Review: <em>Ashtown Burials II: The Drowned Vault</em>

Review: Ashtown Burials II: The Drowned Vault

Books |  Picture Gilgamesh of Uruk in white pants and a turquoise polo. Now add Capt. John Smith, guns that shoot fire, and a whole lot of transmortal mayhem taking…

Review: <em>Transformed by God: New Covenant Life and Ministry</em>

Review: Transformed by God: New Covenant Life and Ministry

Books |  If you’ve read Jeremiah’s rich promise of a new covenant and want to know how it has been fulfilled by the work of Jesus Christ, then this book is for…

Review: <em>Shrewd: Daring to Live the Startling Command of Jesus</em>

Review: Shrewd: Daring to Live the Startling Command of Jesus

Books |  Being shrewd is a lot like being manipulative. That’s why Jesus commanded us to be innocently shrewd. But, writes Rick Lawrence in Shrewd: Daring to Live the

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Review: <em>The Top Ten Leadership Commandments</em>

Review: The Top Ten Leadership Commandments

Books |  Hans Finzel, CEO of the nonprofit WorldVenture, was ready to quit. His three-page resignation letter was written. But before sending it, he decided to study…

Review: <em>The Rise of China vs. The Logic of Strategy</em>

Review: The Rise of China vs. The Logic of Strategy

Books |  The adversative in the title is intentional: Edward N. Luttwak, one of the world’s leading military strategists, sets out to show that China’s growth will…

Review: <em>A Week in the Life of Corinth</em>

Review: A Week in the Life of Corinth

Books |  The pacing is strong, the characters are believable and engaging, the setting comes alive, and the footnotes (a rarity in novels since the days of Walter…

Review: <em>Forsaken: The Trinity and the Cross, and Why It Matters</em>

Review: Forsaken: The Trinity and the Cross, and Why It Matters

Books |  God is one, unified, without parts or passions. That is the message Thomas H. McCall elaborates, defends, and applies across four chapters of his book

Review: <em>Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free</em>

Review: Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free

Books |  The book’s title, Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free , is somewhat misleading, for the author, Tullian Tchividjian, is an enemy of all analyses that…

Review: <em>The Ward of Heaven and the Wyrm in the Sea</em>

Review: The Ward of Heaven and the Wyrm in the Sea

Books |  It's a lot like an unread classic: Colin J. Cutler's The Ward of Heaven and the Wyrm in the Sea (Eden Books, 2012) is not bestseller material. Even the…

Review: <em>Messy: God Likes It That Way</em>

Review: Messy: God Likes It That Way

Books |  A.J. Swoboda writes like he's trying to do praise song lyrics. No complete sentences. Just thoughts. Flying at you from the page. Yet this very fragmented,

Review: <em>Giving Up Gimmicks</em>

Review: Giving Up Gimmicks

Books |  Church is not about entertainment, and youth ministry isn't either. Brian Cosby, the youth pastor at a conservative Presbyterian church in Atlanta, emphasizes…

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