Pastor MacDonald begins at the beginning--what are trials and why does God allow them? His answer is foundational and scriptural: trials are painful circumstances allowed by God to change my conduct and … more
Recommended: John Piper's A Sweet and Bitter Providence explores the book of Ruth to teach the powerful truth that God is at work even in the worst of times. In Piper's able hands, we learn that God's … more
Recommended: Dr. David Powlison of CCEF unites the twin themes of biblical counseling and church history in his excellent work The Biblical Counseling Movement: History and Context. Everyone interested … more
Ed Stetzer, in his Foreword to Trevin Wax's Holy Subversion, notes that "instead of being salt and light we have become unsalted and lite." Wax writes to enlighten us to six areas of bland liteness and … more
Recommended: Michael Emlet's CrossTalk offers one of the most robust approaches yet to the biblical counseling process of relating the scriptural narrative to a person's life story. Its Christ-centered, … more
The Christian community knows Adrian Warnock as an avid Evangelical Christian blogger. With the release of Raised with Christ, Warnock will also be known as an accomplished theologian who understands … more
Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin Book Review by Bob Kellemen Book Details *Author: Sarah Palin (with Lynn Vincent) *Publisher: HarperCollins(2009) *Category: Autobiography, … more
Counsel from the Cross is the next generation text for Christian counselors and the next generation manual for Christian living for believers. This book excels at explaining the connection between the … more
What Would Jesus Do...With Worldly Political Power? Reviewed By: Bob Kellemen, Ph.D., LCPC, Author of Soul Physicians, Spiritual Friends, Beyond the Suffering, Sacred Friendships, … more
Foreword to Sacred Friendships Imagine 10,000 women lifting their hands to the God they love. Hundreds of them lining up at the altar. Some weeping. A few smiling. Many on their … more
Emotions: Windows to the Soul Created in the image of our passionate and compassionate God who experiences deep joy and profound sadness, we are emotional beings who experience life deeply and … more
Created in the image of our passionate and compassionate God who experiences deep joy and profound sadness, we are emotional beings who experience life deeply and internally. God created us to feel. God … more
Real Church, the latest book by counselor, speaker, and prolific author, Dr. Larry Crabb, relates his earlier writings to the local church. Reading Real Church is like reading Understanding People, Inside … more
Glory Road author and editor, Anthony J. Carter, is an organizing member of the Council of Reforming Churches, and has previously authored On Being Black and Reformed and Experiencing the Truth. Carter … more
An Evangelical Theology for Kids 10 to 100! Book Review Details Title: Big Truths for Young Hearts: Teaching and Learning the Greatness of God Author: … more
Praise for Soul Physicians "Soul Physicians is a great and unique book: deeply shaped by Scripture; promoting of a personal engagement with biblical teaching and with Christ; challenging … more
I've been a big-time Bulls' fan since the days of Bob Love, Chet Walker, and Norm Van Leir (back in the 70s). The current team is good but not great, and like most NBA teams, needs one superstar to go … more
The Misja brothers despise pretense. So . . . if you are looking for a fairy-tale book about a fairy-tale marriage, please avoid "Thriving Despite a Difficult Marriage." But . . . if you long to have … more
Sadly, even in Christian ministry circles, far too often we compete against each other because we believe it's all about market share. Pam Perry, and Anthony and Crystal Obey show us another way--a Christ-based … more
As one might imagine, "More Christian than African-American" was a controversial title a decade ago when it was first published. The controversy has not changed, nor has the book with the recent re-release. … more
Tony Dungy, best selling author of Quiet Strength, has penned another Super Bowl quality book in Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance. The two books cover similar terrain: how to win in life. However, … more
Too often church-based small groups have taken on so much of the world's self-orientation that it is hard to recognize what is distinctively Christian about them. Dr. Stephen Greggo, with the release … more
Authors Stanton Jones and Mark Yarhouse in "Ex-gays?" present the most thorough longitudinal study to date addressing whether Christian counseling intervention can successfully help motivated individuals … more
"Everything Martin Luther King, Jr. Book" reminds me of all the good things about all those "books for dummies" without any of the bad aspects (such as making a serious topic into a series of bad jokes). … more
"The Frugal Book Promoter" by Carolyn Howard-Johnson provides more useful, practical, income-producing, and easily-applicable ideas than any book of its kind. And I have over 100 marketing, writing, entrepreneurial … more
Professor Edward Wimberly is one of the foremost educators in the area of African American Pastoral Care and Counseling. His insightful use of the historic model of sustaining, healing, reconciling, and … more
Pastor and author Thabiti M. Anyabwile understands that church history is not just about dead white males. In "The Faithful Preacher: Recapturing the Vision of Three Pioneering African-American Pastors," … more
Building upon the excellent foundation of Pastor Mark Dever's "What Is a Healthy Church?" Thabiti Anyabwile does not just repeat Dever's philosophy. He develops it with pertinent insight for the people … more
Foundations of Spiritual Formation returns spiritual formation to it's pre-modern, church history days by arguing that we become more like Christ in Christian community. The editor, Paul Pettit, wisely … more
Tim Ladwig is the accomplished illustrator of numerous Christian-themed books. In "Psalm 23," Ladwig translates onto canvas the most famous Psalm of all, incorporating stirring paintings of African children … more
In "Heroes in Black History," co-authors Dave and Neta Jackson take from their forty-book Trailblazers series fourteen hall of faith African American heroes. Appropriate for children of all races from … more