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Review of Thiselton’s “Life after Death: A New Approach to Last Things”
Life_after_Death...  restored to Christians the doctrine of the Resurrection and New Heavens and Earth as the goal of human history. The pastor who actually mentions this, however, risks severely disquieting those congregants who are troubled with the consequent thought that their departed loved ones are not already experiencing the fullness ...
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Review of Butterfield's "Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert"
Butterfield_Rosaria_Champagne... The unlikely human agent in Christ's pursuit of Mrs. Butterfield was the pastor of a small reformed church from what some might call an obscure denomination. A friendly letter asking simple questions . . . Subsequently a friendship formed with the pastor and his wife. Then she found herself obsessed with reading the Bible
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Review of Metaxas' "Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness"
7_Men_by_MetaxasDo we really need one more book about manhood? Author Eric Metaxas seems to think so because manhood is the theme of his latest book, Seven Men: And the secret of their greatness. In this encouraging and well-written book, he seeks to answer two questions: What is a man? and What makes a man great?
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Review of Brunn’s “One Bible, Many Versions: Are All Translations Created Equal?”
OneBible-202x300As Evangelicals, we’ve been taught that Bible translations are either basically “literal” and, therefore, “faithful” to God’s Word or “dynamic” and - to one degree or another - less “faithful” to God’s Word. . . .  Dave Brunn’s new book “One Bible, Many Versions: Are All Translations Created Equal” illuminating to say the least!
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Review of Moot’s “Politics Reformed: The Anglo-American Legacy of Covenant Theology”
Politics_Refomed_by_Moot. . . If you are engaged in America's current culture wars and you want to understand more of what is going on around you than you usually do, this book is the butterfly's boots. I say this in the highest degree positive that no other reviewer of this book will ever attach such an encomium to it. If you take a look at the subtitle, you might get an idea why. Read more...
 
Review of “The Books of the Bible: New Testament”
Books_of_the_Bible"The Books of the Bible: New Testament" . . . is a specially formatted New Testament using the NIV 2011 translation. The chapter and verse numbers are removed. The text is in a single column with reasonably sized type for older adult eyes. Books are clustered in approximately chronological order by genre.
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Review of Metaxas' "Amazing Grace" (Kindle)
Amazing_Grace_by_Metaxas. . . The story and the presentation arrested me. The biographer, Eric Metaxes nailed it. He writes in such a fluid, engaging, and witty way you can't help but be wrapped in. What's more, he doesn't get in the way. Like a good referee (or biographer) he stays out of the way and lets the game (story) develop.
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Review of Oden’s “John Wesley’s Teachings, Volumes 1-3”
John_Wesleys_Teachings_by_Oden. . . One criticism of Wesley is his failure to produce a systematic theology. Oden remedies that in this series and organizes many texts into - according to the publisher - a "text-by-text guide to John Wesley's teaching. It introduces Wesley's thought on the basic tenets of Christian teaching:
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Review of Fickett's "The Ralph D. Winter Story: How One Man Dared to Shake up World Missions"
Ralph_Winter_Story. . . Suddenly the call to evangelize took on new urgency because, despite 2 millennia of missionary endeavor, most "people groups" remained totally untouched. At Lausanne in 1974, Winter gained the platform that would allow him to reorient the thinking of evangelicals. The colonial paradigm of mission would soon become as antiquated as the concept of a "flat earth".
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The Soul of a Leader
What_They_Didnt_Teach_by_White. . . Ministry is spiritually hazardous to your soul. Actually, leadership of any kind has a built-in set of challenges. Here are some of the reasons why that are ministry specific, but are easily transferred over to other areas of leadership. Read more...
 
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