Posts by CBC Library (Page 11)
New Books – April 2005
Jesus: An Intimate Portrait of the Man, His Land, and His People, by Leith Anderson. A new biography that harmonizes and integrates the four Gospels into chronological order, expanded to include the culture, politics, and personal relationships that shaped the world in which Jesus walked. The Mark of Jesus: Loving in a Way the World Can See, by Timothy George and John Woodbridge. Christians need to be keenly aware of how their actions are interpreted by the watching world. In…
New Books – March 2005
A Sacred Sorrow: Reaching Out to God in the Lost Language of Lament, by Michael Card. It’s easy to praise God when your life is going well, but what about the other times? God desires us to pour out our hearts to Him, whether in joy or pain, and men of the Bible understood this–from Job to David to Jeremiah to Jesus. The author leads us to examine their stories, and as a result to expand our definition of worship.…
New Books – February 2005
Hell Under Fire, edited by Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson. Although the historic doctrine of hell has been contested since the Enlightenment, the past 50 years have witnessed a new and unsettling development. Attacks that used to come from outside the church are now coming from within. This is especially true with regard to two aberrations: Universalism (which says all persons will ultimately be saved) and Annihilationism (which says the wicked will ultimately cease to exist). This book…
New Books – January 2005
Gadzooks, by Paul J. Batura. The highly practical life and leadership principles of Dr. James Dobson. Batura takes you inside the walls of Focus on the Family and in candid, often humorous, detail, shares principles he’s learned while working for America’s foremost family counselor. The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story, by Craig G. Bartholomew and Michael W. Goheen. Emphasizing its grand narrative quality, the authors show how the Bible is an organic whole and how…
New Books – December 2004
Getting Through the Tough Stuff: It’s Always Something, by Charles R. Swindoll. Life is tough. If you don’t agree, you simply haven’t lived long enough. Maybe you’re sandwiched between aging parents who need your help and children who need your guidance, or stretched beyond limits at work. Swindoll brings practical insights from the Word of God into the struggles we all face. Tortured Wonders: Christian Spirituality for People, Not Angels, by Rodney Clapp. Combining a passion for orthodox theology with…
Starting a Church Library
Community Bible Chapel Library Are you thinking about starting a library in your church? If so, this article sets forth some suggestions, and some preliminary issues that you should consider. Recommended resource: The Church Librarian’s Handbook, a book by Betty McMichael (Baker Book House, 3rd Edition, 1998). This book is very helpful, and deals in detail with many of the issues discussed in this article. However, it is not currently in print. You can often find used copies at www.amazon.com, or…
Quotes on Reading
The end to which good men’s libraries finally come is a melancholy subject. Few things are so loved by some, and despised and neglected by others, as books, and specially theological books. J.C. Ryle (71) Though fallen on hard times of late, books have played an essential role in Church history…John Bradford, himself only days away from being bound to the stake, offered a petition that was short and to the point—that he might “have his books, and time enough…
Book Review — The Incomparable Christ
The Incomparable Christ, by John Stott (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001, 235 pages) The contents of this book were delivered by John Stott at the A.D. 2000 London Lectures on Contemporary Christianity, at All Souls Church, London on four consecutive Thursdays. The full title of the lectures was The Incomparable Christ: Celebrating His Millennial Birth. Despite having founded the annual London Lectures in 1974, Stott had never been the lecturer until this time. And in this book, he brings…
Book Review — The Path to True Happiness: John 2
The Path to True Happiness: John 2, by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1999, 214 pages) This is a collection of 12 sermons on the second chapter of John’s Gospel, originally preached by Dr. Lloyd-Jones (MLJ) in late 1995. MLJ notes that John’s theme is stated near the end of his Gospel: …but these (i.e., the signs recounted in his gospel) are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ; and that by believing ye…
Book Review — God’s Way, Not Ours: Isaiah 1
God’s Way, Not Ours: Isaiah 1, by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1999, 150 pages) This book contains nine sermons on the first chapter of Isaiah, originally delivered by Martyn Lloyd-Jones (MLJ) in 1963. While keeping the larger themes of Isaiah’s message to the people of his own day in view, MLJ primarily focuses on the one great message of the entire Bible, and he sees in Isa 1 a summary of that message. He begins with…
Book Review — Living in the Gap Between Promise and Reality: The Gospel According to Abraham
Living in the Gap Between Promise and Reality: The Gospel According to Abraham, by Ian Duguid (Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 1999, 167 pages) This book is the first in a new series called “The Gospel According to the Old Testament”. In a quote contained on the book cover, D.A. Carson says that “one of the most urgent needs of the church is to grasp how the many parts of the Bible fit together to make one story-line that…