Even though the authors state that the Christian life is much more than academic faithfulness, much of the rest depends on this area. They claim that this is a book about discipleship, and discipleship is a life long process. They state that their desire is for the reader to experience "the unend...
Category: Book Reviews
The Two Tasks of the Christian Scholar: Redeeming the Soul, Redeeming the Mind
This is not only a book that critiques, it contains suggestions on how to go about fixing the problem. We must help students see that Christianity is more than simply going to church but that our Christian faith is the basis or foundation for all that we are and do.
1 & 2 Corinthians: Holman New Testament Commentary
This is only one volume in the commentary series, some being more helpful than others, and it is worth knowing about and having available for preachers and teachers. While not being a distinctive exegetical commentary format, these commentaries are easy to follow, even without knowledge of the or...
The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World
This is an important book. I begin by saying without any equivocation that it should be read by pastors, church leaders, and students. The chapters represent lectures given by six men, all well known pastor-theologians, at a 2006 conference sponsored by Desiring God.
Renewing Minds: Serving Church and Society Through Christian Higher Education
The book is solidly biblical and theologically challenging. Its primary thrust is to challenge, equip, and prepare this generation not to isolate itself from the "secular" postmodern world; not to assimilate those teachings into the Christian agenda, but to engage this world with a distinctively ...
Truth With Love: The Apologetics of Francis Schaeffer
In this multifaceted 200 page book, Follis does a magnificent job of capturing Francis Schaeffer. While it focuses on the apologetics of Schaeffer, it is also a biography. Obviously, because it is about Schaeffer and his apologetics, it is also about his biblically Reformed theology and how he ap...