Category Archives: Books on Faith and Ministry

Review of Tim Clinton and Pat Springle’s Break Through: When to Give In, How to Push Back

To find the right balance of responsibility, some of us need to say less, some need to say more; some need to sit down, some need to stand up; some need to say no, some need to say yes. page … Continue reading

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A Review of Todd D Hunter’s Our Favorite Sins

“The first decision you need to make as you put down this book is this: What do I really love? The second goes with it: What will I kick to the  curb?” And Todd D Hunter, Founding Pastor and Bishop of … Continue reading

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Review of Eric Metaxas’ Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

“Bonhoeffer’s three conclusions-that the church must question the state, help the state’s victims, and work against the state, if necessary- were too much for almost everyone. But for him they were inescapable. In time, he would do all three.” Eric … Continue reading

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Review of Lauren F Winner’s book Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis

`These middle verbs, it seems to me, are religious; they are the very actions that constitute a religious life; to forgive, to imagine, to grow, to yearn to lament, to meet, to kneel. To have one’s body doused in the … Continue reading

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Review of Leonard Sweet’s I Am A Follower

“Jesus wasn’t looking for leaders at all. Jesus was looking for followers.” I am glad that these words have been written and that Leonard Sweet had the conviction to write them in his new book, I am A Follower: The … Continue reading

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Review of Matt Mikalatos’ Night of the Living Dead Christian

When the opportunity to review this book as part of a dedicated blog tour came from Tyndale House Publishers, I was somewhat at first skeptical about reading and reviewing it. I have never been a fan of werewolves and vampires … Continue reading

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Review of Jared Moore’s: The Harry Potter Bible Study: Enjoying God Through the Final Four Harry Potter Movies

At first, to hear the words “Harry Potter” and “Bible Study” in the same breath might be hard to grasp to many within and without the Christian faith. However, Baptist Pastor Jared Moore in his new book, The Harry Potter … Continue reading

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A Review of John Dickson’s Humilitas: A Lost Key to Life, Love, and Leadership

“…there is something about advocating humility that makes people, especially the author,  feel a little uncomfortable… Humility stands alone among the virtues in that as soon as you think you have it, you probably don’t. And, yet, the reverse does … Continue reading

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Tuesday Book Review of Larry Stone’s The Story of the Bible

“Is the story of the Bible an account of its many translations? Is the story of the Bible part of the history of the Jewish people for more than three thousand years and the Christian church for two thousand years? … Continue reading

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Review of Kurt Bruner and Jim Ware’s The Purpose of Passion (Tuesday Book “Report”)

“Whether we find true love or ache from its absence, whether we treat sex as a gift or a game, our love life drives us toward or away from God,” writes Kurt Bruner and Jim Ware in their introduction to … Continue reading

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