I’ve been reading Kevin DeYoung’s latest book, The Hole in Our Holiness: Filling the Gap between Gospel Passion and the Pursuit of Godliness over the past week. I’ll review the book more fully later, but for now, I want to leave you with a quote that really stuck with me.
Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Christ, Christian, Christianity, Church, Crossway Books, Glory, God, Gospel, Hole in our Holiness, Holy, Jesus, Kevin DeYoung
My small group has decided to work through
Disciplines of a Godly Man over the summer. I’m only two chapters in and I already know that this is a book that every Christian man needs to read. It’s content and tone is direct, but gracious, and is as challenging as it is insightful.
Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Christian, Christian Discipline, Christianity, Church, Discipline, Disciplines of a Godly Man, God, Jesus
First, I must confess that I’m really late in writing this review. Partly because of technical difficulties (hard to write when your laptop crashes). Mostly, though, because I noticed that it was no accident that I began reading this book during a season when I felt disconnected and dry, and I did not want to rush through the book for the sake of writing a review on time when I felt God working in me to break up hard ground and stir my affections for Him once again. I am incredibly grateful to Crossway for providing me an advanced copy of The Explicit Gospel, and for their grace and patience in waiting for me to complete the review.
Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Reviews
Tagged Church, Crossway, Explicit Gospel, God, Gospel, Gospel in the Air, Gospel on the Ground, Jesus, Matt Chandler
We all chase after temporary things to find our identity, even those of us who know we shouldn’t. We are allured and seduced by success, approval, relationships, money, and even legalistic religion. In Empty Promises: The Truth About You, Your Desires, and the Lies You’re Believing, Pete Wilson addresses these issues of idolatry and identity head on.
Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Reviews
Tagged Christianity, Christians, Church, Empty Promises, God, Gospel, Identity, Jesus, Pete Wilson
Darrin Patrick has said that there is a “man crisis” in today’s church. One could argue that this is a consistent theme among God’s people, and humanity in general, beginning with Adam. Mark Driscoll has said that in becoming a Christian, particularly for men, we must put forth an effort to be like Jesus and not like our earthly father Adam. While both of these statements ring true, it has left me with a question of how men are to step up and do what we can to resolve this “man crisis” by being more like Jesus and less like Adam. This is why I am incredibly grateful for Pastor Voddie Baucham’s latest book, Family Shepherds: Calling and Equipping Men to Lead Their Homes, which Crossway books was kind enough to send me as part of their book review program.
Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Christianity, Christians, Crossway Books, Family Shephers, Gender Roles, God, Jesus, Voddie Baucham
