Category: Book Review
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A Review of “A Workman Not Ashamed: Essays in Honor of Albert N. Martin”
A Workman Not Ashamed: Essays in Honor of Albert N. Martin. Edited by David Charles and Rob Ventura. Conway, AR: Free Grace Press, 2021. Before I present my review, I want to first thank David Charles and Rob Ventura, who out of their love and esteem, took the time to coedit a festschrift for…
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George Whitefield: Evangelist for God and Empire (book review)
George Whitefield: Evangelist for God and Empire, by Peter Y. Choi. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2018 (xvi + 252 pp). $24.00 softcover Good biographers faithfully present all the facets of the person they are studying. As no one is perfect, these facts include both negative and positive elements. Unfortunately, some Christian biographers tend to provide…
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Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation
Smith, James K. A. Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation. Cultural Liturgies, vol. 1. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2009. James K. A. Smith is professor of philosophy at Calvin College, where he holds the Gary and Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology and Worldview. Desiring the Kingdom is the first of his…
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A Book Review of Thomas Merton’s The Seven Storey Mountain
The Seven Storey Mountain. By Thomas Merton. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948, 429 pp., hardcover. Born in France in 1915, grew up in the U.S., and died in Thailand in 1968, Thomas Merton, is regarded as one of the most celebrated Catholic writers of the twentieth century. He is particularly well-known for…
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A Book Review of Taking Hold of God: Reformed and Puritan Perspectives on Prayer
Click here to read Alasdair Macleod’s review (Free Church Witness): “here is a rare book that has actually impacted my personal spiritual life for good.” Then click here to read Tony Bickley’s review (Evangelical Times): “I would describe this book as being probably the best book on prayer for a generation.”
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Neither Poverty nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Possessions. By Craig L. Blomberg. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999, 300 pp., paperback.
One of the fast growing problems today is poverty. Various solutions have been tried to solve this global problem: socialism, capitalism, liberation theology, prosperity theology, and others. Yet all these attempts, according to Craig Blomberg, lack of solid scriptural supports. Several evangelical scholars have also produced works that address this whole issue of poverty,[1] but…
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A Book Review of Octavius Winslow’s The Work of The Holy Spirit
Octavius Winslow (1808-1878) was one of the renowned and celebrated evangelical preachers of the 19th century. He was ordained as a pastor on July 21, 1833 in New York and later moved to England. His prolific experimental Calvinistic knowledge was a ground for earnestness of his profound preaching. He was a Baptist minister but in…
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A Book Review of Thomas à Kempis’ Imitation of Christ
Born in Germany around 1380 and died in the Netherlands in 1471, Thomas à Kempis is one of the most well known medieval Catholic devotional writers. His Imitation of Christ, composed in Latin in the Netherlands between 1420 and 1427 has become a classic favorite to many. Originally, the Imitation was written anonymously. Thomas probably…
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A Book Review of D. A. Carson’s A Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers
The book opens with this very thought provoking question: “What is the most urgent need in the church of the Western world today?” (11). Carson rightly answers, “a deeper knowledge of God” (15). Then he asserts that “One of the foundational steps in knowing God, and one of the basic demonstrations that we do know…
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A Book Review of D. A. Carson’s How Long, O Lord Reflections on Suffering & Evil
“The truth of the matter is that all we have to do is live long enough, and we will suffer,” declares D. A. Carson (16). How true! Indeed, suffering is part of life. Yet, despite this plain truth most Christians are still surprised when they face suffering. Sometimes, some of us are so shocked to…
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