Books A Review of “Experiencing the Trinity” by Joe Thorn 12 Oct 2015 How should we struggle with our emotional sufferings? One particular way is to meditate on the character of the Triune God. That is what pastor Joe Thorn did when he…
Books A Review of “Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering” by Tim Keller 5 Oct 2015 “This book is an effort to…take life seriously” (3). So says Tim Keller in the introduction to this phenomenal work on suffering. Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering is…
Books… Books That Shaped My Faith: “Washed and Waiting” by Wesley Hill 30 Sep 20152 Oct 2015 It's hard for me to describe in detail how this book has shaped me. I just read it last year, and so its influence is somewhat hard to yet measure.…
Books A Review of “Christians Get Depressed Too” by David Murray 14 Sep 2015 The world is broken, and even Christians experience that brokenness. David Murray is convinced that this needs repeating, especially as it relates the realities and sorrows of depression. That is,…
Books Next Week 11 Sep 201511 Sep 2015 Don't miss these posts and more next week at Pastor Dave Online: 1. A Review of Christians Get Depressed Too by David Murray While I thought He mischaracterized the Biblical…
Books A Review of “The Pastor’s Justification” by Jared Wilson 7 Sep 20157 Sep 2015 "Pastor, your church wants a Savior. You're not him" (161). If such a sentiment seems obvious, Jared Wilson knows it's not always lived out in the life of the average…
Books A Review of “Understanding Gender Dysphoria” by Mark Yarhouse 31 Aug 2015 Gender dysphoria is unstable and unfamiliar ground for the church. As more and more people navigate their way through feelings of gender incongruence the church must seek to understand it…
Books A Review of “Schaeffer on the Christina Life” by William Edgar 24 Aug 2015 I have long had a dream of visiting L’Abri, the mission project of Francis and Edith Schaeffer in the Swiss Alps. It was a work, driven both by an earnest…
Books A Review of “Beauty” by Roger Scruton 17 Aug 2015 How should we think about beauty? Most of us do think about it, if not overtly no less frequently. Beauty is a common feature of our existence and a common…
Books A Review of “Defeating Depression” by Leslie Vernick 10 Aug 2015 Defeating depression involves two key steps: (1) understanding ourselves, and (2) understanding God. In her work Defeating Depression, counselor and licensed social worker Leslie Vernick attempts to help readers with…
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