Reviewed by Peter Bush. These are handbooks for the training of elders, with chapters focusing on helping elders develop their leadership skills, enhance teamwork within sessions, and become pastoral care-givers in their districts. … Read more
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No Place for Truth, or, Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology and God in the Wasteland: The Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreams, by David F. Wells
Reviewed by David Stewart. Professor Wells is at his very best when summarizing what has supplanted the passion for truth within Evangelicalism, making it clear what has crept into the center in place of truth. … Read more
These Evangelical Churches of Ours, by Lloyd Mackey
Reviewed by Calvin Brown. Lloyd Mackey’s book uses the Canadian image of a mosaic to describe the variety of religious expression that evangelicals in Canada experience. … Read more
Biblical Foundations for Small Group Ministry: An Integrational Approach, by Gareth Icenogle
Reviewed by J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. In the Old and New Testament context for small groups, community is found in the very nature and character of God and in the way God works to bring people into a new humanity that is learning how to care for one another. … Read more
Can Man Live Without God, by Ravi Zacharias
Reviewed by Roma Bryant. Because of the failure of the philosophical mind to find peace and serenity by way of studying human action and contact, Zacharias presents a powerful argument for the defense of Christian belief. … Read more
The Christian Faith and Homosexuality, by David F. Wright
Reviewed by John Vaudry. This booklet attempts to answer two objections to the conservative position on homosexuality. … Read more
Spirituality Today, by Jock Stein
Reviewed by John Vaudry. Many New Agers first looked for authentic spirituality in the churches and were disappointed. This booklet features a survey of the different approaches to spirituality in the Christian tradition. … Read more
The Uniqueness of Christ in a Pluralist World, by Howard Taylor
Reviewed by John Vaudry. This booklet answers questions about the validity of religions other than Christianity, about the proper approach to mission, and about the vexed question of the final destiny of those who have never heard of Jesus. … Read more
The GenX Reader, by Douglas Ruskoff
Reviewed by Jacob Birch. While many decry Generation X as “the downfall of the Western World,” each of the pieces in The GenX Reader pulsates with what Ruskoff calls, “a testament to American ingenuity, optimism, instinct, and brilliance.” … Read more
A Consumer’s Guide to Preaching, by Jay Adams
Reviewed by Blaine W. Dunnet. Here is a book for your church library. No! It is a book for every worshipper in your church. Put it in their hands, librarians. It is subtitled “How to Get the Most Out of a Sermon.” Preachers expend energy in the preparation of sermons, but did you know that as a listener you must expend energy too? The author, Jay Adams, claims that his book is the only one devoted to genuine concern for preaching from the listener’s point of view. During Sunday lunch have you ever found yourself saying: “I couldn’t get the drift of the sermon” … Read more
Speaking the Christian God: The Holy Trinity and the Challenge of Feminism, by Alvin E Kimel, Jr.
Reviewed by Jeffrey Greenman. In the face of rising feminism, Kimel provides an urgent call for the church to embrace anew the classical trinitarian theology that is truly good news. … Read more
The Culture of Disbelief, by Stephen L. Carter
Reviewed by David Jennings. Until Christians start speaking in the public square, they cannot criticize anyone for not listening. … Read more
Two Tracks – One Goal: How Alcoholics Anonymous Relates to Christianity, by Cal Chambers
Reviewed by Kit Schindell. This excellent book would be of great help to any Christian who is addicted… to alcohol, to street drugs, to prescription drugs, to food, to sex, to work. … Read more
Pastors (Off the Record): Straight Talk About Life in the Ministry, by Stefan Ulstein
Reviewed by Kit Schindell. Ulstein hopes that these stories of everyday pastors will help pastors and their congregations to break through the walls of professional expectation, careerism, and petty politics that keep the Church from being all that it can be in Christ. … Read more
Teen Trends: A Nation in Motion, by R. W. Bibby & D. C. Posterski
Reviewed by Jim Walton. The book outlines the extent of the change that has taken place in what was once familiar in our culture, and gives parents, educators, pastors, people in the media, and other significant adults practical advice and steps to take in responding to the trends. … Read more
Learn to Discern, by R.G. De Moss, Jr.
Reviewed by Jim Walton. De Moss’s goal is to teach parents how they may help their children to develop a critical, Christian mind that is able to sift through the mixed messages given by the seductive and influential power of the television, movie, advertising, and music industries. … Read more
Parenting Adolescents, by Kevin Huggins
Reviewed by Jim Walton. Adolescence represents the parent’s second chance to influence the spiritual development of their teen because teens must cast off old strategies for relating to life and adopt new strategies of relating. … Read more