Category: Book Reviews
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40 Questions About Arminianism: A Review
By Dustin M. Walters In 40 Questions About Arminianism, author J. Matthew Pinson[1] has written a “survey of Arminianism that is more didactic than polemical, but which every reader will see engages at times in “hard-edged debate” with scholars from differing perspectives (p. 13). This is a book about “what brings all Arminians together” and…
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Book Review: The Apologetics of Leroy Forlines
Free Will Baptists owe a debt of gratitude to F. Leroy Forlines, for it is from his mind and mouth that our doctrine has been so clearly conveyed to the world. Along with Robert Picirilli, J. Matthew Pinson, and others, Forlines soars as the leading theologian for what he has coined as Classical Arminianism. Forlines…
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Book Review: Coffee With Mom
During my time on campus at Welch College, I was introduced to Kairos, a college ministry at Brentwood Baptist Church. Honestly, I had not been introduced to many other forms of music, other than hymnody and southern gospel. I had a couple of Rascal Flatts CDs in my car, but I had never really listened to…
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Book Review – Sola: How the Five Solas Are Still Reforming the Church
In 2017, the Protestant Reformation celebrated its 500th year anniversary. Five hundred years. We often recognize anniversaries when they hit numbers like 10 or 25 or 50 – not 500. However, the 500th anniversary of the Reformation shows us a couple of things. It shows us the greatness of God and the sovereignty of God in major…
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Bible Review: The Worldview Study Bible
The CSB Worldview Study Bible features extensive worldview study notes and articles by notable Christian scholars to help Christians better understand the grand narrative and flow of Scripture within the biblical framework from which we are called to view reality and make sense of life and the world. Guided by general editors David S. Dockery…
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How To Write A Compelling Book Review
Book reviews are wonderful ways of finding out which books are worth your time and which ones are not. I’m a person who sticks to the authors with which I am most comfortable. Yet, book reviews allow me the opportunity to find other authors to read. When writing book reviews, it is easy to state…
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Book Review: 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You
“Unhealthy digital addictions flourish because we fail to see the consequences.”[1] In 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You, Reinke outlines for us distinct ways in which our digital age and smartphone addictions hinder us, not only from human flourishing but, from spiritual growth and sanctification. This book served as a wake-up call for me. When we…
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Book Review: Remodeling Youth Ministry
NOTE: This book review was written for the Helwys Society Forum. “For too long, YFM (Youth and Family Ministry) has suffered from pragmatic solutions to eternal problems,” concludes Talbot. For the past forty years, the goal of youth ministry has been to gain students through entertainment. The time has come for a reformation and a…
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Book Review: Praying the Bible
“ Why don’t the people of God enjoy prayer more?” asks Whitney, “ I maintain that people – truly born-again, genuinely Christian people – often do not pray simply because they do not feel like it. And the reason they don’t feel like praying is that when they do pray, they tend to say the…
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Book Review: Growing Up
“The very first disciples – the twelve hand-picked by Jesus Himself – were part of a group. This is the model that Jesus, the architect of discipleship, established for us to follow.” Gallaty’s work on discipleship is a reputable, applicable resource for every pastor and church leader. Simply put, it is one of the best…
Ordinary Pastors Connecting Theological Truths to Everyday Believers 