October 29, 2010
A Resource for Readers of Books
Mark A. Taylor highlights a growing list of Standard Publishing books for adults and families, including titles on forgiveness, evangelism, leadership, parenting, fiction, and Bible study.
Series: Reviews
October 13, 2010
Hiring Resources
R. Paige Mathews offers practical resources for churches hiring staff, including tools for job descriptions, placement services, references, assessments, background checks, interviews, and compensation.
October 4, 2010
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Two to Help Us Think About Prejudice
LeRoy Lawson reviews two books that explore sign language, global Christianity, and the power of prejudice to shape human assumptions before all the facts are in.
September 1, 2010
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Missionary Loses It All””Even His Faith
LeRoy Lawson reviews three books on mission, mortality, and Scripture, reflecting on Daniel Everett’s Amazon account, Kerry and Chris Shook’s life-focused challenge, and Leland Ryken’s literary approach to the Bible.
July 18, 2010
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Who Will Help the Poor Help Themselves?
LeRoy Lawson reviews three books that probe poverty, justice, wealth, and Christian responsibility, asking how believers should respond to the poor with wisdom, compassion, and practical help.
June 6, 2010
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Three Reads to Make You Squirm
LeRoy Lawson reviews three provocative books that challenge church traditions, American worship practices, and Christians’ responsibility to the world’s poor.
May 9, 2010
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Will You Lead? Will You Serve?
LeRoy Lawson reviews books by Jeff Jarvis, Gary Hamel, and Seth Godin, drawing leadership lessons for churches, organizations, and the Restoration Movement.
April 11, 2010
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Focusing on Grace
LeRoy Lawson reviews four Christian books on ministry friendship, grace, small group leadership, and long-haul leadership, offering a mixed but thoughtful guide for ministers and church leaders.
March 14, 2010
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Politics, Commerce, and Religion: All About Us and Them
By LeRoy Lawson Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World (New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2009). James A. Morone, Hellfire Nation: The Politics of Sin in American History (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004). David Domke and Kevin Coe, The God Strategy: How Religion Became a Political Weapon in America (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007). Love of country can be beautiful. I remember returning from my first extended trip to Europe. When we landed I almost kissed the ground, I was so glad to be home again. I”ve since had that experience over and over. I”m proud to be
February 14, 2010
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Group Projects and Real People
LeRoy Lawson reviews Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers and Anne Lamott’s Traveling Mercies, reflecting on success, storytelling, faith, brokenness, and the grace found among real people in the church.
January 10, 2010
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Forgotten, Free, and Faithful
LeRoy Lawson reviews three books that stirred his curiosity, exploring the Great Depression, the modern expectation of “free,” and Harvey Cox’s provocative vision for the future of faith.
December 20, 2009
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Taking the Lead
LeRoy Lawson reviews books by Bill Hybels, David Wessel, and Brian McLaren, reflecting on leadership, financial trust, global crises, and the church’s calling to a transformed way of life.
November 29, 2009
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: From Mathematics to Mystery
LeRoy Lawson reflects on four books spanning mathematics and faith, missionary service in Japan, friendship across poverty and race, and P. D. James’s autobiographical reflections on life and belief.
November 11, 2009
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Practical Advice for Problems We”d Wish to Avoid
LeRoy Lawson reviews three practical books offering counsel for widowers, parents of missionaries, and readers learning resilience through hardship, loss, distance, and difficult realities.
November 1, 2009
My ‘Must-Read’ Books
Christian Standard contributing editors and ministry leaders share must-read books that have shaped their worship, leadership, spiritual formation, ministry, missions, and personal reading.
October 4, 2009
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Money–Ascendance and Dependence
LeRoy Lawson reviews The Ascent of Money and Hot, Flat, and Crowded, connecting financial collapse, environmental concern, trust, and Christian stewardship.
September 20, 2009
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: What to Do About Poverty?
LeRoy Lawson reviews four books on poverty, comparing global aid strategies, local solutions, and what churches can learn about serving the poor with wisdom and commitment.
September 6, 2009
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us
LeRoy Lawson reviews two books on Francis and Frank Schaeffer, reflecting on evangelical influence, family pain, fundamentalism, and the difference between celebrity faith and mere Christianity.
July 12, 2009
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us
LeRoy Lawson reviews books by A. J. Jacobs and Robert Jewett that challenge readers to examine biblical literalism, religious zeal, and how others may see us.
June 14, 2009
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Learning to Communicate, Examining History
LeRoy Lawson reviews two books that challenge assumptions: Temple Grandin’s insights on autism and animal behavior, and Garry Wills’s history of Christianity in America.
