This week’s book of the week is Stop Dating the Church!: Fall In Love with the Family of God. This small book by Joshua Harris is full of sweet goodness. While Harris is a great writer, this book is a critical read for many people. Many people (especially college students) have a tendency to church hop or church shop or …
This week’s book of the week is the Book of Genesis. I received a new ESV study Bible this week, and started rereading Genesis even though I read it once this month. Since I am reading through the Bible in a new plan, I wanted to go through it in this Bible so I wouldn’t just jump in at a …
This week’s book of the week is none other than The Gospel of Matthew. The first gospel in the New Testament was written by Matthew, one of the original twelve disciples. As a tax-collector, he really hit on many parables on money. And ethnically, as a Jew, he included more Old Testament quotations than any of the other gospel writers. …
This week’s book of the week is Andrew Hill’s “Enter His Courts with Praise!” This treatment is a thoroughly biblical study of worship. Looking at how worship was prescribed in the Old Testament, Hill attempts to give guidelines for New Testament worship. Top 5 Ideas: “For our purposes Shaper best captures the idea and ideal of worship when he characterizes the event of worship …
This week’s book of the week is The Interventionist written by Lyle E. Schaller. Top 5 Ideas: Schaller stated that “this has become the central theme of this book, the most effective way to influence both individual and institutional behavior is to ask questions” (15). Speaking concerning the necessity for a minister to be well-presented, Schaller stated that “the pulpit …
This week’s book of the week is Walter Kaiser’s Mission in the Old Testament. Top 5 Thoughts: God’s original intention was to extend his offering of grace beyond merely the Jewish people to the Gentiles (9). Blessing had to start somewhere with someone. God’s purpose in blessing one people was to create an instrument to bless all other nations of …
This week’s book of the week is by Charles Spurgeon entitled, The Soul Winner. Spurgeon is the “prince of preachers” and had an incredible ministry during his lifetime. This great volume explains the need for personal evangelism. Top 5 Ideas: “Soul-winning is the chief business of the Christian minister; indeed, it should be the main pursuit of every true believer” …
This week’s book of the week is Thom Rainer’s Breakout Churches. Rainer, the president of Lifeway, used to be the dean for the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth. In this book, he studied churches who were making the leap to doing great things. It is a great read with some great findings. Top 5 Ideas: Rainer’s …
This week’s book of the week is Charles Finney’s Experiencing Revival. “The fact is, Christians are more to blame for not being revived than sinners are for not being converted” (18). “There are two goals necessary for revival; one is to influence men, and the other is to influence God…I do not mean that God’s mind is changed by prayer …
This week’s book of the week is John Maxwell’s Developing the Leaders Around You. Top 5 Thoughts: “The greatest leadership principle that I have ever learned in over twenty-five years of leadership is that those closest to the leader will determine the success level of that leader” (3). Maxwell quoted Winston Churchill who stated, “If you are doing big things, …
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