Book Review: Baptism and Evangelical Unity
J Cameron Fraser, Missionary Baptism & Evangelical Unity. Eugene, OR.: Wipf & Stock, 2021. It is an honour that Cameron has asked me to review his work. We were students […]
BOOK REVIEW: ALISTAIR BEGG
BOOK REVIEW: Alistair Begg, Truth for Life: 365 Daily Devotions, United Kingdom: The Good Book Company, 2021. Books on daily readings for a year have come into a life […]
REVIEW: THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME
Review of Mark G. Johnston, This World is not my Home: Reflections For Pilgrims On The Way, Edinburgh: The Banner Of Truth Trust, 2021. A glance at the title and […]
SPURGEON ON HOLINESS
C. H. Spurgeon, The Key to Holiness (Whitaker House, 2012). “Oh, that you may yet know how precious to a believer is the purifying work of sanctification!” These are words […]
BOOK REVIEW: LAMENT FOR A SON
Review of Nicholas Wolterstorff, Lament for a Son, Michigan: Eerdmans, 1987. Nicholas Wolterstorff taught Philosophical Theology at Yale University, but his world was shattered when one of his five […]
Book Review: Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy
Review of Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy : Discovering the Grace of Lament, Wheaton: Crossway, 2019. Pastor Vroegop and his wife suffered the stillbirth of their daughter, Sylvia, […]
BOOK REVIEWS ON THOMAS CHARLES
John Aaron Thomas Charles of Bala, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth. 2022. My wife and I were driving around Wales a few years ago and were surprised to see statues of […]
BOOK REVIEW: KNOWING SIN
Knowing Sin: Seeing a Neglected Doctrine Through the Eyes of the Puritans Author: Mark Jones Publisher: Moody Publishers Year: 2022 In the 6th century AD, a Chinese general and strategist […]
UNDERSTANDING FAMILY WORSHIP
Understanding Family Worship Author: Terry L. Johnson Publisher: Christian Focus Year: 2022 All Christian parents want to raise their children to know the Lord Jesus Christ. The main challenge concerns […]
Review of Bradley G. Green, Augustine of Hippo: His Life and Impact, Fearn: Christian Focus, 2020.
Christian Focus has ventured into the area of the Early Church Fathers, and this is to be welcomed. One who did so much earlier was B. B. Warfield who famously […]
Review of Sinclair Ferguson, Lessons From the Upper Room, Sanford: Ligonier Ministries, 2021.
But this dedication is for others to read: These are private words addressed to you in public (T. S. Eliot, A Dedication to my Wife) These poetic lines capture the essence […]
Review of J. C. Ryle, HOW DO YOU READ THE BIBLE? (Edinburgh: Banner Of Truth Trust, 2021).
TOO much is never enough when it comes to reading, marking, learning and inwardly digesting the Word of God, for it is in His Word, the Bible, that God reveals […]
Review: Gospel Evidences of Saving Faith by John Owen
Reviewer: James Jeffery Author: John Owen (edited by Brian G. Hedges) Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books Year: 2016 Whether you are someone who has walked with Jesus for many years or you are new […]
Review of Rhett P. Dodson, With a Mighty Triumph!: Christ’s Resurrection and Ours, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2021.
The title of this work comes from Robert Lowry’s hymn Low in the Grave He Lay (the lyrics are better than the grammar), and the content is an exposition of 1 Corinthians […]
Book Review: C. S. Lewis, The Reading Life
C. S. Lewis, The Reading Life, edited by David C. Downing and Michael G. Maudlin, London: William Collins, 2019. By the age of ten, C. S. Lewis had read Milton’s […]
Review of Jonathan Gibson, The Moon is Always Round, Canada: New Growth Press, 2019
There are fewer sadder events in life than a stillbirth. This is a book designed to convey to children that God is always good in every situation (Psalm 100:5). Jonathan […]