Review: Broken
Broken: 7 “Christian” Rules That Every Christian Ought to Break as Often as Possible, by Jonathan Fisk. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 2012. 280 pages. Pastor Jonathan Fisk is one of the associate pastors ...
Review: Teaching the Faith
Teaching the Faith, Forming the Faithful: A Biblical Vision for Education in the Church, by Gary A. Parrett and S. Steve Kang, Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2009. 461 pages. Dr. Gary Parrett is professor ...
Review: Jesus and Scripture
Jesus and Scripture: Studying the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, by Steve Moyise. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2010. 147 pages. Steve Moyise is Professor of New Testament at the University of Chichester. He ...
Review: Preaching to a Post-Everything World
Preaching to a Post-Everything World: Crafting Biblical Sermons that Connect with our Culture, by Zack Eswine, Grand Rapids: Baker, 2008. 288 pages. Zack Eswine serves the Riverside Community (Saint Louis, MO) as Senior Pastor. His ...
Review: Bearing the Cross
Bearing the Cross: Devotions on Albrecht Dürer’s Small Passion, by Carolyn S. Brinkley. St. Louis MO: Concordia Publishing House, 2012. 167 pages. Carolyn Brinkley is trained as a deaconess in the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. This ...
Review: Commentary on Luther’s Catechisms: Ten Commandments
Commentary on Luther’s Catechisms: Ten Commandments, by Albrecht Peters. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2009, 333 pages. Professor Dr. Albrecht Peters was a longtime member of the theological faculty of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg, Germany. ...
Simple Church
Thom Rainer is president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources. He is a pastor and researcher, authoring more than twenty books, including Transformational Church and The Millennials. Eric Geiger leads the LifeWay Church Resources division ...
Review: Lutheran Spirituality
Lutheran Spirituality: Life as God’s Child, Robert C. Baker, ed. St. Louis: Concordia, 2010. 301 pages. The general editor for this book is Rev. Robert C. Baker, Senior Editor of Adult Bible Studies, Concordia Publishing ...
Review: Johann Kilian, Pastor
Johann Kilian, Pastor: A Wendish Lutheran in Germany and Texas, by George Nielsen. Serbin, TX: Texas Wendish Historical Society, 2003. 84 pages (149 with appendix, notes, index, etc.). George Nielsen taught American History at Concordia ...
Review: Church Marketing 101
Church Marketing 101: Preparing Your Church for Greater Growth, by Richard L. Reising Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2006. 206 pages. Richard Reising is the founder and president of Dallas-based Artistry Marketing, a national church-consulting ...