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  • Raised With Christ: How the Resurrection Changes Everything

    Overview Adrian Warnock serves on the leadership team at Jubilee Church in London where he regularly preaches. He is medical doctor by trade but also is an avid Christian blogger. In this book, he is writing “about the resurrection of Jesus and its effects on us today” (p. 13). As he observes, “what the Spirit…

  • Rid of My Disgrace: Hope and Healing For Victims of Sexual Assault

    Rid of My Disgrace is co-authored by Justin and Lindsey Holcomb. Pastor Justin is the director of The Resurgence and on staff at Mars Hill Church. He also currently a professor at RTS and was previously a professor at Emory University (where he received his Ph.D). He also previously taught in the Sociology and Religious Studies…

  • 20 Ways to Build The Habit of Affirming Others

    [This post is part of the Reshaping Christian Habits series] The last couple of posts in this series have focused on criticizing, yet doing so graciously. It is only natural then to offer some insights into the habit of affirmation. This is something I need to grow in, and you might as well. Realistically, you…

  • Redemption: Freed By Jesus From The Idols We Worship and The Wounds We Carry

    Mike Wilkerson is a pastor at Mars Hill Church in Seattle. From the sources he uses, you can easily see that Mike is passionate about using gospel-based counseling in the local church. This book grew out of Mars Hill’s Redemption Group Ministry and the curriculum that they used in those groups. Overview I already mentioned…

  • Earthen Vessels: Why Our Bodies Matter to Our Faith

    Paperback: 255pgs Publisher: Bethany House (June 11, 2011) Amazon Westminster Bible school/Seminary level Prophetic explorations and priestly applications of a much neglected facet of evangelical theology [You’re reading this review of Earthen Vessels: Why Our Bodies Matter to Our Faith because I requested a copy from Bethany House and they said yes!] Author Matthew Anderson is a…

  • How to Be Graciously Critical (Emphasis on the “Critical” Part)

    [This post is part of the Reshaping Christian Habits series] Just a caveat before we get started: I don’t necessarily embody this ideal so well myself. Rather than say, “Do as I say, not as I do,” think of this post as more of a line in the sand. In the past I’ve certainly violated both the…

  • “We’re Just Friends” and Other Dating Lies

    Paperback: 160pgs Publisher: New Growth Press (March 1, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1935273809 Amazon Thanks to New Growth Press for providing this review copy! Author Chuck Milian is the senior pastor at Crossroads Fellowship in Raleigh, NC. Prior to that he also served as a singles pastor and executive pastor and was president of a singles ministry called SOLO,…

  • How to Be Graciously Critical (Emphasis on the “Grace” Part)

    [This post is part of the Reshaping Christian Habits series] Something that has been on my mind as I transition away from seminary has using my critical faculties graciously in my new setting. Part of this also means being more gracious in settings that haven’t changed, i.e. the internet, or more specifically, Facebook, Twitter, and…

  • Practicing Affirmation

    Paperback: 176pgs Publisher: Crossway (January 19, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1433522438 Amazon ($10.08) Westminster ($9.93) Thanks to Crossway for providing this review copy! Author Sam Crabtree is the lead pastor for life training at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, which if you’re not familiar is John Piper’s church. Piper does the preaching, Crabtree does the vision casting…

  • A New Way To Be Human

    [This post is part of the Reshaping Christian Habits series] About a dozen years ago, a band from San Diego released their sophomore album. Very few people at the time could have predicted the later rise of this particular trio of musicians into mainstream prominence and widespread acclaim. The band itself wasn’t in a race…