Are you planning to read through the Bible in 2012? If not, I encourage you to prayerfully consider doing so. What a thrill to take in all of God’s written revelation to us over the course of a year. In addition, I would highly recommend to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I highly recommend Operation World for your 2012 reading list! OW is a collection on historical, political, missional, and spiritual data on every country in our world. Placing the nations in alphabetical order, the book is arranged according to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Hope of Glory: 100 Meditations on Colossians. By Sam Storms. Wheaton: Crossway, 2007. When I began preaching through the book of Colossians at our church, one of elders suggested that I may want to read Hope of Glory as I prepare my sermons. I...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Recently our church set aside one Sunday as a “Membership Celebration Day.” This was not a last minute idea but rather the culmination of several major moves that God has used to direct us. First, before I came to serve CEFC as...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Apparent Privilege. By Steve Wright with Chris Graves. Wake Forest: Inquest, 2008. Apparent Privilege is Wright’s follow-up work to ReThink. In ReThink Wright lays a biblical foundation for a partnership between families and the church in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Rethink: Decide for Yourself is Student Ministry Working? By Steve Wright with Chris Graves. Wake Forest: Inquest, 2008. The problem: Statistics and testimonies across the board all agree, too many students leave the church for good when they...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
John MacArthur: Servant of the Word and Flock. By Iain Murray. Carlisle: Banner of Truth, 2011. I thoroughly enjoyed this biography. As a Teaching Pastor, it was extremely encouraging to me because it reinforced a conviction that I hold to with a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Church and the Surprising Offense of God’s Love: Reintroducing the Doctrines of Church Membership and Discipline. By Jonathan Leeman. Wheaton: Crossway, 2010. Recently, I began to search out books on church membership because the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
What is the Gospel? By Greg Gilbert. Wheaton: Crossway, 2010. Some evangelicals, when reading the title of this book, may question, “Is there a real need for this? Don’t we know the Gospel?” The answers to those questions would...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Shepherd Leader: Achieving Effective Shepherding in Your Church. By Timothy Z. Witmer. Phillipsburg, P&R, 2010. This is a great tool! God’s design for the care of His Church is clearly set forth in the NT, a plurality of elders...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
