Category: Practical Theology
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The Big Story: How The Bible Makes Sense Out of Life
Justin Buzzard is founder and lead pastor of Garden City Church in Silicon Valley. You can catch up with him online here or in his recent flurry of publications.[ref]Date Your Wife, Why Cities Matter, John: A 12-Week Study, Hebrews: Consider Jesus[/ref]In The Big Story: How The Bible Makes Sense Out of Life, Buzzard offers up…
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Prepared By Grace, For Grace
Joel R. Beeke is president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, and also a pastor of the Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation. Oh, and also he writes books in his spare time, which is facilitated in no small measure by his teacher’s assistant Paul Smalley. Together, they’ve put together Prepared By…
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Sex & Money: Pleasures That Leave You Empty and Grace That Satisfies
For a while now, I’ve been a big fan of Paul Tripp’s books. Back in the fall I was able to read through his Dangerous Calling. Though I didn’t do a formal review, I did offer some extended thoughts on the book here and here. It is a book I think every pastor or potential…
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Understanding Spiritual Warfare: Four Views
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a big fan of the multi-view books. I think this is my fifth one to review, but it’s my first one to offer a giveaway for. Keep reading for detail on that. Overview Understanding Spiritual Warfare opens with a substantial introductory essay. Editors James Beilby and Paul Eddy have done…
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Sojourners and Strangers: The Doctrine of The Church
When I was in seminary, we used Bruce Demarest’s The Cross and Salvation as our textbook in soteriology. That was my introduction to the Foundations of Evangelical Theology series, and I liked it so much I picked up another volume, To Know and Love God, which proved very useful for theological method. When I was…
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Mini-Reviews: Center Church and Gospel Treason
If you haven’t heard yet, Tim Keller published a book back in the fall that is basically a synopsis of his approach to ministry. I was able to get a hold of a NetGalley copy, which was a nightmare to read, but I also picked up the eBook when it was on sale. I have…
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How To Have A Better Day Off
A few Mondays ago, I decided to put together a little tutorial on how to have a great day off. Today seems like a good day to offer a Twitter tutorial on how to have refreshing day off. Step #1: Get up early #HowToMakeADayOff — Nate Claiborne (@nateclaiborne) February 4, 2013 Mondays have typically been…
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8 Resources For Changing Lives
Some of the most influential books I’ve read are pictured in the stack above. I was first introduced to Ed Welch during the last class in my second year at Word of Life Bible Institute. His book, When People Are Big and God Is Small, is not only in the top of the stack…
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Song of Solomon: An Invitation to Intimacy
Douglas Sean O’Donnell is the senior pastor of New Covenant Church in Naperville, Illinois. He is also the author of The Beginning and End of Wisdom, which I’ve previously reviewed on here. Quite the student of the wisdom literature, O’Donnell did his doctoral work on Song of Solomon and this commentary in the Preach The…
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Who Do You Think You Are? Finding Your True Identity In Christ
For those who don’t know, Mark Driscoll is the founding pastor of Mars Hill church in Seattle, as well as the Acts 29 church planting network. Our church, CrossPointe Waterford Lakes, is actually not only in the Acts 29 network, but in the Mars Hill network as well as part of a year long mentoring…