Beauty Is Your Destiny by Philip Ryken aims to “awaken a longing for beauty and the eternal love of God that can be fully satisfied only in the face of Jesus Christ.” Ryken’s book is a timely offering as our world appears to be crumbling at the seams. The author establishes the boundary lines ofContinue reading “Beauty is Your Destiny – Philip Ryken”
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Foundations for Lifelong Learning: Education in Serious Joy – John Piper
John Piper, Foundations for Lifelong Learning: Education in Serious Joy (Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2023), 171 pp. Foundations for Lifelong Learning: Education in Serious Joy is designed for Christian readers who love growing spiritually. “This book,” according to the author, John Piper, “is for anyone at any age, who refuses to stagnate intellectually, spiritually, and emotionally.”Continue reading “Foundations for Lifelong Learning: Education in Serious Joy – John Piper”
The War on Men: Why Society Hates Them and Why We Need Them – Owen Strachan (2023)
Owen Strachan, The War on Men: Why Society Hates Them and Why We Need Them (Washington D.C.: Salem Books, 2023), 201 pp. The animosity toward men is heating up in the academy, the church, and culture at large. What used to be heard on the periphery is now commonplace at every turn. For this reason,Continue reading “The War on Men: Why Society Hates Them and Why We Need Them – Owen Strachan (2023)”
Courage: How the Gospel Creates Christian Fortitude – Joe Rigney
Joe Rigney, Courage: How the Gospel Creates Christian Fortitude (Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2023), 139 pp. Courage has been eclipsed by cowardice in our culture. Christian courage in particular is lacking in men and women. Joe Rigney’s book, Courage: How the Gospel Creates Christian Fortitude is filled with encouragement and challenge for anyone who has earsContinue reading “Courage: How the Gospel Creates Christian Fortitude – Joe Rigney”
Five Lies of our Anti-Christian Age – Rosaria Butterfield
Rosaria Butterfield, Five Lies of our Anti-Christian Age (Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2023), 344 pp. The devil is the great deceiver. Jesus says the devil “was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, forContinue reading “Five Lies of our Anti-Christian Age – Rosaria Butterfield”
All That Jesus Commanded: The Christian Life According to the Gospels
John Piper, All That Jesus Commanded: The Christian Life According to the Gospels (Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2023), 400 pp. Day by day, our culture grows progressively more averse to the law of God. Even in some churches, any demands are written off as narrow, petty, and legalistic. Some professing Christians, in an effort to beContinue reading “All That Jesus Commanded: The Christian Life According to the Gospels”
A Walk Across the Sun – Corban Addison
In the nineteenth century, the British politician, William Wilberforce began a movement that led to the abolition of the slave trade. His robust Christian faith fueled his resolve to see tyranny destroyed and people created in the imago Dei set free. Today, there are 27 million slaves in the world. 1.2 million are children, enslavedContinue reading “A Walk Across the Sun – Corban Addison”
The Christian Mind – Harry Blamires
My uncle Dwight gave me this book almost thirty years ago. I’ll never forget what he said when he handed it to me: “Only real men can read this book.” Whether it was meant to motivate or amuse, I read it with a vengeance. This is my third time through. Blamires thesis is clear throughoutContinue reading “The Christian Mind – Harry Blamires”
When the Gavel Falls
It has been said that one of the greatest problems that plague contemporary people is unresolved guilt. Sin squeezes the life out of unwitting victims. Sins of omission, sins of commission, sins of regret, neglect, fear, ungodly anger, broken relationships, and insubordination pose a massive threat to the well-being of well-meaning people. No one isContinue reading “When the Gavel Falls”
Gospel-Shaped Marriage: Grace for Sinners to Love Like Saints – Chad and Emily Van Dixhoorn,
Chad and Emily Van Dixhoorn, Gospel-Shaped Marriage: Grace for Sinners to Love Like Saints (Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2022), 155 pp. Gospel-Shaped Marriage: Grace for Sinners to Love Like Saints by Chad & Emily Van Dixhoorn is a short, encouraging book that leads couples on a God-honoring path that is illuminated by the light of theContinue reading “Gospel-Shaped Marriage: Grace for Sinners to Love Like Saints – Chad and Emily Van Dixhoorn,”
Veritas et Lux 