Book Reviews

In this book excerpt from Gary Thomas, author of the bestseller Sacred Marriage, Gary walks us through a fundamental aspect of the concept of cherishing your spouse. Gary explores what happens when spouses trul... Continue Reading...

I’ve been a pastor in Washington, DC for more than 20 years. I have seen administrations come and go. The party in power one day is shown the door the next. Yesterday’s hero is today’s scoundrel. Often it can f... Continue Reading...

Be sure to check out this excerpt taken from John Piper's new book, Reading the Bible Supernaturally: Seeing and Savoring the Glory of God in Scripture.   Work, Because God Is at Work in You Perhaps t... Continue Reading...

As a pastor, you are called to serve people in a number of ways. You can be called on to exposit the text, shepherd the flock, counsel the broken, visit the dying and a number of other roles at any given time. ... Continue Reading...

With Easter approaching, pastors will be looking to books to encourage and inspire their preaching for that special day. One such volume is the new book To the Cross: Proclaiming the Gospel From the Upper Room ... Continue Reading...

Ruth Graham wrote a book several years ago entitled In Every Pew Sits a Broken Heart (Zondervan). Those who have preached for any length of time know the pain and brokenness that can be found in any congregatio... Continue Reading...

One of our great challenges as preachers today is to help our people better understand how to live as faithful Christians in the midst of a very non-Christian culture. In his new book Hearing the Message of Dan... Continue Reading...

This week’s video highlights Max Lucado as a writer, and one of his most recent books is More to Your Story: Discover Your Place in God’s Plan (Thomas Nelson). In this book (originally published as God’s Story,... Continue Reading...

Preaching books are many, but not often do books deal seriously with a theology of preaching. In How Odd of God: Chosen for the Curious Vocation of Preaching (Westminster John Knox), William Willimon draws on h... Continue Reading...

Things are changing all around us, and church leaders have to be able to exegete the culture in addition to exegeting scripture. A useful tool in that task will be the new book BarnaTrends 2017: What’s New and ... Continue Reading...