Book Reviews

Another book dealing with families - but from a dramatically different perspective - is Erwin Lutzer's The Truth About Same-Sex Marriage (Moody). The book is subtitled, "Six Things You Need to Know About What's Really at Stake." The pastor...

Kid CEO (Warner Faith) is a new book by Ed Young, Jr., in which he stresses the need for parents to once again assume their proper leadership role in the family. This is a creative and helpful book for parents and for pastors...

Stephen F. Olford is one of the best-known and loved expositors in the church today. In his new book The Tabernacle: Camping With God (Kregel), Olford helps us better understand the nature and significance of the Old Testament tabernacle and how...

Soul Pearls: Worship Resources For The Black Church (Abingdon) by Cheryl Kirk-Duggan is "a thematic liturgical volume created to assist pastors, worship leaders, and worship committees in bringing new fervor and focus to their worship...

Preachers planning to deal with the book of Joshua in the pulpit will benefit from the work of Henry Blackaby and his son Richard Blackaby in their new book Called To Be God's Leader: Lessons From The Life Of Joshua (Thomas Nelson). Part of their ...

Every pastor preaches on giving at some point. A helpful tool is a new book by Stan and Linda Toler called The Cycle Of Victorious Giving (Beacon Hill Press). The Tolers (Stan is an Oklahoma City pastor) talk about the meaning of stewardship and how a ...

Even though Christmas is just around the corner, it's never too early to start thinking about Easter! The Case For The Resurrection Of Jesus (Kregel) by Gary R. Habermas and Michael R. Licona is a compelling argument for the authenticity of the resurrection...

The fourth volume of Those Preaching Women (Judson Press), edited by Ella Pearson Mitchell and Jacqueline B. Glass, continues the project of this series in presenting worthy sermons by African-American women preachers. The authors include pastors, teachers...

David L. Larsen, a long-time preaching professor and popular author, has written The Company Of Hope (Author House), a history of the church's approach to biblical prophecy. Larsen tells the story through the lives of key individuals whose teaching...

Among the annual volumes published to provide preaching resources for pastors, the classic (for nearly 80 years) is The Ministers Manual (Josey-Bass), edited by James W. Cox. The 2004 edition follows in that rich tradition, featuring a lectionary-based...