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August 2016

August 12, 2016

4 Lessons from the Inspiring Life of Olympian Eric Liddell

I just had the privilege of reviewing Duncan Hamilton's excellent new book on Olympic gold...

August 06, 2015

John Piper: “I Asked to Write This Foreword” to Designed for Joy

I remember the first time I sought a foreword from John Piper. Doug Sweeney of...

December 2013

December 05, 2013

Albert Mohler Reviews “Risky Gospel”

The president of Southern Seminary and Boyce College, Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., just reviewed...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

Can You Be a Sold-out Christian in the Suburbs?

I think the answer to my title question is a simple "yes." I just wrote...

February 2013

February 11, 2013

Two Good Books by Young Evangelical Dudes

One of the most encouraging things that we get to see as believers is the...

December 2012

December 27, 2012

My Top 3 Top 10 Lists of 2012

The whole top 10 thing is officially a "thing." Such lists can be funny, but...

September 2012

September 13, 2012

What Is the Good Life? On Trip Lee’s New Book

This looks like a really helpful book: The Good Life by Trip Lee (Moody, 2012). ...

June 2012

June 27, 2012

Justin Buzzard’s New “Date Your Wife”

I haven't read this one yet (I hope to soon), but I wanted to let...

April 2012

April 03, 2012

Things You Should Read: The New Themelios Journal

Just saw that the new Themelios is out. You will want to give this one...

March 2012

March 28, 2012

New Book on Jeremy Lin by Ted Kluck

Got an email informing me of this new eBook from one of evangelicalism's wittiest spiritual...

March 13, 2012

Literature Review: Reinke, DeWitt, Thoennes, Hiestand & Thomas, Wittmer

It's time for a good ole' fashioned literature roundup. Here are several books I've gotten...

November 2011

November 03, 2011

The Essential Edwards Collection: $17 on Kindle (!)

I recently heard from Moody Publishers that the Essential Edwards Collection is being sold on...

August 2011

August 24, 2011

Notable Books: Help! I Can’t Get Motivated

My friend Adam Embry, an assistant pastor at Auburndale Baptist Church in Louisville, has just...

August 10, 2011

One of the Most Helpful Books You’ll Find: Gregg Allison’s Historical Theology

Having recently begun reading and using Southern Seminary theology professor Gregg Allison's Historical Theology: An...

June 2011

June 17, 2011

Great Books: Josh Moody’s “No Other Gospel”

Without a doubt, one of the preachers I most look up to and learn from...

June 13, 2011

Greg Thornbury of BibleMesh on Todd Burpo’s “Heaven Is for Real”

I am very privileged to be part of a group of writers at Thesis, the...

May 2011

May 30, 2011

Church Membership Is Unimportant

That's one line you'll never hear from 9Marks, the ministry outfit helmed by Mark Dever....

May 27, 2011

Mike Wittmer Tackles Rob Bell, Gospel-Centered Death, Thorn on Self-Preaching

Mike Wittmer of Grand Rapids Theological Seminary has recently released Christ Alone: An Evangelical Response...

May 23, 2011

The Man Who Stole Hitler’s Pistol

John Woodbridge of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School has just published a book with Pulitzer-prize winning...

August 2010

August 06, 2010

Mike McKinley and the Wimps of Church Planting

You might have heard about Mike McKinley's recent book on church planting: Church Planting Is...

July 2010

July 15, 2010

The Power and Peril of Journalism: Pulitzer’s “World” and Luce’s “Time”

I recently had the chance to dig into a couple of good books: Pulitzer: A...

June 2010

June 02, 2010

BookNotes: Coppenger on GCR, DeYoung on Heidelberg, Anyabwile on Muslims

It's time for a new BookNotes list. This being the list where we list a...

April 2010

April 14, 2010

Brian Croft on the External Call to Ministry

A while back, I blogged about a book on visiting the sick by a faithful...

April 07, 2010

What Is the Gospel, and Why Care?

Greg Gilbert's brand-new What Is the Gospel? (Crossway--IXMarks, 2010) is dynamite. Pick this book up...

March 2010

March 11, 2010

Book Alert: Josh Harris on Theology; Carson, Moo, Naselli on the New Testament

Josh Harris has just released Dug Down Deep: Unearthing What I Believe and Why it...

February 2010

February 27, 2010

The Crusades, Church Architecture, and Liberty University’s Strangest Student

Hunter Baker has a post up at Evangel on Rodney Stark's new book on the...

February 09, 2010

Books on Tap: Morley, Wax, Carson, Cole, Beale, and The Essential Edwards Collection

I've received some books recently, and have a minute at present to quickly pass on...

November 2009

November 30, 2009

Book Reviews: Chabon on Men, Crawford on Work

Time for one of my favorite things to do: briefly review books. It's tough to...

September 2009

September 14, 2009

Words from the Fire: Mohler’s Latest Challenges Church and Culture

Al Mohler has word out about his latest book, Words from the Fire: Hearing the...

August 2009

August 17, 2009

Books to Buy: Dockery on SBC and Dutcher on Idolatry

Two books to highlight in this installment of Books to Buy. This is not a...