Posts from 2022

CBC Library Complete New Book List August-September 2022  Piercing Leviathan: God’s Defeat of Evil in the Book of Job, by Eric Ortlund. Argues that Behemoth and Leviathan of chapters 40-41, traditionally interpreted as a hippopotamus and crocodile, are better understood as symbols of cosmic chaos and evil, and that a supernatural interpretation fits better with the book and its original context, promising that God will one day destroy the evil loose in his creation. Seasons of Sorrow: the Pain of…

CBC Library Complete New Book List July 2022  Truth on Fire: Gazing at God Until Your Heart Sings, by Adam Ramsey. An invitation to embrace God in all his fullness. To think about God more deeply so that you enjoy him more intensely. To behold him in such a way that your daily experience is transformed. To let God’s truth set your heart on fire. Jesus Through the Eyes of Women: How the First Female Disciples Help Us to Know…

CBC Library Complete New Book List June 2022 Tell Me the Stories of Jesus: The Explosive Power of Jesus’ Parables, by R. Albert Mohler. The stories Jesus told during his earthly ministry are packed with such memorable characters that they now permeate our culture’s popular imagination. But what if their familiarity has muted their powerful message, causing today’s readers to miss their ability to shock and transform? Every parable Jesus told contains judgment and grace, and Mohler unlocks the power…

CBC Library Complete New Book List May 2022  Faithfully Different: Regaining Biblical Clarity in a Secular Culture, by Natasha Crain. In an increasingly secular society, those who have a biblical worldview are now a shrinking minority facing pressures to change and even abandon our beliefs. But these challenges also present opportunities to stand strong for Christ and reveal his light to those hurt by the darkness of our day. What Is Saving Faith? Reflections on Receiving Christ as a Treasure,…

CBC Library Complete New Book List March-April 2022   Recovering the Lost Art of Reading: A Quest for the True, the Good, and the Beautiful, by Leland Ryken and Glenda Fay Mathes. With smartphones offering us endless information with the tap of a finger, reading has become a lost art and is in desperate need of recovery. This book explores the importance of reading in general as well as studying the Bible as literature.   Rembrandt Is in the Wind:…

Complete New Book List January-February 2022   A Dozen Things God Did With Your Sin (And Three Things He’ll Never Do), by Sam Storms. Every believer occasionally struggles with doubt over their salvation. These feelings are more than discouraging; they underestimate Christ’s complete sacrifice for sin. To fight unrelenting guilt, believers need to meditate on every facet of Christ’s atonement. Clearly defining penal substitution, Sam Storms explains twelve things God does with believers’ sin and contrasts a Christian’s “eternal union”…