Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

Friday, April 20, 2012

Book Review: 40 Questions About the End Times


40 Questions About the End Times
By: Echard Schnabel
Series Editor: Benjamin L. Merkle

Kregel Academic and Professional, 2011


Thanks to Benjamin Merkle, the Series Editor for Kregel’s “40 Questions” books, evangelicals now have a quick and concise tool for understanding end times. The book’s author, Echard Schnabel, is an evangelical and takes a very conservative look at all end times scripture throughout the Bible.


Perhaps the most helpful thing he has done is not begin with Revelation. I believe folks are guilty of going straight to the end of the Bible to understand what will happen in the end times which is not beneficial unless you have a good idea of the rest of the Bible’s metanarrative. To understand apocalyptic writing in scripture, one must understand the genre in general, but also understand the book of Daniel.


Thursday, March 8, 2012

Family Ministry and It's Importance in College Ministry



BOOK REVIEW

TRAINED IN THE FEAR OF GOD

Family Ministry in Theological, Historical, and Practical Perspective
Randy Stinson and Timothy Paul Jones, Editors
Published by Kregel Academic and Professional, 2011


Due to the nature of this book, my review will be different than normal. I feel it is necessary to go into more detail regarding specific issues because of the relevance of the truth this book is able to communicate at this specific time to our culture. Thus, this is not a thorough review of every chapter, though I endorse it with confidence and certainty that every chapter is able to successfully speak to the topic of its focus. Instead, this review is an in-depth look at specific chapters that demand much attention in my ministry context. 

Friday, February 10, 2012

Book Review: Every Single Man's Battle




BOOK REVIEW

EVERY SINGLE MAN'S BATTLE

Staying on the Path of Sexual Purity
By Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker
Published by WalterBrook Press


Prior to marrying my prized wife, Emma, I read Every Man’s Battle. This was an influential book in my attempt at biblical manhood. I recommend that book to all men regardless of their situations in life (not necessarily young boys though). In Every Single Man’s Battle Arterburn and Stoeker offer another work in the same vein. It builds primarily on their previous work together, thus the reader may be best served by purchasing it as well.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Has God Spoken? by Hank Hanegraaff


BOOK REVIEW

Has God Spoken?
Proof of the Bible’'s Divine Inspiration
By Hank Hanegraaff
Published by Thomas Nelson

Has God been disproven? Is the Bible really true and if so what proof is there that it has not been changed over the course of time? Hank Hanegraff has written "Has God Spoken?" to prove Scripture's divine inspiration.