Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream. By David Platt. Colorado Springs: Multnomah, 2010. What would happen if John MacArthur’s critique of easy-believism in The Gospel According to Jesus collided with John Piper’s...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
For years I have heard about R.C. Sproul’s classic work, The Holiness of God, and for years I have wanted to read it. Recently, I had the opportunity to do so, and it has quickly risen to my list of favorites! If I could sum up the thrust of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Treasure Principle: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving. By Randy Alcorn. Colorado Springs: Multnomah, 2001. This is a radical, powerful, little book! Alcorn explodes the false notions of money that we naturally acquire and reveals...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Going Rogue: An American Life. By Sarah Palin. New York: HarperCollins, 2009. Two things are very clear to me after reading Going Rogue. Number one. I really want to go to Alaska! The beauty of creation, the enormous, breathtaking scenery, the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
By Grace Alone: How the Grace of God Amazes Me. By Sinclair Ferguson. Orlando: Reformation Trust, 2010. I love to hear this man preach! When I read pages formed from his pen, I can hear him preaching in the background, and so, I enjoy his books as...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Last Lecture. By Randy Pausch. New York: Hyperion, 2008. Occasionally, professors are requested to give a “last lecture,” that is, to consider what are the most important ideas, concepts, or things to share in light of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Weight of Glory. By C.S. Lewis. San Francisco: HarperCollins. First HarperCollins ed., 2001. The title, The Weight of Glory, is the first lecture that appears in this volume. Other speeches include “Learning in War-Time,”...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Trellis and the Vine. By Colin Marshall and Tony Payne. Kingsford, Australia: Matthias Media, 2009. Marshall and Payne argue in Trellis and Vine that churches often function more like a trellis, but the biblical model is more like vine work....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
If you have browsed my blog at all this past year, you know that I read numerous books by Puritan authors - 12 to be exact. I took the Puritan reading challenge issued by Timmy Brister for 2008, which I did in 2009. You are supposed to read one...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A Sure Guide to Heaven. By Joseph Alleine. Carlisle: Banner of Truth. Reprint, 2007. A Sure Guide to Heaven has enjoyed one the largest distributions of books in the English language and has served as a sure guide for such men as George...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
