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Complete New Book List April 2010 After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters, by N.T. Wright. Reviewer Timothy George calls this an “engaging summons to the moral life’, one that moves between the reigning paradigms of “follow the heart” or “keep the rules”. Wright says the Bible calls for a revolution—a transformation of character that takes us beyond our earthly pursuit of money, sex, and power into a virtuous state of living that allows us to reflect God and live…

Complete New Book List March 2010 Churchill, by Paul Johnson. Biography of the one of most important men of the 20th century, and one of the most complex and fascinating personalities of history. Churchill was a soldier, parliamentarian, prime minister, orator, painter, writer, husband and leader. His leadership of England in World War II in firm opposition to Hitler made a critical difference in the war. Although not written as a Christian book, this book is highly recommended by Al…

Complete New Book List February 2010 A Sweet and Bitter Providence: Sex, Race, and the Sovereignty of God, by John Piper. Ruth and Boaz were risk-takers—a younger, immigrant, peasant widow and a middle-aged, Jewish landowner, walking along the precipice of social exclusion with absolute integrity. And what an unexpected outcome, affecting all generations to follow. Their story of sexual intrigue and racial alliance plays out uncannily under the invisible hand of God. And in their hazardous acts of faithfulness, the…

Complete New Book List January 2010 Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, but Nobody Wants to Die, by David Crowder and Mike Hogan. Crowder is pastor of music and arts at UniversityBaptistChurch in Waco, and founder of The David Crowder Band, a Christian rock band. Hogan is a band member. This book features thoughts on the nature of the soul and of death, on kingdom reality as both now and hereafter, and on bluegrass music. The authors say that “right…

Complete New Book List December, 2009 A Theology of John’s Gospel and Letters: the Word, the Christ, the Son of God, by Andreas J. Kostenberger (Biblical Theology of the NT series). An exhaustive theology of John’s Gospel and letters, which also provides a detailed study of major themes and relates them to the Synoptic Gospels and other NT books. The Meaning of the Pentateuch: Revelation, Composition, and Interpretation, by John H. Sailhamer. According to John Piper, this is not a…

Complete New Book List, November, 2009 Holy Ground: Walking with Jesus as a Former Catholic, by Chris Castaldo. An evangelical convert from Catholicism explores how to emulate the grace and truth of the Lord Jesus Christ in relation to their Catholic friends and family. D.A. Carson said it is the “best book he has read that chronicles such pilgrimages”. The author challenges Evangelicals to recognize that yes, Catholics can love Jesus. An Uncommon Union: Dallas Theological Seminary and American Evangelicalism,…

Complete New Book List October 2009 The Gospel-Driven Life: Being Good News People in a Bad News World, by Michael Horton. Christianity doesn’t work as just a moral philosophy or code of ethics. It makes sense only when it is built upon the foundation of the Gospel. Finding God in Ancient China, by Chan Kei Thong and Charlene L. Fu. Although China has long been considered a culture of fables, legends, and the polytheistic language of many deities, the author…

Complete New Book List September, 2009 The Jesus You Can’t Ignore: What You Must Learn from the Bold Confrontations of Jesus, by John MacArthur. These days Jesus is often portrayed as a pacifist, or a meek and mild teacher. These things do represent a portion of the Messiah. But MacArthur shows another side, the bold confronter who contends for truth. From Tyndale to Madison: How the Death of an English Martyr Led to the American Bill of Rights, by Michael…

Complete New Book List August, 2009 Filling Up the Afflictions of Christ: The Cost of Bringing the Gospel to the Nations in the Lives of William Tyndale, Adoniram Judson, and John Paton, by John Piper. Vol 5 in The Swans Are Not Silent series. Religion Saves: and Nine Other Misconceptions, by Mark Driscoll. The author saves religion never saved anyone, and religious answers to complex questions are simply misconceptions. Here he deals with ten popular misconceptions. Why We Love the…

Complete New Book List July 2009 The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate, by John H. Walton. Tremper Longman says this is a “compelling and persuasive interpretation of Genesis, one that challenges those who take Genesis 1 as an account of material origins”. Bruce Waltke says Walton’s “cosmic temple inauguration view of Genesis 1 is a landmark study”. Did the Resurrection Happen? A Conversation with Gary Habermas and Anthony Flew, edited by David Baggett. In…

Complete New Book List June, 2009 Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision, by N.T. Wright. The author offers a comprehensive account and defense of his view on Justification by Faith. He also responds to his critics, such as John Piper, who have challenged what has come to be known as the New Perspective. Heroes, by Iain H. Murray. Seven biographical sketches on people in church history whom Murray particularly admires, including the well known (Spurgeon, John Newton, Jonathan Edwards, and…

Complete New Book ListMay 2009 Unpacking Forgiveness: Biblical Answers for Complex Questions and Deep Wounds, by Chris Brauns. Helping us understand the true nature of biblical forgiveness. Blending biblical teaching with contemporary stories so that we can be set free from bitterness. Abusing Scripture: The Consequences of Misreading the Bible, by Manfred T. Brauch. Rightly dividing the word of truth can be a difficult and contentious matter. The author helps us recognize the kinds of misreadings that have been circulating,…

A Great and Terrible Love: A Spiritual Journey Into the Attributes of God, by Mark Galli. J.I. Packer says “anyone who works their way through these meditations on the attributes of God will find them full of nourishment”. Ancient Word, Changing Worlds: The Doctrine of Scripture in a Modern Age, by Stephen J. Nichols and Eric T. Brandt. A comprehensive survey of approaches to the doctrine of Scripture, showing what the church has always believed about the Bible as the…

Living Water: Studies in John 4, by Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Fifty never-before-published sermons by Lloyd-Jones on the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4:10-30. You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can’t Make Him Think, by Ray Comfort. Answers to questions from angry skeptics. Shows how atheism isn’t just a mind game; it is intellectual suicide. Finally Alive: What Happens When We Are Born Again, by John Piper. Piper rescues the term “born again” from its contemporary status…

The God I Don’t Understand: Reflections on Tough Questions of Faith, by Christopher J.H. Wright. If we are honest, we have to admit there are many things we don’t understand about God. We don’t have the final answers to the deep problems of life, and there are areas of mystery in our Christian faith. Wright encourages us to face up to the limitations of our understanding and learn to be able to say with the psalmist: “But that’s all right.…

John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine and Doxology, edited by Burk Parsons. A team of leading Reformed scholars and pastors paint a magnificent portrait of John Calvin, faithfully depicting the life and teaching of the Genevan Reformer who gave direction to the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century. Contributors include Michael Horton, John MacArthur, Sinclair Ferguson, Jay Adams, Thabiti Anyabwile, Joel Beeke, Jerry Bridges, et al. Facing Your Final Job Review: The Judgment Seat of Christ, Salvation, and Eternal…

The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith, by Timothy Keller. Taking his trademark intellectual approach to understanding Christianity, Keller uncovers the essential message of Jesus, locked inside his most familiar parable. Within that parable, Jesus reveals God’s prodigal grace toward both the irreligious and the moralistic. Living for God’s Glory: An Introduction to Calvinism, by Joel R. Beeke. Traces the roots of Calvinism and sets forth its doctrinal distinctives, then explores how Calvinists live out their beliefs…

Suffering and the Goodness of God, edited by Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson (Theology in Community series). Biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical engagement with the problem of suffering and evil. Contributors include Walter Kaiser, John Frame, John Feinberg, and others. Death By Love: Letters from the Cross, by Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears. In this book, the authors show how the benefits that flow from Jesus Christ’s atoning work on the cross apply to specific real-life challenges and…

Spectacular Sins: and Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ, by John Piper. When it comes to holocausts or other horrors, many assume that God has his hands tied and his back to the wall. But Piper paints a different picture from Scripture. Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World, edited by C.J. Mahaney. Addresses the issues that prompt that subtle, silent slide away from God that each of us is prone to take. Sarah: How a Hockey…

The Surprising Work of God: Harold John Ockenga, Billy Graham, and the Rebirth of Evangelicalism, by Garth M. Rosell. The story of how America’s mid-twentieth-century spiritual awakening became a worldwide Christian movement. Looks through the window of the life, ministry, and writings of Ockenga (co-founder of Fuller Seminary, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, the National Association of Evangelicals and Christianity Today magazine) and Billy Graham. The Christian in an Age of Terror: Selected Sermons of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones 1941-1950, edited by Dr.…