Book Review: Christianity and Wokeness
Owen Strachan, Christianity and Wokeness: How the Social Justice Movement is Hijacking the Gospel—and the Way to Stop It (Salem, 2021) While there have been, many excellent books published in recent years […]
Learning from Theology: A review of John Dickson, Bullies and Saints (Zondervan 2021), Part 2.
Introduction: Bullies and Saints is a church history book, and, as we saw In part 1 https://ap.org.au/2021/07/28/learning-from-history-a-review-of-john-dickson-bullies-and-saints-zondervan-2021-part-1/ it is an excellent church history book. In part 2 I want to consider the theological questions […]
Learning from History: A review of John Dickson, Bullies and Saints (Zondervan, 2021): Part 1
Introduction: John Dickson’s latest book is subtitled “An honest look at the good and evil of Christian history”. It has deservedly already received much praise. (It’s a small point but I don’t […]
Dane Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly; The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers, Wheaton: Crossway, 2020.
Dane Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly; The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers, Wheaton: Crossway, 2020. Matthew 11:29 tells us that Jesus is gentle and lowly of heart, and […]
Book Review: All My Hope – Remembering, Reminiscing And Reflecting On 50 Years Of Ministry
All My Hope – Remembering, Reminiscing And Reflecting On 50 Years Of Ministry, Bob Thomas. Published by Eider Books, 2021. (123 pages including index and endorsements.) PDF available at no […]
Review of David Powlison, The Pastor as Counselor (Crossway, 2021)
Review of David Powlison, The Pastor as Counselor (Crossway, 2021) As professional counsellors and psychotherapists become a normal part of society, it can be easy for pastors to think themselves […]
Review: Free to Change: Survey of 78 Ex-LGBT People
Cause, Free to Change: Survey of 78 Ex-LGBT People, available through cause.victoria@gmail.com Before the Victorian government passed its oppressive laws banning ‘conversion therapy’ in February 2021, it drew on a […]
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 […]
Even Better Than Eden
Nancy Guthrie, Even Better Than Eden: Nine Ways the Bible’s Story Changes Everything about Your Story (Crossway, 2018) Have you ever heard that there is a precious golden thread that […]
Review of Glenn Sunshine, Slaying Leviathan, Idaho: Canonpress, 2020.
In fewer than two hundred pages, Glenn Sunshine has produced an overview of law and liberty down through the ages. The title comes from Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan in 1651, which […]
Review of J. Alasdair Groves and Winston T. Smith, Untangling Emotions, Wheaton: Crossway, 2019.
J. Alasdair Groves and Winston T. Smith are both well known for their biblical soundness and their vast experience in Biblical Counselling. There are few counsellors with greater insight on […]
Review of John Woods, His Presence could not be Hidden: Proclaiming Jesus in the Middle East, Stanhope Gardens: Eider Books, 2020.
Christians from far away can look at the trouble in the Middle East and pray, “Lord, did any good come from the Arab Spring? What of the thousands of people […]
Review of Geoffrey Thomas, You Could Have It All, Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2020
This is an unusual but potentially most effective little book to use to reach the unbeliever. Geoff Thomas writes: ‘The greatest proof for the existence of God is the Lord […]
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 […]
Book Review: The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self (Carl R. Trueman)
Wheaton: Crossway, 2020 In recent years, there have been sweeping changes in the way personal identity, sexuality and politics have been thought about in Western culture. What was considered common […]
Book Review: A Spectacle of Glory (Joni Eareckson Tada with Larry Libby)
Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2016 John Newton once commented: ‘Some Christians are called upon to endure a disproportionate amount of suffering.’ Joni is one such Christian, as a quadriplegic with cancer […]