I am Reading in 2010
 Our Sufficiency in Christ by John F. MacArthur |
 Christian Living in the Home by Jay E. Adams |
 The Nine Taylors by Dorothy Sayers |
 Church Planting Manual by Redeemer Presbyterian Church (Tim Keller) |
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AUGUST 2010
Total Church: A Radical Reshaping around Gospel and Community by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis
Brief Review: Total Church is a excellent book. Highly recommended for pastors and church planters. Chester and Timmis strike the essential harmony tone of both gospel and community.
JULY 2010
Planting Churches in the 21st Century (Kindle) by Stuart Murray
Brief Review: Planting Churches in the 21st Century presents a foundational treatment of the essential church planting issues. Murray is experienced, wise, and biblically discerning. Very helpful and recommended.
Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters by Timothy Keller (Kindle)
Brief Review: Counterfeit Gods is an immensely helpful and practical book about the human heart and the idols it manufactures. Even good things become bad things, when Christ is not Ruler. A longer review yet to come.
JUNE 2010
Foundations for Soul Care: A Christian Psychology Proposal by Eric Johnson
Brief Review: Some good theology. Some bad psychology. And a really clear example of why the two don’t mix.
MAY 2010
CrossTalk by Michael Emlet
Brief Review: CrossTalk sheds helpful light on the gospel as an historical redemptive story.
APRIL 2010
Psychology and Christianity: 4 Views by Collins, Myer, Powlison, and Roberts
Brief Review: Psychology and Christianity: 4 Views is a book helpful for learning the difference between integrationism, Christian psychology, and the biblical alternative.
Planting Missional Churches by Ed Stetzer
Brief Review: Stetzer’s book is a foundational and insightful church planting guide.
The Biblical Counseling Movement: History and Context by David Powlison
Brief Review: Powlison carefully and insightful recounts the history of the biblical counseling movement, highlighting the foundations and refinements. Very Helpful!
March 2010
Care for the Soul by Mark R. McMinn and Timothy R. Phillips
Brief Review: McMinn and Phillips have compiled a series of chapters, most of which argue for a counseling model which seeks to integrate bankrupt psychological principles with Scripture.
Discovering Church Planting by J.D. Payne
Brief Review: This is a simple and foundational book which covers the basics of church planting.
A Theology of Christian Counseling by Jay Adams
Brief Review: Adams’
FEBRUARY 2010
Totally Sufficient by Ed Hindson, Howard Eyrich
Brief Review: Hindson and Eyrich have compiled a helpful collection of chapters from various authors regarding the sufficiency of Scripture in counseling/discipleship.
JANUARY 2010
So I didn’t read anything. Give me a break!
