Making All Things New: Restoring Joy to the Sexually Broken. David Powlison. Crossway, 2017. This book is a gem—small, yet very valuable. It is no easy task these days to take an unequivocal, confident stance on matters regarding sexuality as a “traditional” Christian, while projecting one’s self and concerns in a compassionate and attractive manner. […]
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I belong to a confessional church by choice. I would venture to say I go to a confessional church of necessity. Many of my friends and acquaintances need to have that phrase – confessional church – explained to them, which I am all too happy to do. The basic thing I emphasize is that the […]
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A Devotional Guide to the Attributes of God What do we really say when we speak of God? It is a wonder that we can say anything about him, and yet he commands us to do so and to do it truly and well (Loc 2955, Kindle). Far from being mere high-end theology for those […]
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How Does Sanctification Work? by David Powlison; published by Crossway, 2017. David Powlison does a remarkable job of explaining how sanctification works in the daily life of a Christian. He is careful to make the reader aware that there is no magic bullet, no formulaic definition, or no once-and-done experience that the Bible defines that […]
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John Piper is meticulous… in very good ways. He is careful to communicate clearly, and he is studious to be accurate to the Bible. Any acquaintance with Piper’s writing reveals that he is wholly committed to understanding and following the Bible and deeply absorbed with knowing the God who wrote it. That love—of God and […]
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by Chris Bruno. Published by Crossway (Wheaton, IL) 2017. This is a wonderful book for learning how the Bible is bound together as a single dramatic story by recurring important themes. Bruno does a great job of extracting 16 themes (16 Words) and displaying each one as it is introduced in the story and then […]
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A much-needed tool for Christian disciples. Gospel Fluency is built around a great idea to meet a great need. Too many sincere Christians are unable to translate the good news (the gospel) of Jesus Christ into meaningful communication either to themselves or to others. After all, a Christian is one who has been “made new”—transformed […]
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Book Review: Why the Reformation Still Matters. Michael Reeves and Tim Chester; Crossway, 2016. “The Reformation was always intended to be an ongoing project. One of its slogans was semper reformanda, usually translated as ‘always reforming’; but a better translation may be ‘always being reformed’ (by God’s Word). It describes not a movement forward to […]
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Overcoming Sin and Temptation (Foreword by John Piper): Three Classic Works by John Owen John Owen has been on my reading list for quite some time. I have even begun to read an Owen tome more than once, only to be discouraged by his archaic and tedious style. Kelly Kapic and Justin Taylor have presented […]
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Death… then life!
Book review: Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End, by David Gibson. Who would think that a book extolling the contemplation of death would be such a delightful read? The main argument of the Book of Ecclesiastes is that only in preparing to die will we learn how to live. […]
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