Finding God11 reviews
Larry Crabb

Zondervan, 1995

Why does God allow suffering??

+ a wonderful book
+ SUPER--naturally It's by Larry Crabb!
+ Finding God
+ where's the time to read this every month?
  
  











  



  
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland54 reviews
Christopher R. Browning

Harper Perennial, 1993

Not for the faint of heart, or the weak of stomach!

+ Ordinary Men is a grisly look at a German killing squad implementing the Final Solution in Poland
+ Frightfully banal
+ Excellent
  
  











  



  
Goforth of China1 review
Rosalind Goforth

Bethany House Pub, 1969

Interested in China, missions, or revival? Read it!

A moving biography of the most successful individual missionary to China, Jonathan Goforth. They could make a movie out of the Goforth's amazing and hair-raising escape from the Boxers alone. The couple saw much, suffered much, and accomplished much, with the help of God. I put the book down ...
  
  











  



  
The Knowledge of the Holy: The Attributes of God: Their Meaning in the Christian Life70 reviews
A. W. Tozer

HarperOne, 1978

Anthropomorphic!

+ Succinct but Powerful Book
+ Daily reading required!
+ Good
+ The Knowledge of the Holy, a Must Read for Every Christian
  
  











  



  
Confessions of a Theologian1 review
Carl H. Henry

Word Books, 1986

Engrossing

This autobiography is an engrossing look into the world of the beginning days of American evangelicalism. Henry (who has been called the father of Evangelicalism) was a wonderful man of faith, and insisted on a level of honesty in all his dealings that makes him a credible historian of the early ...
  
  











  



  
The Holiness of God57 reviews
R. C. Sproul

Tyndale House Publishers, 2000

This is flat out good stuff...

+ The Holy
+ Drives you to your knees; lifts you to new heights of praise and thankfulness
+ Transforming!
+ PLEASE read this book!
  
  











  



  
Romans: The Law, Chapter 7: 1 to 8: 41 review
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Zondervan Publishing Company, 1974

Sanctification Does Not Come By Keeping the Ten Commandments!

The seventh chapter of Paul’s Epistle to the Romans is among the most difficult and therefore also among the most controversial passages in the New Testament. The reformed preacher Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones takes here (in his twenty-seven continuous Bible study sermons on this chapter, in ...
  
  











  



  
Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative Protestantism in Modern America9 reviews
D. G. Hart

P & R Publishing, 2003

Exceptional

+ A concise summary
+ Well done, though more technical than expected
+ Amazing book about an extraordinary man
+ A Superb Job
  
  











  



  
Faith Alone: The Evangelical Doctrine of Justification27 reviews
R. C. Sproul

Baker Books, 1999

Dr. Sproul is an apt teacher

+ The Heart of the Gospel

this is one of the finest introductory books on the historical doctrine that split rome with the reformers... the book is concise and easy to read coming from an apt teacher who always seems to make difficult concepts easy to understand which is the true art of a teacher...this book should be read ...
  
  











  



  
A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life13 reviews
J. I. Packer

Crossway Books, 1994

An Edifying Overview of Puritan Life and Ministry - A Must Read!

+ Puritan Revival!
+ Packer's Best
+ A Quest for Godliness
+ A Giant Redwood Stands Tall
  
  











  



  
Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist109 reviews
John Piper

Multnomah Books, 2003

Love the Lord Your God With All Your Heart and All Your Soul

+ So good
+ Understanding God More
+ Very deep
  
  











  



  
George Whitefield: The Life and Times of the Great Evangelist of the Eighteenth Century - Volume II9 reviews
Arnold A. Dallimore

Banner of Truth, 1980

George Whitefield: An Anointed Ministry, An Impassioned Heart

+ An Amazing Biography
+ Excellent biography
+ Completes This Great Biography
+ This is the standard for history / biography
  
  











  



  
Dynamics of Spiritual Life: An Evangelical Theology of Renewal3 reviews
Richard F. Lovelace

IVP Academic, 1979

Thank you, Richard Lovelace

+ A spiritually rejuvenating book
+ One of Chip's Top Ten (wordsntone.com)

In Dynamics of Spiritual Life, Lovelace gives a scholarly, yet non-technical, analysis of the elements of revival (which Lovelace correctly dubs normal "spiritual life"). The book looks at scriptural principles, examines past revivals, and establishes a theologically sound model for implementing ...
  
  











  



  
Pauline Eschatology2 reviews
Geerhardus Vos

P & R Publishing, 1979

The most important Reformed work of the 20th century

+ Of Historical Interest

Vos's The Pauline Eschatology marks a monumental advance in Pauline theology. The fruits of over 40 years of vigorous Biblical scholarship, Pauline Eschatology is the last work we have from Vos's pen; and it is undoubtedly his most substantial contribution--his magnum opus. The most important ...
  
  











  



  
The Ragamuffin Gospel136 reviews
Brennan Manning

Multnomah Books, 2000

An Excellent Read

+ A Word of Grace for Church Folks
+ Great Visuals, Saturated, High Impact
+ The Ragamuffin Gospel
+ Martin Luther's rediscovery of grace for the 21st century
  
  











  



  
Inside Out29 reviews
Lawrence J. Crabb

Navpress Publishing Group, 1998

Amazing

+ Oh boy... I learned soooo much!
+ Great book!!!!
+ Can't I give it more than five stars?
+ Amazing Insight
  
  











  



  
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide187 reviews
Samantha Power

Harper Perennial, 2003

Thorough Study of Genocide History

+ An important book to read
+ What About America's own Age of its Genocide?

Samantha Power has produced a history of genocide through the 20th century. She presents an impressive accounts of genocide against Armenians in Turkey, Jews in Holocaust, Tutsi in Rwanda, Kurds in Iraq, and Bosnian Muslims in the Balkan war; the stories are extremely well-written, and the images ...
  
  











  



  
John Owen on the Christian Life1 review
Sinclair B. Ferguson

Banner of Truth, 1987

A treat for the earnest Christian

Dr. Ferguson introduced me to John Owen through this work and I have been hooked ever since. If you would like to study a man who epitomized the way scholarship and piety is to be mixed together, then Owen is the one for you. Dr. Ferguson does a noteworthy job of making otherwise difficult ...
  
  











  



  
The New England Soul: Preaching and Religious Culture in Colonial New England3 reviews
Harry S. Stout

Oxford University Press, USA, 1988

A great book by a brilliant historian

+ Definitive work on Congregationalism
+ A must-read in colonial American history and culture

This is a great book by a brilliant historian who is deeply revered on both sides of the Atlantic. It will be the definitive work. Christopher Catherwood, author of CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS AND ISLAMIC RAGE (Zondervan, 2003)
  
  











  



  
Christianity and Liberalism23 reviews
J. Gresham Machen

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1923

More relevant now than a century ago

+ Must have for serious Christians
+ A Lucid Explanation of the Difference Between True Christianity and Liberalism
+ Same problems - 80 years on
+ Historical church struggles