Book Reviews

In Letting Go: Rugged Love for Wayward Souls (Zondervan), authors Dave Harvey and Paul Gilbert help us understand how to better care for the prodigals in our midst – the unfaithful spouse, the rebellious child,... Continue Reading...

Church leaders are always on the lookout for strong devotional material, both to recommend to others and to enjoy for our own spiritual growth. James Merritt’s new book 52 Weeks Through the Bible (Harvest House... Continue Reading...

It’s not a new book – it was published in 2010 – but I recently came across a copy of Alive to the Word: A Practical Theology of Preaching for the Whole Church (SCM Press) by Stephen I. Wright. Wright, who teac... Continue Reading...

The Worship Pastor (Zondervan) by Zac Hicks is a book every pastor should buy and give to the worship leader in his church. Subtitled “A Call to Ministry for Worship Leaders and Teams,” Hicks points out that tr... Continue Reading...

Drawing on years of leadership experience in the local church, Eric Geiger and Kevin Peck’s new book Designed to Lead: The Church and Leadership Development (B&H Publishing) is designed to help Christians u... Continue Reading...

In Rethinking Celebration: From Rhetoric to Praise in African American Preaching (Westminster John Knox), Cleophus LaRue calls on his fellow African Ameriacn preachers to keep their eyes on the central task of ... Continue Reading...

Pastors with a more philosophical bent will enjoy Taking Pascal’s Wager: Faith, Evidence and the Abundant Life (IVP Academic) by Michael Rota. Rota argues that Pascal’s wager-- a classic argument for the existe... Continue Reading...

One of the major struggles faced by contemporary Christian preachers is effectively presenting Old Testament narrative passages. Pastors who have been trained to preach based on Pauline texts are often challeng... Continue Reading...

In his new book Be My Witness: The Great Commission for Preachers (Judson Press), Marvin McMickle develops a theology of preaching for the 21st century that is rooted in the “great commission” of Acts 1:6-8. Mc... Continue Reading...

One of the sections of scripture that often gets less attention in our teaching and preaching is the Minor Prophets. In their new book The Message of the Twelve: Hearing the Voice of the Minor Prophets (B&H... Continue Reading...