Book Reviews

Things don’t always turn out like you planned. Ask Peter. The acknowledged leader of the apostles, we can see a roller-coaster existence in his rebuke by Jesus, his denial of him, and then his restoration. But then Jesus finishes his restoration by telling Peter that he would glorify Jesus by dying in a way he did not want to. Not exactly the way Peter saw his life turning it out. Parents of prodigals can say the same thing. Dreams and hopes are dashed. We are surprised and overtaken by suffering. Despair and discouragement are just a few of the many…

I have been waiting for a book like this. With the plethora of books on marriage, teaching on singleness seems underserved. And yet most people will be single for part of their Christian life. The Bible is filled with teaching in this area. Allberry has done the church a service by clearly and biblically slaying seven myths about singleness while laying a foundation for understanding this topic. Read this book if you are single to grasp biblical help for your singleness. Read this book if you are married so that you will understand your single friends – to minister to…

  These words that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Teach them diligently to your children. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 Fathers (and by implication mothers) are to teach the Word of God diligently to our children. Indeed a church has this divine responsibility. Unfortunately, too often this teaching is B…O….R…I….N…..G. We think about what to teach but not how to teach. The late Howard Hendricks was a beloved and influential teacher in the last quarter of the 20th century. His Teaching to Change Lives is a classic work not on what to teach but on how to teach….

We have just finished celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Why was the Reformation so important? The answer is that through the years the gospel of salvation by grace alone, from Christ alone, through faith alone had become obscured. Men and women were participating in religious activity but they did not understand the core of Christianity – the true gospel. The gospel had become obscured. A Problem In Our Families? I wonder if this lack of gospel clarity is also a problem in our homes as we raise our children. In The Disciple-Making Parent I say this: Surprisingly, for…