Reviews

Provocative Approaches to Purity, Dementia, and the Afterlife

LeRoy Lawson reviews three thought-provoking books exploring purity and mercy, the fractured experience of dementia, and imaginative visions of the afterlife that ultimately illuminate this life.

Looking Upward, Outward, and Inward

LeRoy Lawson reviews three books exploring the discovery of the vast universe, a new generation of culture-engaging Christians, and a thoughtful Christian approach to sexual identity.

Aging, Dying, Disasters and Joy

LeRoy Lawson reviews three very different books that explore aging, death, disaster, ordinary life, and the surprising capacity of human beings to find meaning and community.

Four Books About Microfinance

LeRoy Lawson considers four books on microfinance and global poverty, exploring how thoughtful lending, patient capital, and results-focused generosity can help poor communities without undermining their dignity or…

Two Books about Hell

LeRoy Lawson considers Rob Bell’s Love Wins alongside Brian Jones’s Hell Is Real, examining their contrasting views of Heaven, Hell, God’s nature, salvation, and the urgency of evangelism.

You Must Read This Beyond a Job Description

Teresa Welch reviews Eugene H. Peterson’s The Pastor: A Memoir, reflecting on Peterson’s vision of pastoral ministry as a vocation shaped by prayer, listening, Sabbath, community, and attention…

You Must Read This Setting Limits, Taking Control

Jennifer Taylor reviews Henry Cloud and John Townsend's Boundaries, exploring how healthy limits and personal responsibility can strengthen relationships, families, and ministry leadership.

Good Writers, Universal Truth

You Must Read This . . . Recognizing Leadership Potential

You Must Read This Looking Afresh at The Least

Brian Mavis reviews Same Kind of Different as Me, a moving true story of friendship that challenges prejudice, changes perspectives on homelessness, and demonstrates the unexpected relationships that…

You Must Read This Contemplating the Image of Christ

Patricia Magness considers Shusaku Endo's Silence, a challenging novel of persecution in 17th-century Japan that confronts readers with questions of suffering, apostasy, faith, and the face of Christ.

You Must Read This Radical

Shawn McMullen considers David Platt’s Radical and Radical Together, two books challenging Christians to reconsider comfort and embrace lives of obedience, service, and sacrifice for the sake of…

You Must Read This Challenging Prejudices

LeRoy Lawson reviews Miroslav Volf’s Allah: A Christian Response, examining Volf’s argument that Christians and Muslims worship the same God and his call for understanding, dialogue, and mutual…

You Must Read This Timeless Relevance

Jim Eichenberger reviews Timothy Keller’s Counterfeit Gods, a concise examination of how good things can become idols and how biblical stories speak with timeless relevance to contemporary culture.

You Must Read This Beyond Easy Legalism

Eric Metaxas's biography explores Dietrich Bonhoeffer's convictions, resistance to Nazi power, and difficult moral choices as the German theologian sought to remain faithful to God amid the Third…