Book Reviews

A Testament of Devotion

This book by a Quaker teacher looks good. “It gathers together five compelling essays that urge us to center our lives on God’s presence, to find quiet and stillness within modern life,

Pastor and plumber if necessary

Another quote from Gilead. I’m guessing most pastors can relate: A woman in my flock called just after breakfast and asked me to come to her house. She is elderly, recently a

Thoughts on preaching from Gilead

Gilead is a novel about Reverend John Ames, second generation pastor, who writes to his son near the end of his life in 1956. Ames keeps his in a box in the attic.

God in the Alley

A friend of mine reluctantly read this book, thinking it would make him feel guilty. I suppose a lot of us approach a book like this with mixed feelings, hoping to be challenged

Reviews of Revolution

Ken Miller has written a review of Barna’s latest book in Christianity Today. Sam Storms has also written a review (part one and part two), and so has Michael Haykin, a former