9 Things You Simply Must Do to Succeed Book Review
My SummationHenry Cloud’s book, 9 Things You Simply Must Do to Succeed in Love and Life: A Psychologist Probes the Mystery of Why Some Lives Really Work and Others Don’t, is an analysis of nine practices of successful people. Cloud labels these successful...Pastoral Ministry Book Review: MacArthur
SummaryIn Pastoral Ministry: How to Shepherd Biblically, John MacArthur and the faculty of Master’s Seminary provide a series of twenty-two vignettes in the form of chapters that address a broad spectrum of topics related to pastoral ministry. With the stated...Letters to My Students Book Review
SummaryLectures to My Students is a compilation of Charles Spurgeon’s lectures to students of the Pastors’ College, a college Spurgeon (2010, vii) opened in 1856 to train students to preach rather than to become scholars. The purpose of the original...Sharing Jesus without Fear Book Review
Content SummaryThe thesis of Fay’s book is that all believers can share the Gospel and never fail, and the purpose is to encourage believers to do so. Accordingly, Fay begins by suggesting that sharing one’s faith is, by definition, success, and...Family to Family Book Review
Content SummaryThe thesis of Jerry Pipes and Victor Lee’s book is that parents can provide a meaningful and significant family experience and pass the Christian faith to their children (Pipes and Lee 1999, 1). The purpose of Family to Family is to help parents...The Believer’s Church Article Review
SummaryThe following review of Jason Duesing’s work, “The Believers Church: A ‘Natural Resource’ Worth Conserving,” summarizes the article’s contents along with a survey of its major strengths and weaknesses. The author’s...Baptists and the Ecumenical Movement Article Review
SummaryThe following review of Briggs’ work, “Baptists and the Ecumenical Movement,” will include a summary of the article’s contents along with a survey of its major strengths and weaknesses. The author’s intent is to prove that,...Introdution to the Historical Books: Book Review
In the book Introduction of the Historical Books: Strategies for Reading, Steven McKenzie provides a highly accessible look into methods that modern scholars use to read and understand the books of the former prophets.[1] McKenzie emphasizes a historical-critical...The Hope of Israel Book Review
The Hope of Israel Book ReflectionsIn his book, The Hope of Israel, Brandon Crowe argues that the resurrection is central to the meaning of Acts and aids in addressing certain difficult theological issues. Several aspects of the book are both insightful and helpful....What Are the Gospels? Book Review
Based on his dissertation in 1992, Richard Burridge’s book, What Are the Gospels?: A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography, addresses the issue of the genre of the gospels.[1] After providing a historical survey of the debate and analyzing how literary...The Gospels for All Christians Book Review
For Whom Are the Gospels Written?The scholarly consensus is that each of the Gospels were written for a specific local community rather than a general audience. However, The Gospels for All Christians: Rethinking the Gospel Audiences is a collection of essays edited...The Hope of Israel: Book Review
During the last couple of centuries, the book of Acts has come under fire from many directions including the identification of the book’s purpose and its historical reliability, which, in turn, impacts discussions around the topic of Jesus’s resurrection....Becoming the Gospel: Book Review
Michael Gorman’s book, Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, and Mission, completes the trilogy that follows two of his previous books: Cruciformity and Inhabiting the Cruciform God.[1] The first book focused on a cruciform existence shaped by faith, hope,...Destroyer of the Gods: Book Review
During the last couple of centuries, certain scholars, such as those who participate in the History of Religions School, have promoted the idea that Christianity was just another religion that shared similar characteristics with other religions. The implication is...Effective Biblical Counseling by Larry Crabb
Summary Primary Goal Larry Crabb’s goal of counseling revolves around one word; maturity. Crabb (2013) states that the goal of counseling is “to free people to better worship and serve God by helping them become more like the Lord” (p. 24). According...Spurgeon
Bibliographic Entry Spurgeon, C. H. 2010. Lectures to My Students. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson. Summary Lectures to My Students is a compilation of Charles Spurgeon’s lectures to students of the Pastors’ College, a college Spurgeon (2010, vii) opened in 1856...MacArthur
Bibliographic Entry MacArthur, John, and the Master’s Seminary Faculty. 2005. Pastoral Ministry: How to Shepherd Biblically. Nashville: Thomas Nelson. Summary In Pastoral Ministry: How to Shepherd Biblically, John MacArthur and the faculty of Master’s...Baptists and the Ecumenical Movement
Briggs, John H Y. “Baptists and the Ecumenical Movement.” Journal of European Baptist Studies 6, no. 1 (September 2005): 11–17. Summary The following review of Briggs’ work, “Baptists and the Ecumenical Movement,” will include a summary of the...The Believer’s Church: A “Natural Resource” Worth Conserving
Duesing, Jason G. “The Believers’ Church: A ‘Natural Resource’ Worth Conserving.” A White Paper from the Center for Theological Research (March 2006): 1–5. Summary The following review of Jason Duesing’s work, “The Believers Church: A...
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