Lydia McGrew, Hidden in Plain View: Undesigned Coincidences in the Gospels and Acts (Chillicothe, Ohio: DeWard, 2017). Are the Gospels and the Book of Acts historically reliable? Its authors certainly thought so. For example, Luke stated that his Gospel narrated … Continue reading Review of ‘Hidden in Plain View’ by Lydia McGrew
Over at InfluenceMagazine.com, I have an episode of the Influence Podcast with Lee Strobel about six strategies for raising the evangelistic temperature of your church. Lee is a New York Times-bestselling author–most famously of The Case for Christ, forthcoming from PureFlix as a movie–and director of the Center for Strategic Evangelism at Houston Baptist University in Houston, Texas. Take a listen! Continue reading #InfluencePodcast with Lee Strobel
Gordon T. Smith, Evangelical, Sacramental, and Pentecostal: Why the Church Should Be All Three (Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, 2017). A few years back, I made friends with some young men who were leaving the Assemblies of God (my denomination) … Continue reading Review of ‘Evangelical, Sacramental, and Pentecostal’ by Gordon T. Smith
Glenn Paauw, Saving the Bible from Ourselves: Learning to Read and Live the Bible Well (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books, 2016). What is the Bible? What are we supposed to do with it? The standard way to answer these questions is to … Continue reading Review of ‘Saving the Bible from Ourselves’ by Glenn R. Paauw
On January 3, I preached a message from Psalm 62 at the chapel service of the Assemblies of God national office. It’s titled “The Confident Christian.” Continue reading The Confident Christian (Psalm 62)
John Stott, Basic Introduction to the New Testament, revised by Stephen Motyer (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans 2017). Reading the New Testament well requires seeing the forest and the trees. The trees are the analysis of individual paragraphs, sentences and words — … Continue reading Review of ‘Basic Introduction to the New Testament’ by John Stott
Peter Harris and Rod Wilson, Keeping Faith in Fundraising (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2017). What Christians believe should shape how Christians behave…at least that’s what I’ve always been taught. And yet, after 25 years of church ministry, I have often … Continue reading Review of ‘Keeping Faith in Fundraising’ by Peter Harris and Rod Wilson
Aaron Damiani, The Good of Giving Up: Discovering the Freedom of Lent (Chicago: Moody, 2017). Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, a 40-day season of fasting formalized by the Council of Nicea is A.D. 325, though based … Continue reading Review of ‘The Good of Giving Up’ by Aaron Damiani
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