In his book The Imperfect Disciple: Grace for People Who Can’t Get Their Act Together, author Jared C. Wilson sets out to write a discipleship book for the rest of us. His assertion is that too many discipleship books are… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: “The Imperfect Disciple” by Jared C. Wilson
As a Christian living in America, stories of Christians being violently persecuted always seem to have an other-worldly quality. These things don’t happen now, do they? These stories seem to belong to another time, and another place, with Colosseums or… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: “I Am N” by The Voice of the Martyrs
One of the keys to encouraging vulnerability in another person is the willingness to vulnerable yourself. For many of us this is doable, and yet we have invented an imaginary line of “appropriate vulnerability” that seems to say, “I am… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: People of the Second Chance
What does true brokenness look like? What does it mean to truly surrender our lives to Christ? Soccer star Mo Isom tells her powerful story and gives us a vivid picture of both brokenness and surrender in Wreck My Life.… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Wreck My Life by Mo Isom
You notice one thing very quickly when reading Reset: Jesus Changes Everything by Nick Hall: this guy is passionate about reaching the next generation for Jesus. His passion is obvious in just about every sentence of Reset, and he has… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Reset: Jesus Changes Everything by Nick Hall
It is known as the “Marrow Controversy,” a theological dispute in the church in Scotland that took place in the early 1700s surrounding a book, The Marrow of Modern Divinity, which was published in 1645. What lessons could possibly be… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: “The Whole Christ” by Sinclair B. Ferguson
Love Casts Out Fear: A Jihad Survivor’s Journey from Revenge to Redemption by Brother Nathan isn’t a book I would typically pick up and read. However, I found myself intrigued by the title. What kind of story of lies behind… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Love Casts Out Fear by Brother Nathan
I have already reviewed this excellent book by Caleb Kaltenbach. I wanted to post an update because this book has been available for purchase for just under month. You need to read this book! Also, I just had a chance… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Messy Grace by Caleb Kaltenbach
The Good and Beautiful Community by James Bryan Smith was a deeply practical, encouraging read. It is the third book in the Apprentice Series, and I have not read the first two: The Good and Beautiful God and The Good… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: The Good and Beautiful Community by James Bryan Smith
John Bunyan is best known for The Pilgrim’s Progress, the most famous of all Christian allegories. Kipling called him “the father of the novel.” But not as many people are aware of Bunyan the renegade preacher; imprisoned for sermonizing outside… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners by John Bunyan