Books A Review of “Counseling” ed. by John MacArthur 6 May 20137 May 2013 Every discipline has its masters: Motzart and DaVinci; Jordan and Pele; Trump and Welch. When it comes to the discipline of Biblical Counseling two names that stand out for sure are…
Books More Than A Fad: A Review of “Why Small Groups?” ed. by C.J. Mahaney 29 Apr 201330 Apr 2013 Churches are trend hoppers. A great number of churches hop from one ministry craze to the next as if these things alone can bring about the Kingdom of God. We've seen…
Books Value in Detroit: A Review of “Detroit City, The Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis” by Mark Binelli 22 Apr 201324 Apr 2013 After living in rural Southern Ohio for the last five years the idea of moving to a major metro had great appeal. After all, the city has actual coffee shops,…
Books… Often Hated, Often Misunderstood: A Review of “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards 1 Apr 20132 Apr 2013 Talking about famous sermons is kind of like talking about tallest midgets. After all, how famous can a sermon really be? As sermons go Jonathan Edwards's "Sinners in the Hands of…
Books… The Pursuit of Happiness: A Review of “Jonathan Edwards on the Good Life” by Strachan and Sweeney 25 Mar 201326 Mar 2013 The pictures suggest that Jonathan Edwards was a dour and stiff person. They suggest that his idea of fun was making sure no one else was having any. But the…
Books… The Importance of Reading Widely and Diversely 14 Mar 201315 Mar 2013 It is very easy to become isolated and myopic. It can happen to any of us, and especially in regard to who we are willing to learn from. I have…
Books Back to the Bible: A Review of “Radical Together” by David Platt 11 Mar 201312 Mar 2013 David Platt is known for stirring the pot, but the truth is that the pot has needed stirred. In Radical Together David Platt wonders aloud if we are really building…
Books The Value of His Humanity: A Review of “The Man Christ Jesus” by Bruce Ware 25 Feb 201326 Feb 2013 Too many Evangelicals elevate the divinity of Jesus to the exclusion of His humanity. Jesus is the God-Man, but for much of modern Christianity that balance is not present. We…
Books… The Beauty of the Gospel: A Review of “Jonathan Edwards on Beauty” by Strachan and Sweeney 18 Feb 201319 Feb 2013 Books sometimes turn out to be not what you were expecting. That doesn't make them bad books, but it does make evaluations of them somewhat difficult. When I picked up…
Books When An Atheist Confronts His Worldview: A Review of “Mind and Cosmos” by Thomas Nagel 11 Feb 201312 Feb 2013 When a prominent atheist philosopher declares the most respected and popular foundation for atheism to be "certainly false" we ought to all pause and listen. Thomas Nagel has written was…
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