Kevin DeYoung tackles an issue nearly all of us seem to struggle with in his book Crazy Busy. This is a very short book, designed to be read by even the busiest of people to help them gain some perspective… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Crazy Busy by Kevin DeYoung
People are messy. People are difficult. People are frustrating. People are hurtful. People are fickle. People are unfair. People are disappointing. Love them anyway. This is what it means to be leader who believes in the messy, unfair, and… Read More »People are…
Matt Chandler is a man who lives, breathes, preaches, and writes about the wondrous gospel of Christ. I want to be more like him. Because of his battle with brain cancer, he understands mortality and suffering more than most who… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: To Live Is Christ, To Die Is Gain by Matt Chandler
Matt Chandler is a man who lives, breathes, preaches, and writes about the wondrous gospel of Christ. I want to be more like him. Because of his battle with brain cancer, he understands mortality and suffering more than most who… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: To Live Is Christ, To Die Is Gain by Matt Chandler
There was a rain cloud over my head while I read Man of God by Charles F. Stanley, famous megachurch pastor and former president of the Southern Baptist Conference. Not a literal rain cloud, but an emotional one. The content… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Man of God by Charles F. Stanley
Dangerous Calling by Paul David Tripp is one of those difficult-to-read books. Not because it contains lofty language or difficult concepts, but because it feels like you’re being read as you read it. Your motivations called into question. Your long-… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Dangerous Calling by Paul David Tripp
Is there a more sensitive subject in church than the discussion about giving? Discussions about it are laced with awkwardness and confusion; some positions more rooted in scripture than others. When I was at my most confused when it came… Read More »BOOK REVIEW: Plastic Donuts by Jeff Anderson
Chivalry. It’s a word we don’t use much anymore. It sounds old and antiquated. The fact that Zach Hunter chose this word for the title of his newest book says a lot about the author himself. Not that Hunter is… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Chivalry by Zach Hunter
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Oh, the ubiquity of books about how to “man up” and “pursue Christ like a man.” It’s a classic example of a widespread problem—the increase in what Mark Driscoll calls “boys who shave”—being defined and re-defined over and over in… Read More »BOOK REVIEW: The Real Win by Colt McCoy & Matt Carter