Category Archives: Discipleship

WORLDLINESS: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World – C.J. Mahaney, Ed. (2008)

Scripture warns, “Do not love the world or the things of the world” (1 John 2:15, ESV).  This same warning is found throughout C.J. Mahaney’s, Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World. Mahaney is quick to point out, “Today, the greatest challenge facing American evangelicals is not persecution from the world, but seduction byContinue reading “WORLDLINESS: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World – C.J. Mahaney, Ed. (2008)”

WHAT IS THE GOSPEL? – Greg Gilbert (2010)

I coached high school tennis in the late 80’s.  One of my most vivid memories is my team’s disdain for fundamentals.  The first day of practice I told my players to “drop their rackets.”  Shocked and perplexed, they wondered what we could possibly accomplish without a tennis racket.  “The first week of practice, we willContinue reading “WHAT IS THE GOSPEL? – Greg Gilbert (2010)”

BASIC CHRISTIANITY – John Stott (1958)

A friend recently asked, “What book should new Christians read?”  I immediately referred him to Basic Christianity by John Stott.  First published in 1958, Stott’s work has sold over 2.5 million copies and was named “Book of the Century” by Christianity Today. The book begins by focusing the attention of the reader on the divineContinue reading “BASIC CHRISTIANITY – John Stott (1958)”