Review: A Lutheran Looks at Mega Churches
A Lutheran Looks at Mega Churches, by Andrew P. Bauer. Milwaukee: NPH, 2012. 99 pages. Andrew Bauer is the pastor at New Life Lutheran Church in Lake Zurich, Illinois. Pastor Bauer, the author of A ...
Review: Glorious Ruin
Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free, by Tullian Tchividjian. Colorado Springs: David C. Cook, 2012. 206 pages. Readers of The Shepherds Study book reviews may be aware that Tullian Tchividjian resigned from the public ...
Review: Conversational Evangelism
Norman Geisler is Distinguished Professor of Theology and Apologetics at Veritas Evangelical Seminary, Murrieta, CA. He is author or coauthor of some 70 books and hundreds of articles. He has taught for nearly 50 years ...
Review: The Intolerance of Tolerance
The Intolerance of Tolerance, by D. A. Carson, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012. 186 pages. D. A. Carson is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Ill. His many other books include ...
Review: Ancient Fire
Ancient Fire: The Power of Christian Rituals in Contemporary Worship. Ken Heer. Indianapolis: Wesleyan Publishing House, 2010. 223 pages. Ken Heer, the son of an itinerant minister “in a conservative denomination that regularly practiced rites ...
Review: I Trust When Dark My Road
I Trust When Dark My Road: A Lutheran View of Depression, by Todd A. Peperkorn. LC-MS World Relief and Human Care, 2009. 95 pages. Todd Peperkorn served as an LC-MS Pastor of Messiah Ev. Lutheran ...
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 ...
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: 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 ...