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  • Innovation’s Dirty Little Secret: Why Serial Innovators Succeed Where Others Fail

    Larry Osborne, Innovation’s Dirty Little Secret: Why Serial Innovators Succeed Where Others Fail. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, October 2013. 176 pp. Hardcover, $18.99 Buy it: Amazon Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Zondervan for the review copy! Larry Osborne is senior pastor at North Coast Church in northern San Diego County. His church is widely recognized as one of the most…

  • Preaching? Simple Teaching on Simply Preaching

    Alec Motyer, Preaching? Simple Teaching on Simply Preaching. Fearn, Ross-Shire: Christian Focus, September 2013. 192 pp. Paperback, $14.99 Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Christian Focus for the review copy! Alec Motyer was formerly principal of Trinity College and is a well-known author and Bible expositor. He’s written volumes in both…

  • Building A Theological Library: The General Letters

    A couple of weeks ago, we finished Paul’s Letters with a look at my recommendations for commentaries on the Prison and Pastoral Epistles. Just to reiterate, these are my preferences and what make up my library (for the most part). There are definitely some great resources I’ve overlooked. What I’m trying to do here is give you what…

  • Building A Theological Library: Prison and Pastorals

    Several weeks ago, we covered the first part of Paul’s Letters: Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Thessalonians. Just to reiterate, these are my preferences and what make up my library (for the most part). There are definitely some great resources I’ve overlooked. What I’m trying to do here is give you what I typically look for, and in the…

  • How To Tell How Dogmatic You Are

    The other day, I was listening to the Freakonomics podcast, something I would encourage you to do as well. Besides being interesting, there are often tangential points made that could turn into a fruitful blog post. I guess we’ll see. I don’t remember the exact episode, but in the course of the podcast, the hosts…

  • Building A Theological Library: Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Thessalonians

    Several weeks ago, we covered the Gospels and Acts in the New Testament portion of the Building A Theological Library series. Just to reiterate, these are my preferences and what make up my library (for the most part). There are definitely some great resources I’ve overlooked. What I’m trying to do here is give you what…

  • On The Reading and Reviewing of Books (There is No End)

    Over the next several weeks, I’m going to be posting occasional thoughts on the art of reading and reviewing. Lately, I’ve been using the Drafts app on my iPhone to capture short ideas that I have for blog posts. As I’m looking through them, I see that many cluster around how I approach reading and…

  • Jesus On Every Page

    David Murray was a pastor in Scotland for a dozen years before crossing “the pond” in 2007 to take up his present position as Professor of Old Testament and Practical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (246). He is also one of my favorite bloggers and blogs regularly at headhearthand.org (and has a Tumblr as…

  • Building A Theological Library: The Gospels and Acts

    Last week, I introduced the New Testament portion of the Building A Theological Library series. Just to reiterate, these are my preferences and what make up my library (for the most part). There are definitely some great resources I’ve overlooked. What I’m trying to do here is give you what I typically look for, and in…

  • A Neglected Grace: Family Worship in The Christian Home

    Jason Helopoulos is Assistant Pastor of University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan. If you’re keeping score at home, that’s Kevin DeYoung’s church, and he and Jason are good friends. Jason is also a graduate of Dallas Seminary (finishing the same year I started college), so we probably have some mutual professor friends. What I’m…