Reviewed by Greg Dallimore. The church has a message for the world and a ministry to it only when she is significantly different from the world. … Read more
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Your Father Loves You, by James Packer
Reviewed by Dan McDougall. In this through-the-year devotional, Jean Watson has compiled nuggets of James Packer’s insights into a palatable form for daily readings. … Read more
The Power to Make Things Happen, by Bruce Larson, ed.
Reviewed by J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. This book is a collection of light but inspirational messages by the major participating speakers at the 1985 Presbyterian Congress on Renewal meeting in Dallas, Texas. … Read more
A Heart for God, by Sinclair B. Ferguson
Reviewed by Jack C. Whytock. Ferguson has tackled the most profound pursuit we are to be engaged upon – to have our hearts yearning ever more to know the richness of God Almighty, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and hence to have an obedient heart. … Read more
How to Help the Hurting, by Everett L. Worthington, Jr.
Reviewed by Greg Dallimore. Although we may not think of ourselves as counsellors, we are called to reflect the love and compassion of Christ, and we may be just what our friends need – a caring friend who is willing to counsel. … Read more
Married for Good, by R. Paul Stevens
Reviewed by Daniel and Sandi McDougall. Real marriage is founded on an unconditional covenant to belong together for life. This is not a ‘how-to’ book, although one will gather many ideas about how-to. It is a ‘what-does-it-mean?’ book and a ‘why-are-these-things-important?’ book. … Read more
On Being Family: A Social Theology of the Family, by Ray S. Anderson and Dennis B. Guernsey
Reviewed by Greg Dallimore. Anderson and Guernsey suggest little research has been done in seeing the family, not as individuals, but as an entity which interacts within itself. Individuals, therefore, interact with each other as a system. This book is not designed for the average Christian reader, but for professionals ministering to the family. … Read more
Come Before Winter and Share My Hope, by Charles R. Swindoll
Reviewed by Jack Charleson. These daily reflections, backed by appropriate Scripture passages, can be used to develop a meaningful quiet time or provide a worthwhile supplement to devotions. … Read more
A Commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians, by David Prior
Reviewed by William Campbell. This readable study of 1 Corinthians will be helpful for Christians to trace Paul’s thought as he wrote to the church at Corinth, whose members were participating in the same serious sins as Presbyterians do in 1986! … Read more
Dutch Calvinism in Modem America: A History of a Conservative Subculture, by James D. Bratt
Reviewed by J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. With its well-documented research (18 pages of selected bibliography) and 80 pages (!) of helpful notes, this book is literally a “Who’s Who” of Dutch Calvinism in America. … Read more
Decision-Making and the Will of God, by Gary Friesen and J. Robin Maxson
Reviewed by Greg Dallimore. The working out of God’s plan for the world is God’s sovereign will alone, hidden to us. God’s “moral” will is revealed through the Bible, and man is to believe it and live by it. God also has an “individual” will for each believer. … Read more
The Timothy Principle, by Roy Robertson
Reviewed by Stephen Jenvey. This book covers basic principles needed in one’s life before fruitful discipleship can take place: consistency in the daily devotional life, understanding and being able to explain the plan of salvation, having a prayer plan, and approaches to Bible study … Read more
Evangelism: A Way of Life, by Rebecca Pippert and Ruth Siemens
Reviewed by Jim Walton. This book is a compilation of twelve inductive Bible studies to help with discovering and understanding a biblical perspective of evangelism and integrating it into one’s lifestyle. … Read more
Evangelism For Our Generation, by Jim Petersen
Reviewed by Jim Walton. Believers must make it their priority to make the spiritual climate of the society in which they live to work in favour of the growth of the gospel rather than allowing it to isolate themselves from the people they are attempting to reach. … Read more
The Resistance to Church Union in Canada, by N. Keith Clifford
Reviewed by Hans Kouwenberg. This book provides an excellent overview of the events leading up to and following that hopeful or fateful (depending upon your point of view) marriage or disruption of churches in Canada, outlining the fascinating story in well-documented detail, rich with vignettes. … Read more
Healing the Wounded: The Costly Love of Church Discipline, by John White and Ken Blue
Reviewed by Calvin Brown. The book emphasizes the prime importance of reconciliation as the object of church discipline, and the purity of the church as the goal of church discipline. … Read more
The Untapped Power of Sheer Christianity, by Clark Pinnock
Reviewed by Edmund F. Bloedow. Athough this is essentially a personal testimony, it is also a strong call to return to and/or stand fast in the faith by: 1) “Loving the Truth”: 2) “Walking in the Spirit”: and 3) “Obeying the Lord”. … Read more