The Christian Ministry: A Book Review by Caleb Fritz. Charles Bridges’ purpose in writing The Christian Ministry is presented in the preface in which he discloses that his reason for presenting this work is due to the “interesting subject of Ministerial inefficiency.” Confronted by various issues and difficulties of many pastors in his day, Bridges...
Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Book Review by Ben Wright John Piper’s Brothers, We Are Not Professionals, does a fantastic job of outlining how the ministry should be pursued by having authentic joy and faith in wanting to glorify God in all that we do. Piper writes this book on such a personal...
On Being a Pastor: A Book Review by Nathan Shaver There are a wealth of resources devoted to philosophy, theology, and the psychology of Pastoral Ministry. On Being a Pastor offers a biblically sound and field-tested guide for the work of shepherding. Derek Prime and Alistair Begg set out to give the reader a...
Over the next few weeks, there will be guest posts by each of our four LifePoint interns. They were each assigned a book on Pastoral Ministry to read and review. Dangerous Calling: A Book Review by Wes Litton Thoroughly heartbroken, Paul Trip takes us step by step through the unique, devastating challenges and mistakes that...
This book review of Dennis Johnson’s Him We Proclaim was written as part of Pastor Lane’s doctoral course work, and as such, it is written in a more formal, academic tone than the rest of this blog’s posts. Still, we hope the audience will find these academic book reviews useful, which is why we have published...
This book review of Walter Kaiser‘s Preaching and Teaching from the Old Testament was written as part of Pastor Lane’s doctoral course work, and as such, it is written in a more formal, academic tone than the rest of this blog’s posts. Still, we hope the audience will find these academic book reviews useful, which...
This book review of Sydney Greidanus’s Preaching Christ from the Old Testament was written as part of Pastor Lane’s doctoral course work, and as such, it is written in a more formal, academic tone than the rest of this blog’s posts. Still, we hope the audience will find these academic book reviews useful, which is why...
This book review of Zack Eswine’s Preaching to a Post-Everything World was written as part of Pastor Lane’s doctoral course work, and as such, it is written in a more formal, academic tone than the rest of this blog’s posts. Still, we hope the audience will find these academic book reviews useful, which is why we...
This book review of Steven Mathewson’s The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative was written as part of Pastor Lane’s doctoral course work, and as such, it is written in a more formal, academic tone than the rest of this blog’s posts. Still, we hope the audience will find these academic book reviews useful, which is...
This book review of John Piper’s The Supremacy of God in Preaching was written as part of Pastor Lane’s doctoral course work, and as such, it is written in a more formal, academic tone than the rest of this blog’s posts. Still, we hope the audience will find these academic book reviews useful, which is why...