does...
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Book Review: Zeal without Burnout
In my short time as a pastor, which stands currently at one year and a half, there is a temptation I have noticed in ministry. There are so many tasks to accomplish and there are people needing...
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Book Review: Living in the Light
The news headlines tell us to join in the sexual revolution, the rising national debt focuses on the issue of money, and the current presidential election screams power. Yet, these things are not...
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Book Review: Reading for the Common Good
I must confess: I am a bibliophile. I love buying and reading books. Yet, it was not until recently I broadened my perspective. In the past, my main view of reading was through the narrow lens as an...
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Book Review: Good and Angry
I would consider myself even-tempered. If confronted with the question, “Do you have an anger problem?”, I would likely say I do not. That was until I read David Powlison’s latest book Good and Angry:...
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Book Review: Marry Wisely, Marry Well
As an unmarried young adult who one day hopes to be married, I have found it difficult to find biblical resources which equip singles to take steps to prepare for marriage even before they enter into a...
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Book Review: A Bird, A Girl, and A Rescue
A book described as a novel “unconventional magical-realism-for-young-adult” (Myhre 132) is not a work I would typically think I could really get into. Most of the books I read are non-fiction and I...
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Book Review: The Dynamic Heart in Daily Life
I am not a huge fan of books turned into movies. However, there are exceptions. When a movie is able to bring a character to life from a book I am more inclined to watch. Characters have to be more...
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Book Review: Cold-Case Christianity for Kids
As a young adult, I can be discouraged. My heart has been grieved to see people my age walk away from the faith after growing up in the church. They held to what their parents did and never examined...
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Book Review: Christ All Sufficient
In order to build, one needs to use tools in their toolbox. The quality of those tools will contribute to the quality of the building project. For students of the Bible, their goal is to build their...
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Book Review: Alive in the Spirit
It is clear there is a problem in the church today. Some remark the source is the consumer mindset of the culture. Others state the blame is on the church for allowing the culture to come in. Certainly...
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Book Review: Martin Luther-Christian Biographies for Young Readers
One area which I think tends to get neglected in Christian circles is church history. I don’t know whether it is because some do not like history in general or if they do not see the history of the...
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