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My wonderful wife and I just finished reading Jerry Bridges book, The Discipline of Grace. Here is her review (and yes, we really are trying to finish the books we have begun):

The Discipline of Grace: God’s Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness by Jerry Bridges « The Capranica Villa

Earlier this year I finished a very good and helpful text on the subject of New Testament exegesis (I mentioned it on this blog late last year): Interpreting the New Testament Text, edited by Darrell L. Bock and Buist M. Fanning. In this post I want to provide a brief review of the [...]

On the revamping of the church by men such as George Barna
“The expectations of the postwar baby boomers have been shaped by such a therapeutic bounty and surfeit of on-demand entertainment that small, struggling, one-dimensional churches may well appear unattractive and uninviting however real and faithful their worship and service may be. In order [...]

I have recently been reading through Darrell L. Bock and Buist M. Fanning’s text Interpreting the New Testament Text. I am about half way through the book and have thoroughly enjoyed it.
While not formally called a festschrift, the book is written in honor of long time New Testament professor Harold Hoehner. I will [...]

In my quiet time, I begin by reading from a book that will stimulate my mind and heart about sanctification or practical life in the church. Recently I have begun reading God in the Wasteland by David F. Wells. I want to share a few excerpts from his book that I noted during [...]

Getting Things Done, the best selling book by David Allen has become a virtual productivity cult manual. I first read about it via Chris Meirose’s blog article on Wayne Grudem’s implementation of the GTD system. I then begin to follow links here and there and have found an entire GTD sub-culture full of [...]

Pastor Jerry Cook has a passion to see the church be more effective Monday through Saturday in the world in which she lives.  Such is the stated theme of his book, The Monday Morning Church.  Cook defines “the church on Monday” as “the body of Christ at work in the world” (3).  This work is [...]

Rick Muchow, the worship leader of the well-known Saddleback Church in Southern California, pastored by best selling author, Rick Warren, has written a short devotional book entitled The Worship Answer Book. The intention of The Worship Answer Book (WAB) is to “stimulate personal discovery and to help [the reader] consistently move into the presence [...]

Upon receiving a copy of Chosen But Free, I decided I should also read through James White’s response entitled, The Potter’s Freedom.  In my estimation, White has done the Christian community a great service in countering Geisler’s less than worthy critique of Calvinism.
The Potter’s Freedom (PF) is a direct response to Chosen But Free (CBF).  [...]

A few years ago, a loving couple [a retired pastor and his wife] who were members of the church I was pastoring at the time, became quite disturbed because of a particular sermon I had preached from 2 Thessalonians 2:13 on the subject of election.  With, what I believe was and is a heart of [...]

Douglas Wilson has caused me to think about education in a refreshing way. I have heard about so-called “Classical” schools in the recent past, but knew very little about the philosophical basis behind them and what makes them unique. My good friend, Kevin Banks gave me this book four years ago and I [...]

Discerning Reader: Discerning reviews of Christian books and of books that are of interest to Christians
Tim Challies, one of the most prolific and most respected bloggers in the Christian blogosphere has launched a new web-site devoted to providing reviews of books of interest to Christians. Here is a wealth of helpful information about Christian [...]