Shepherd the Flock

Although it’s been a few months since I posted some initial thoughts and review of the book, Five Views on Law and Gospel, I’d like to pick the topic back up and, in time, give a full review of this book. Because of the length and depth of the book, my intention is to post [...]

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Hope
by Jeremiah Burroughs
Binding: Hardcover
Page Count: 150
Publisher: Soli Deo Gloria
ISBN#: 9781573581714

Summary: A warm, devotional exposition of 1st John 3:3, “everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.”
Though Jeremiah Burroughs is personally not my favorite Puritan to read, I find him to be one of the the very easiest of Puritans to [...]

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The book Five Views on Law and Gospel “explores five major approaches to the relationship between the law and the Gospel, each author presenting his particular perspective on the issue and responding to the other four.”
The contributors and their respective positions are as follows:

Wayne G. Strickland: Dispensational
Dr. Walter C. Kaiser Jr.: ‘Evangelical’
Douglas J. Moo: ‘Modified [...]

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Grace Abounding To The Chief of Sinners
by John Bunyan
Binding: Paperback
Page Count: 159
Publisher: Evangelical Press
ISBN#: 0852344384

Summary: A powerful and vivid read on the true nature of conversion; a ‘must read’ for Christians of all walks.
“These things may seem ridiculous to others, even as ridiculous as they were in themselves, but to me they were most [...]

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One month into my bibliography for 2009, and I’ve only read one book on my list! That’s just the way things go, I guess.
But because I am way behind on doing book reviews (they take a lot of time to write), I thought a couple of quick thoughts on this month’s reading will suffice.
Books I [...]

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The Worship of the English Puritans
by Horton Davies
Binding: Paperback
Page Count: 304
Publisher: Soli Deo Gloria
ISBN#: 1573580430

Summary: A largely academic approach in examining the history of Puritan worship, but very thorough and informative on several critical issues surrounding worship and the Word of God. This is a much needed work in our day.
On the [...]

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As a follow-up to my previous post where I detailed my top 10 books read in 2008, in this post I will give a limited Bibliography for what I plan to read in 2009.
Please note that I am prefacing this Bibliography with a ‘as the Lord wills‘. It seems as though every time I have [...]

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The Day God Made
by Glen Knecht
Binding: Paperback
Page Count: 101
Publisher: Banner of Truth
ISBN#: 0851518516

Summary: Devotional, Succinct, Convincing
The rise in dispensational theology in our day, specifically the so-called ‘literal’ hermeneutic that underlies it, complete with its call for proof texts of ‘thou shalt’ in order to establish truth, has largely annulled any concept of man’s [...]

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I absolutely love to read. It’s a hobby that aids relaxation. It’s a duty as a Christian, husband, and father. It’s a necessary discipline for me personally and intellectually (exercising the mind much like exercising the body). But even though I love to read, I don’t always feel like reading. Rather, it is something that [...]

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Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture
by Graeme Goldsworthy
Binding: Paperback
Page Count: 286
Publisher: Eerdmans
ISBN#: 9780802847300

In Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture, Graeme Goldworthy sets forth a very clear agenda, an agenda reflected in the title, and one that serves as the main thesis of the book from beginning to end:
“The aim of this book [...]

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