When we reflect on our lives, we tend to think in terms of the big events: graduations and weddings, moving house and getting that promotion; or the terrible tragedies that knocked the wind out of…
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Book Review: Transformed By Truth (Katherine Forster)
Teenagers are underestimated in the church. Even if they’re fed with solid biblical teaching at youth group, we don’t always teach them to feed themselves from the Word. We assume they won’t understand the deep…
Review: An Epic Documentary
Back in March I reviewed Tim Challies’ fascinating book Epic: An Around-the-World Journey Through Christian History. Tim also made a documentary that accompanies the book, which I’m grateful to have received for review. The book…
A Few Suggestions for Pandemic Reading
My goal is to read 60 books this year, and I’m already 9 books ahead of schedule. Even though this pandemic hasn’t completely shut down my life, it has given me a little more time…
Book Review: With All Your Heart (A. Craig Troxel)
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a…
Book Review: Created to Draw Near (Edward T. Welch)
Crossway provided me with a complimentary copy of this book through the Blog Review Program. I’m under no obligation to post a positive review. As I write this review our world is gripped by the…
Book Review: Epic (Tim Challies)
The Christian faith has a rich and complex history. Countless books are dedicated to giving readers an overview of this history or diving into particular parts of it. Tim Challies makes a unique contribution with…
Book Review: Humble Calvinism (J.A. Medders)
If the title of this book shocks you, you’re not alone. To our shame, Calvinism is not typically associated with humility. I’m proof of that—part of me didn’t want to read this book because I…
Book Review: 7 Myths about Singleness (Sam Allberry)
It is in the interests of all of us, the whole church, single and married, to understand the positive vision the Bible gives us of singleness. (p. 15) In the introduction of 7 Myths About…
Book Releases I’m Anticipating in 2020
New year, new books! There are so many great titles coming out in 2020. Here are a selection of the upcoming nonfiction releases that I’m most excited about. Many of them are from people whose…