Reviews

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  • Book Reviews: Abilene pastor swings for the bleachers with his first book

    Books reviewed include Parables from the Diamond: Meditations for Men on Baseball & Life,  by Phil Christopher and Glen Dromgoole and Intentional Walk by Hugh Poland.

  • Book Reviews: Bible Truths About God

    Reviewed in this issue are Bible Truths about God by James Semple, and  What Southern Women Know about Faith: Kitchen Table Stories and Back Porch Comfort by Ronda Rich.

  • What’s on your pastor’s shelf?

    Where do pastors go when they want a balanced view of the issues? Edwin Mellen Press, Ashgate Publishing and InterVarsity Press often provide the resources.

  • Book Reviews: What Do a Christian Be?

    Books reviewed in this issue are What Do a Christian Be? From Belief to Behavior by Al Fasol and Malinda S. Fasol and Baptist Questions, Baptist Answers by Bill J. Leonard.

  • Book Reviews: The Third Trumpet

    Books reviewed in this issue are The Third Trumpet, Books I-IV by William Meador, Living the Lord’s Prayer Day by Day by Wilson Wayne Grant and Encountering God:10 Ways to Experience His Presence by David M. Edwards.

  • Book Reviews: Sacred Chaos

    Books reviewed in this issue are Sacred Chaos: Spiritual Disciplines for the Life You Have, by Tricia McCrary Rhodes, Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage by Mark Gungor and Farraday Road by Ace Collins.

  • Music Review: U2’s latest offers ‘grace inside a sound’

    Baptist divinity school professor Steven Harmon characterizes U2's new album, No Line on the Horizon, as "the most thoroughly Christian thing they’ve done yet.”

  • Book Reviews: Diversity Leadership

    Reviewed in this issue are Building a House for all God’s Children: Diversity Leadership in the Church by Jeffrey S. Rogers, Yeomen, Sharecroppers and Socialists: Plain Folk Protest in Texas, 1870-1914 by Kyle G. Wilkison and The Bell Messenger by Robert Cornuke with Alton Gansky.

  • Book Reviews: The Blessed

    Reviewed in our 2/9 issue: The Blessed by Lisa T. Bergren, Head and Heart: A History of Christianity in America by Garry Wills and A World of Difference: Putting Christian Truth-Claims to the Worldview Test by Kenneth Richard Samples.

  • Book Reviews: Dangerous Faith

    Reviewed in this issue are Dangerous Faith: Growing in God and Service to the World by Joel Vestal, Being the Presence of Christ: A Vision for Transformation by Daniel Vestal and Shakespeare for Everyone to Enjoy by David R. Brown

  • Book Reviews: In Search of a Confident Faith

    Books reviewed are In Search of a Confident Faith: Overcoming Barriers to Trusting God by J.P. Moreland & Klaus Issler, Great Prayers of the Old Testament by Walter Brueggemann and  The Future of Faith in American Politics: The Public Witness of the Evangelical Center by David Gushee.

  • Book Reviews: Parting the Waters

    Books reviewed are Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 by Taylor Branch, Coach’s Challenge: Faith, Football and Filling the Father Gap by Mike Gottfried and A Pilgrim in Rome: Cries of Descent by Al Staggs.