Reviews

Entrusted with the Gospel: Paul’s Theology in the Pastoral Epistles

by Mike Boling | November 11, 2014 | Apologetics, Book Reviews, Christian Living, Church, Featured, Reviews, Theology | 0 Comments

The discipline known as Pauline studies has certainly had its share of ups and downs over the years. Furthermore, much ink has been spilled on the subject of Paul and the New Testament epistles he wrote. Thus to a certain degree, there can be a sense of confusion as...

Book Review – Preparing Your Teens For College: Faith, Friends, Finances, and Much More

by Dave Jenkins | August 11, 2014 | Christian Living, Reviews | 0 Comments

In my early teens into my twenties I was both a good student and a bad student. In middle school I was almost a straight A student. Then came high school. In high school I hardly showed up to class and when I did I would read a book instead of listening to the...

Book Review – The Unfinished Church

by Zach Kendrick | July 22, 2014 | Church, Reviews | 0 Comments

Have you ever heard someone say, “I love Jesus, but I hate His church?” Let’s be honest, the church has done some hurtful things to the world in the name of Jesus. Perhaps you’ve been hurt, either in word or deed or by someone at church, or you have painful memories...

Product Review – Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament in Logos Bible Software Part 2

After presenting the goals that the editor and authors aimed to accomplish with this series,...

Book Review – Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament in Logos Bible Software Part 1

“The chief concern of the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (to be known as BECNT)...

Book Review – Taking God At His Word: Why the Bible Is Knowable, Necessary, and Enough, and What That Means for You and Me

Few issues are as important as the doctrine of Scripture. From the issue of biblical illiteracy,...

Taking God at His Word: Why the Bible is Knowable, Necessary, and Enough, and What that Means for You and Me

Kevin DeYoung’s Taking God at His Word is one of the most practical books about the Bible that I’ve ever read. Immensely specific in its applications, the book gives the believer added confidence in trusting, depending on, desiring, knowing, and studying God’s Word....

Book Review – Problems Of Christian Leadership

One of the central issues of our day is leadership. The decline of morality outside the church and the many scandals inside the Church among Christian leaders have caused many to question the importance and validity of the church. The real issue and one that is rarely...

Book Review – The New Calvinism Considered

I am a Calvinist, and have been for the greater part of my Christian life. In all honestly, I feel like I am a somewhat unique breed of a Calvinist (at least in the Southeastern United States) since I don't mind being labeled as one even though I don't agree with John...

Review of “Five Points” by John Piper

John Piper, Five Points: Towards a Deeper Experience of God’s Grace (Ross-Shire, UK: Christian Focus Publications, 2013). Ppb, 94 pgs. $8.99. Mark Dever, pastor of Capital Hill Baptist Church, recently articulated 12 sources God has used to reinvigorate Reformed...

Book Review – The Golden Years: Healthy Aging and The Older Adult

There is a sobering reality of one's mortality that kicks in when you read a book on healthcare, and especially when said book is focused on healthcare for people who are age 65 and up. The truth is that I am already in my 30's, so 65 no longer appears very old to me....

Book Review – The Morality of God in the Old Testament (Christian Answers to Hard Questions)

Beale's purpose in writing this book is to succinctly discuss "the problem of how God can be considered to be morally good, while at the same time he does things and commands people in the Old Testament to do things that do not appear to be good." Beale's question is...