Books A Review of “Transforming Discipleship” by Greg Ogden 29 Sep 2014 It’s perhaps shocking, perhaps not, that so many discipleship gurus pay so little attention to the methodology of Jesus. Jesus was, after all, the first disciple-maker, and yet few seem…
Books A Review of “Discipleshift” by Jim Putman and Bobby Harrington 22 Sep 2014 Sometimes I wonder how the early church ever made disciples without all the amazing resources we have at our disposal today. It seems that every week I am being made…
Books A Review of “L’ Abri” by Edith Schaeffer 15 Sep 2014 In 1968 Francis Schaeffer wrote his famous book The God Who Is There, the reality that the title claimed, however, had long been familiar to him. In 1948 he moved his…
Books A Review of “Loss of Sadness” by Allan Horwitz and Jerome Wakefield 1 Sep 2014 Horwitz and Wakefiled are not fringe extremists criticizing modern psychology as outsiders. Nor are they Biblical counselors following the trend of critiquing the field because of its contrast with the…
Books A Review of “New Monasticism” by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove 18 Aug 2014 “It’s hard to be a Christian in America,” says Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. So much American culture infiltrates our faith, shaping and altering it often to look more like the baptized American…
Books A Review of “Made for More” by Hannah Anderson 11 Aug 2014 “Who are you really?” It’s the existential question we all wrestle with at some level. Hannah Anderson understands that wrestling, but she is also frustrated with the answers to which…
Books A Review of “Transformational Groups” by Ed Stetzer and Eric Geiger 5 Aug 2014 Most people think small groups are a good idea; very few people seemed to be engaging in them well. That’s the general conclusion that Ed Stetzer and Eric Geiger have…
Books A Review of “On the Grace of God” by Justin Holcomb 28 Jul 2014 The doctrine of grace is what makes Christian theology so distinct among the world religions. Some religions believe in wrath, some in love, some in justice, but Christianity affirms all…
Books A Review of “Gospel Centered Discipleship” by Jonathan Dodson 21 Jul 2014 What does it mean to be “gospel-centered”? “Gospel” has become a bit of a buzzword. Want to sell a book? Call it “Gospel-centered.” Want to trend a podcast? Call it…
Books A Review of “Friendship” by Hugh Black 14 Jul 2014 Some subjects are difficult to write about and analyze. Friendship strikes me as one such subject. Not because of its complexity and difficulty, but rather because the subject doesn’t lend…
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