Review of J. C. Ryle, ‘Christmas Thoughts’
Review of J. C. Ryle, Christmas Thoughts, ed. by Andrew Atherstone, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, reprinted 2022. J. C. Ryle was an unusual clergyman in that he could preach […]
Review of Spurgeon, ‘No Tears in Heaven’
Charles Spurgeon, No Tears in Heaven, Fearn: Christian Focus, 2021. Here are seven sermons from Charles Spurgeon which reveal him as his sermonic best. They are all to do […]
Review of Evangelical Pharisees: The Gospel as Cure for the Church’s Hypocrisy
Author: Michael Reeves Publisher: Crossway Year: 2023 Michael Reeves, president and professor of theology at Union School of Theology in the UK, is a model of Christian scholarship. Indeed, he […]
BOOK REVIEW: THE GENDER REVOLUTION
Review of Patricia Weerakoon with Robert Smith and Kamal Weerakoon, The Gender Revolution : A Biblical, Biological and Compassionate Response, Matthias Media, 2023. When I reflect on the current world […]
BOOK REVIEW: THE NEXT REVOLUTION
Review of Cindy McGarvie, The Next Revolution: Resisting the Cult of the Self, Australia: YFC Australia, 2022. Cindy McGarvie is the National Director of Youth for Christ Australia, and […]
BOOK REVIEW: THE POWER AND THE GLORY
Review of John Stuart Ross, The Power and the Glory: The Evangelisation Of Manchuria And Korea, Christian Focus Publications Ltd, Fearn, Scotland, 2022. ISBN 978-1-5271-0891-2 (Hardback); ISBN 978-1-5271-0981-0 (Ebook).www.christianfocus.com THE […]
Review: “Unmissable Church”
Authors: Richard Sweatman & Antony Barraclough Publisher: St Matthias Year: 2022 Reviewed by Mark Powell Is Church an ‘Essential’ Service? One of the most alarming developments to come out of COVID-19 was the […]
BOOK REVIEW: CONFRONTING CHRISTIANITY
Review of Rebecca McLaughlin, Confronting Christianity, Wheaton: Crossway, 2019. To be honest, I was slightly hesitant to pick up this book. I had heard great things about it, and this […]
REVIEW OF TOM BOMBADIL
Review of C. R. Wiley,In the House of Tom Bombadil, Moscow: Canon Press, 2022 Materialism claims that everything can be reduced to physical processes. Christianity on the other hand, reveals […]
Review of Fight for Your Pastor
Review of Peter Orr, Fight For Your Pastor, Wheaton: Crossway, 2022. One word in a sentence can make all the difference. Peter Orr’s new book Fight For Your Pastor is […]
Review of No Turning Back
Review of Keren Masters, No Turning Back, Ark House Press, c. 2022 This is the life story of Bruce and Pearl Smoker, written by their daughter Keren Masters. As a […]
Review of Biblical Law
Review: The Puritan View of Substantive Biblical Law by George J. Gatgounis (Wipf and Stock, 2021). We live in an impoverished age of sound bites, where form has replaced substance, and where […]
Review of Ullmann in India
Review of D. J. Palmer, India Where the Master has Sent Me: Julius Frederick Ullmann, Missionary, Stanhope Gardens: Eider Books, 2022. Julius Frederick Ullmann was born in Berlin in Prussia […]
Review: CALVIN AND SERVETUS
Review of Jonathan Moorhead, The Trial of the 16th Century: Calvin and Servetus, Fearn: Christian Focus, 2021 People who know little about Calvin often know marginally more about the burning […]
BOOK REVIEW OF ‘OLAUDAH EQUIANO
Review of Emily J. Maurits, Olaudah Equiano: A Man of Many Names, Fearn: Christian Focus, 2022. The story of the life of Olaudah Equiano is a fascinating one. He was […]
REVIEW OF ‘READING THE BIBLE AND PRAYING IN PUBLIC’
Review of Stuart Olyott Reading the Bible and Praying in Public, Edinburgh: Banner Of Truth, 2010. HERE is a small booklet which illustrates the saying that ‘little things can mean […]