Lectures To My Students10 reviews C. H. Spurgeon Banner of Truth, 2008 Lecture Me + Thoughts to Ponder + Indespensible Advice + A Gem             The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction8 reviews Eugene H. Peterson Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1993 Profound Pastoral Insights + A very helpful book + A lovely book for and about pastors + This is My Favorite of All Peterson's Books! + Helpful for the Busy Pastor who Shouldn't Be             The Theology of John Calvin1 review Karl Barth Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1995 Calvin's theology, and much more The Theology of John Calvin does in fact deliver what the title promises - a good analysis/summary of Calvin's theology - but it also delivers much more. One of the best things about The Theology of John Calvin is Barth's overview of the medieval church preceding the material on Calvin himself. ...             Light From Old Times Or Protestant Facts And Men (1902)2 reviews John Charles Ryle Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008 A "forgotten" part of church history + Light From Old Times J. C. Ryle did a real service for the Christian church when he first wrote "Light From Old Times". This hard copy edition from Charles Nolan Publishing makes that Ryle classic available once again to a church that needs so desperatly to remember the lessons of history. "Light from Old Times" ...             The Unnecessary Pastor: Rediscovering the Call7 reviews Marva J. Dawn, Eugene H. Peterson Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999 Masterful Challange + Reason not the need... + Transcribed lectures . . . okay Again Peterson exemplifies the heart of the true pastor. This is my first time reading Marva Dawn. I just finished this book and found much to help me in the midst of being a small rural church pastor. I was surprised by the review by the reader in Ohio. Although the other works by Peterson, flow ...             Refresh, Renew, Revive1 review Focus on the Family Publishing, 1996 A Feast of Ministry Insight This collection of essays originaly broadcast in the Pastor To Pastor audio cassettes from Focus On The Family contains a wealth of insight from many of todays top ministry leaders. The scope of the book is broad covering everything from relationships, agendas for Spiritual Retreats, vision, and ...             The Preacher's Portrait: Some New Testament Word Studies2 reviews John R. W. Stott Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1964 The Preacher's Portrait: Some New Testament Word Studies + If the Author is John Stott - Buy It. Dr. Stott's reflection on the nature and task of a pastor, near the end of more than 60 years as a guiding, evangelical Christian pastor, author, and convocation speaker of world note and interdenominational appeal.             Leaving a Career to Follow a Call: A Vocational Guide to the Ordained Ministry2 reviews Michael A. Milton Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2000 "Sales to Seminary" + Author's Comments What has God been doing in the 20th, and now early 21st, centuries concerning filling the pulpits of churches with faithful men? It seems amazing that the average age of seminarians today is 37. Did these men miss or reject their calling to the ministry that long? I believe that the work God is ...             Jonathan Edwards: A Life34 reviews George M. Marsden Yale University Press, 2004 Unique Edwards Biography + Grand, balanced full-length biography + Lacks the Personal Touch + Awakening Religion in Early America + Perfect condition! Quick delievery!             David Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The Fight of Faith 1939-19814 reviews Iain H. Murray Banner of Truth, 1990 The compelling account of the greatest preacher of our times + A Profound and Helpful Biography + Words Fail . . . + Engrossing Book             Spurgeon: A New Biography9 reviews Arnold A. Dallimore Banner of Truth, 1985 Engaging Trip through the Life of an Awesome Man of God + Instructed and Inspired by Spurgeon's Powerful Example + Spurgeon: A New Biography + A Great Introduction to the Prince of Preachers             The Reformed Pastor: A Pattern for Personal Growth and Ministry (Classics of Faith & Devotion) Richard C. Halverson Regent College Publishing, 2001             A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life13 reviews J. I. Packer Crossway Books, 1994 A Giant Redwood Stands Tall + An Edifying Overview of Puritan Life and Ministry - A Must Read! + Puritan Revival! + Packer's Best + A Quest for Godliness             David Martyn Lloyd-Jones the First Forty Years 1899-19396 reviews Iain H. Murray Banner of Truth, 1982 A Great Portrait of a Great Man + This is the first of a two-volume work by Murray and is surely the definitive biography on the life of the famous Welch preacher + A challenging biography wtih lots to teach us today + Compelling story of an Extraordinary Life + "The Doctor" - Last of the Puritans?             Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work3 reviews Eugene H. Peterson Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1992 Excellent resource for preaching and community + A Pastoral tour through the Megilloth + Not Ministry As Usual Eugene Peterson is my mentor's mentor, and has become mine as well. His insight and mastery at the art of crafting words makes all of his books easy, enjoyable and highly challanging resources for spiritual formation, especially for the pastor. In Five Smooth Stones, Peterson challanges us as ...             The Word in this World: Two Sermons Karl Barth Regent College Publishing, 2007 This volume contains two sermons by the early twentieth-century theologian and pastor Karl Barth. The first sermon, given upon the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, appears in print here for the first time ever. The second sermon, given in 1934 during Nazi ascendancy, appears for the first time in English translation. With a substantial introduction by Bishop William H. Willimon, this volume is an ...             Cooperation Without Compromise: Faithful Gospel Witness in a Pluralistic Setting Michael A. Milton Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2007             George Whitefield: God's Anointed Servant in the Great Revival of the Eighteenth Century3 reviews Arnold A. Dallimore Crossway Books, 1990 God's Anointed Servant Indeed! + Great book + Swift Survey of George Whitefield's Life This book is a 224 page condensation of the much longer, two-volume "George Whitefield: The Life and Times of the Great Evangelist of the Eighteenth-Century Revival". I purchased this shorter volume for our church library and am already saving up the $66 to purchase the longer work for my private ...             No Little People1 review Francis A. Schaeffer Crossway Books, 2003 A Good Read This is truly a good read. It is what I have personally come to expect from Francis Schaeffer. It is a bit disjointed, but that is because that is what it is intended to be (a collection of different sermons). It essentially hinges on the idea that with God "there are no little people or little ...             The Preacher and Preaching: Reviving the Art in the Twentieth Century P & R Press, 1986